Jeremiah 38:5

Jer 38:5, Je 38:5, Jr 38:5, Jeremiah 38 5


Jeremiah 38:5

3  Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.

4  Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

5  Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

6  Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

7  Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;


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