Jeremiah 38:10-12

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁰ So the king commanded Ebed-melech, the Cushite, “Take from here thirty men under your authority^[a] and pull the prophet Jeremiah up from the cistern before he dies.”

¹¹ So Ebed-melech took the men under his authority^[b] and went to the king’s palace to a place below the storehouse.^[c] From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them by ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern. ¹² Ebed-melech the Cushite called down to Jeremiah, “Place these old rags and clothes between your armpits and the ropes.” Jeremiah did this.