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Chapter 38 Then Shaphatiah the son of
Matan, and Gedaliah the son of Pasha,

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and Jucal the son of Shalamiah,
and Pasha the son of Malchiah,

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heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken
unto all the people, saying, Thus saith

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the Lord, He that remaineth in this city
shall die by the sword, by the famine,

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and by the pestilence.

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But he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans
shall live, for he shall have his life for

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a prey, and shall live.

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Thus saith the Lord, This city shall
surely be given into the hand of the king

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of Babylon's army, which shall take it.

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Therefore the princess said unto the king,
We beseech thee, let this man be put to

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death, for thus he weakeneth the hands of
the men of war that remain in this city,

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and the hands of all the people,
in speaking such words unto them.

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For this man seeketh not the welfare of
this people, but the hurt.

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Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold,
he is in your hand, for the king is not he

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that can do anything against you.

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Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into
the dungeon of Malchiah the son of

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Hamalek, that was in the court of the
prison.

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And they let down Jeremiah with cords.

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And in the dungeon there was no water,
but mire.

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So Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

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Now when Abedmelech the Ethiopian,
one of the eunuchs which was in the king's

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house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in
the dungeon, the king then sitting in the

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gate of Benjamin, Abedmelech went forth
out of the king's house, and spake to the

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king, saying, My lord the king,
these men have done evil in all that they

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have done to Jeremiah the prophet whom
they have cast into the dungeon,

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and he is like to die for hunger in the
place where he is, for there is no more

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bread in the city.

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Then the king commanded Abedmelech the
Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty

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men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the
prophet out of the dungeon before he die.

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So Abedmelech took the men with him,
and went into the house of the king under

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the treasury, and took thence old cast
clouts and old rotten rags, and let them

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down by cords into the dungeon to
Jeremiah.

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And Abedmelech the Ethiopian said unto
Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts

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and rotten rags under thine arm holes
under the cords.

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And Jeremiah did so.

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So they drew up Jeremiah with cords,
and took him up out of the dungeon,

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and Jeremiah remained in the court of the
prison.

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Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took
Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the

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third entry that is in the house of the
Lord.

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And the king said unto Jeremiah,
I will ask thee a thing.

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Hide nothing from me.

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Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah,
If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not

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surely put me to death?

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And if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not
hearken unto me?

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So Zedekiah the king swear secretly unto
Jeremiah, saying, As the Lord liveth that

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made us this soul, I will not put thee to
death, neither will I give thee into the

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hand of these men that seek thy life.

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Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah,
Thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts,

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the God of Israel, If thou wilt assuredly
go forth unto the king of Babylon's

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princes, then thy soul shall live,
and this city shall not be burned with

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fire, and thou shalt live, and thine
house.

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But if thou wilt not go forth to the king
of Babylon's princes, then shall this city

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be given into the hand of the Chaldeans,
and thou shalt burn it with fire,

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and thou shalt not escape out of their
hand.

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And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah,
I am afraid of the Jews that have fallen

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to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me
into their hand, and they mock me.

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But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver
thee.

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Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the
Lord which I speak unto thee, so which

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shall be well unto thee, and thy soul
shall live.

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But if thou refuse to go forth,
this is the word that the Lord hath showed

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me.

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And behold, all the women that are left in
the king of Judah's house shall be brought

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forth to the king of Babylon's princes,
and those women shall say, Thy friends

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have set thee on, and have prevailed
against thee.

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Thy feet are sunk in the mire,
and they are turned away back.

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So they shall bring out all thy wives and
thy children to the Chaldeans,

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and thou shalt not escape out of their
hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of

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the king of Babylon, and thou shalt cause
this city to be burned with fire.

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Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah,
Let no man know of these words,

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and thou shalt not die.

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But if the princes hear that I have talked
with thee, and they come unto thee,

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and say unto thee, Declare unto us now
what thou hast said unto the king,

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hide it not from us, and we will not put
thee to death, also what the king said

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unto thee.

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Then thou shalt say unto them,
I presented my supplication before the

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king, that he would not cause me to return
to Jonathan's house, to die there.

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Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah,
and asked him, and he told them according

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to all these words that the king had
commanded.

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So they left off speaking with him,
for the matter was not perceived.

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So Jeremiah abode in the court of the
prison until the day that Jerusalem was

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taken, and he was there when Jerusalem was
taken.