Nov. 02, 2025

Jer 38:7  But Ebed-Melek, a Cushite, an official in the royal palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. While the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate, 

Jer 38:8  Ebed-Melek went out of the palace and said to him, 

Jer 38:9  "My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern, where he will starve to death when there is no longer any bread in the city." 

Jer 38:10  Then the king commanded Ebed-Melek the Cushite, "Take thirty men from here with you and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies." 

Jer 38:11  So Ebed-Melek took the men with him and went to a room under the treasury in the palace. He took some old rags and worn-out clothes from there and let them down with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern. 

Jer 38:12  Ebed-Melek the Cushite said to Jeremiah, "Put these old rags and worn-out clothes under your arms to pad the ropes." Jeremiah did so, 

Jer 38:13  and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.