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## Jeremiah 38:5 in Context (Verses 2–8 KJV)
 
 [2 ](/kjv/jeremiah/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.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/jeremiah/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.
 
 [4 ](/kjv/jeremiah/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.*
 
 [5 ](/kjv/jeremiah/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.
 
 [6 ](/kjv/jeremiah/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.*
 
 [7 ](/kjv/jeremiah/38/7) ¶ Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
 
 [8 ](/kjv/jeremiah/38/8) Ebed-melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,
 
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