Jeremiah Rescued from the Cistern

When (A)Ebed-melech (B)the Ethiopian, (C)a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern—the king was sitting (D)in the Benjamin Gate—

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But Ebed-Melek,(A) a Cushite,[a] an official[b](B) in the royal palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. While the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate,(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 38:7 Probably from the upper Nile region
  2. Jeremiah 38:7 Or a eunuch

16 “Go, and say to (A)Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (B)Behold, I will fulfill my words against this city for harm and (C)not for good, and they shall be accomplished before you on that day.

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16 “Go and tell Ebed-Melek(A) the Cushite, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words(B) against this city—words concerning disaster,(C) not prosperity. At that time they will be fulfilled before your eyes.

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