Jeremiah 38:12

וַיֹּאמֶר עֶבֶד ־ מֶלֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁי אֶֽל ־ יִרְמְיָהוּ שִׂים נָא בְּלוֹאֵי הַסְּחָבוֹת וְהַמְּלָחִים תַּחַת אַצִּלוֹת יָדֶיךָ מִתַּחַת לַחֲבָלִים וַיַּעַשׂ יִרְמְיָהוּ כֵּֽן ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

In Context

11וַיִּקַּח ׀ עֶֽבֶד ־ מֶלֶךְ אֶת ־ הָאֲנָשִׁים בְּיָדוֹ וַיָּבֹא בֵית ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל ־ תַּחַת הָאוֹצָר וַיִּקַּח מִשָּׁם בְּלוֹיֵ הסחבות וּבְלוֹיֵ מְלָחִים וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם אֶֽל ־ יִרְמְיָהוּ אֶל ־ הַבּוֹר בַּחֲבָלִֽים ׃

13וַיִּמְשְׁכוּ אֶֽת ־ יִרְמְיָהוּ בַּֽחֲבָלִים וַיַּעֲלוּ אֹתוֹ מִן ־ הַבּוֹר וַיֵּשֶׁב יִרְמְיָהוּ בַּחֲצַר הַמַּטָּרָֽה ׃ ס

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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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