Jeremiah 38:6

For it is a day when those that plead on the mountains of Ephraim shall call, saying, Arise ye, and go up to Sion to the Lord your God.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5For ye have planted vineyards on the mountains of Samaria: plant ye, and praise.

7For thus saith the Lord to Jacob; Rejoice ye, and exult over the head of the nations: make proclamation, and praise ye: say, The Lord has delivered his people, the remnant of Israel.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:24And they took him and cast him into the pit; and the pit was empty, it had not water.

Psalms 69:2Draw nigh, O God, to my help.

Psalms 109:5The Lord at thy right hand has dashed in pieces kings in the day of his wrath.

Jeremiah 37:16Therefore all that devour thee shall be eaten, and all thine enemies shall eat all their own flesh. Thy sins have abounded beyond the multitude of thine iniquities, therefore they have done these things to thee. And they that spoil thee shall become a spoil, and I will give up to be plundered all that have plundered thee.

Jeremiah 38:11For the Lord has ransomed Jacob, he has rescued him out of the hand of them that were stronger than he.

Lamentations 3:52Tsade. The fowlers chased me as a sparrow, all mine enemies destroyed my life in a pit without cause,

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 38:2-14

Jeremiah Put into the Dungeon; Ebed-melech's Care of Jeremiah. ( b. c. 589.) 1 Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord , He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. 3 Thus saith… Read the whole commentary →

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