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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 38:9 — My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for [there is] no more bread in the city.
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Jer 38:1 |
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, |
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Jer 38:2 |
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. |
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Jer 38:3 |
Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. |
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Jer 38:4 |
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. |
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Jer 38:5 |
Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he [is] in your hand: for the king [is] not [he that] can do [any] thing against you. |
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Jer 38:6 |
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. |
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Est 7:4 |
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. |
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Est 7:5 |
Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? |
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Est 7:6 |
And Esther said, The adversary and enemy [is] this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. |
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Job 31:34 |
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, [and] went not out of the door? |
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Pro 24:11 |
If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain; |
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Pro 24:12 |
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works? |
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Pro 31:8 |
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. |
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Pro 31:9 |
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. |
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Jer 37:21 |
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. |
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Jer 52:6 |
And in the fourth month, in the ninth [day] of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Jeremiah 38:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Jer/38/9.html>.
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