Jeremiah 38 - Study the King James Bible

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,

Shephatiah: Ezra 2:3, Nehemiah 7:9
Jucal: Jeremiah 37:4, Jehucal
Pashur: Jeremiah 21:1-10, Melchiah, 1 Chronicles 9:12, Malchijah, Nehemiah 11:12
heard: Acts 4:1, Acts 4:2, Acts 4:6-10, Acts 5:28
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:40 - Baaseiah Jeremiah 11:21 - thou Jeremiah 25:2 - General Jeremiah 36:16 - We Jeremiah 37:13 - Hananiah Jeremiah 38:9 - these Jeremiah 38:16 - of these Jeremiah 39:17 - of whom

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.

He: Jeremiah 38:17-23, Jeremiah 21:8, Jeremiah 21:9, Jeremiah 24:8, Jeremiah 27:13, Jeremiah 29:18, Jeremiah 34:17, Jeremiah 42:17, Jeremiah 42:22, Jeremiah 44:13, Ezekiel 5:12-17, Ezekiel 6:11, Ezekiel 7:15, Ezekiel 14:21, Matthew 24:7, Matthew 24:8, Revelation 6:4-8
shall have: Jeremiah 21:9, Jeremiah 39:18, Jeremiah 45:5
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 25:3 - there was no Isaiah 22:2 - thy slain Jeremiah 1:18 - against Jeremiah 21:4 - Behold Jeremiah 25:2 - General Jeremiah 27:11 - those Jeremiah 29:16 - General Ezekiel 5:2 - shalt burn Acts 17:6 - These

Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.

Jeremiah 21:10, Jeremiah 32:3-5
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 21:4 - Behold Jeremiah 29:16 - General Jeremiah 38:18 - then

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.

the princes: Jeremiah 26:11, Jeremiah 26:21-23, Jeremiah 36:12-16, 2 Chronicles 24:21, Ezekiel 22:27, Micah 3:1-3, Zephaniah 3:1-3
thus: Exodus 5:4, 1 Kings 18:17, 1 Kings 18:18, 1 Kings 21:20, Ezra 4:12, Nehemiah 6:9, Amos 7:10, Luke 23:2, John 11:46-50, Acts 16:20, Acts 17:6, Acts 24:5, Acts 28:22
welfare: Heb. peace, Jeremiah 29:7
Reciprocal: Numbers 16:41 - Ye have 1 Kings 13:4 - Lay hold 1 Kings 22:8 - good 2 Kings 6:31 - if the head 2 Chronicles 18:7 - good 2 Chronicles 36:14 - all the chief Ezra 4:4 - weakened Job 31:34 - Did I Isaiah 30:10 - say Jeremiah 12:5 - canst Jeremiah 26:10 - the princes Jeremiah 32:3 - Wherefore Jeremiah 34:10 - when Jeremiah 37:13 - Thou Jeremiah 38:22 - Thy friends Jeremiah 38:25 - General Jeremiah 43:3 - to deliver Jeremiah 44:16 - we Lamentations 3:52 - chased Ezekiel 22:9 - men that carry tales Habakkuk 1:4 - for Mark 12:3 - they Luke 20:10 - beat John 11:53 - put Acts 4:17 - let Acts 5:28 - intend Acts 25:3 - desired Revelation 11:10 - these

Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

for: 1 Samuel 15:24, 1 Samuel 29:9, 2 Samuel 3:39, 2 Samuel 19:22, Proverbs 29:25, John 19:12-16
Reciprocal: Genesis 16:6 - in Exodus 23:2 - to decline Joshua 9:25 - we are Job 1:12 - power Job 31:34 - Did I Jeremiah 26:14 - As for Jeremiah 37:17 - asked Jeremiah 38:19 - I Daniel 6:16 - the king

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.

took: Jeremiah 37:21, Psalms 109:5, Luke 3:19, Luke 3:20
into: Jeremiah 37:16, Lamentations 3:55, Acts 16:24, 2 Corinthians 4:8, 2 Corinthians 4:9, Hebrews 10:36
Hammelech: or, the king, Jeremiah 36:26
and they: Jeremiah 38:11, Jeremiah 38:12
And in: This dungeon, which seems to have belonged to one of Zedekiah's sons, appears to have been a most dreadful place; the horrors of which were probably augmented by the cruelty of the jailor. "The eastern people," observes Sir J. Chardin, "have not different prisons for the different classes of criminals; the judges do not trouble themselves about where the prisoners are confined, or how they are treated, considering it merely as a place of safety; and all that they require of the jailor is, that the prisoner be forthcoming when called for. As to the rest, he is master to do as he pleases; to treat him well or ill; to put him in irons or not; to shut him up close, or hold him in easier restraint; to admit people to him, or to suffer nobody to see him. If the jailor and his servants have large fees, let the person be the greatest rascal in the world, he shall be lodged in the jailor's own apartment, and the best part of it; and on the contrary, if those that have imprisoned a man give the jailor greater presents, or that he has a greater regard for them, he will treat the prisoner with the greatest inhumanity." This adds a double energy to those passages which speak of "the sighing of the prisoner," and to Jeremiah's supplicating that he might not be remanded to the dungeon of Jonathan - Jeremiah 38:26, Jeremiah 37:20. Jeremiah 38:22, Genesis 37:24, Psalms 40:2, Psalms 69:2, Psalms 69:14, Psalms 69:15, Lamentations 3:52-55, Zechariah 9:11
Reciprocal: Exodus 12:29 - dungeon Exodus 23:2 - to decline 1 Kings 22:27 - Put this fellow 2 Chronicles 18:25 - and carry him back 2 Chronicles 36:16 - misused Job 30:19 - cast me Isaiah 24:22 - shall they Isaiah 51:14 - die Jeremiah 1:19 - And they Jeremiah 20:2 - smote Jeremiah 29:26 - that thou Jeremiah 32:2 - Jeremiah Jeremiah 36:5 - General Jeremiah 37:15 - in the Jeremiah 38:13 - So Lamentations 3:1 - the man Lamentations 3:7 - hedged Lamentations 3:53 - cut Daniel 3:23 - fell Luke 4:28 - were 2 Corinthians 6:5 - imprisonments Hebrews 11:36 - bonds

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;

Ebedmelech: Jeremiah 39:16-18
Ethiopian: Jeremiah 13:23, Psalms 68:31, Matthew 8:11, Matthew 8:12, Matthew 20:16, Luke 10:30-36, Luke 13:29, Luke 13:30, Acts 8:27-39
eunuchs: Jeremiah 29:2, Jeremiah 34:19, 2 Kings 24:15, *marg.
the king: Jeremiah 37:13, Deuteronomy 21:19, Job 29:7-17, Amos 5:10
Reciprocal: Joshua 20:4 - at the entering 2 Kings 5:13 - his servants 2 Chronicles 18:25 - and carry him back Proverbs 31:8 - Open Isaiah 56:3 - neither Jeremiah 20:2 - in the high Jeremiah 26:16 - General Zechariah 14:10 - from Benjamin's Luke 10:33 - Samaritan Hebrews 13:3 - them that

Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 32:3 - Behold Micah 7:18 - that

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.

these: Jeremiah 38:1-6, Esther 7:4-6, Job 31:34, Proverbs 24:11, Proverbs 24:12, Proverbs 31:8, Proverbs 31:9
is like to die: Heb. will die
for there: Jeremiah 37:21, Jeremiah 52:6
Reciprocal: Genesis 47:18 - General Exodus 23:2 - to decline Isaiah 3:1 - the stay Jeremiah 39:17 - of whom Lamentations 1:11 - seek Lamentations 3:53 - cut 2 Corinthians 11:27 - in hunger

10.

Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

the king: Esther 5:2, Esther 8:7, Psalms 75:10, Proverbs 21:1
with thee: Heb. in thine hand
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 37:13 - Hananiah Jeremiah 37:16 - into the dungeon

11.

So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

let them: Jeremiah 38:6
Reciprocal: Joshua 6:19 - the treasury

12.

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.

Put: Romans 12:10, Romans 12:15, Ephesians 4:32
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 38:6 - and they

13.

So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

So: Jeremiah 38:6
Jeremiah: Jeremiah 38:28, Jeremiah 37:21, Jeremiah 39:14-18, 1 Kings 22:27, Acts 23:35, Acts 24:23-26, Acts 28:16, Acts 28:30
Reciprocal: Exodus 12:29 - dungeon

14.

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.

sent: Jeremiah 21:1, Jeremiah 21:2, Jeremiah 37:17
third: or, principal, 1 Kings 10:5, 2 Kings 16:18
I will: Jeremiah 42:2-5, Jeremiah 42:20, 1 Samuel 3:17, 1 Samuel 3:18, 1 Kings 22:16, 2 Chronicles 18:15
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 14:18 - Hide not 2 Chronicles 18:5 - Shall we go 2 Chronicles 36:12 - before Jeremiah Ezekiel 7:26 - then Ezekiel 14:7 - and cometh Acts 24:25 - Go

15.

Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?

Luke 22:67, Luke 22:68
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:12 - let me Proverbs 12:15 - but John 11:53 - put Hebrews 1:8 - a sceptre

16.

So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

sware: Jeremiah 37:17, John 3:2
that made: Numbers 16:22, Numbers 27:16, Ecclesiastes 12:7, Isaiah 57:16, Zechariah 12:1, Hebrews 12:9
of these: Jeremiah 38:1-6, Jeremiah 34:20
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 20:3 - as thy soul Job 31:34 - Did I Jeremiah 22:25 - I

17.

Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:

the God of hosts: Psalms 80:7, Psalms 80:14, Amos 5:27
the God of Israel: 1 Chronicles 17:24, Ezra 9:4
If thou: Jeremiah 38:2, Jeremiah 7:6, Jeremiah 7:7, Jeremiah 21:8-10, Jeremiah 27:12, Jeremiah 27:17, Jeremiah 39:3, Job 23:13
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 24:12 - Jehoiachin 2 Kings 24:20 - Zedekiah Jeremiah 21:4 - Behold Jeremiah 21:9 - that abideth Jeremiah 27:8 - that nation Jeremiah 29:16 - General Jeremiah 37:13 - Thou Jeremiah 40:9 - Fear Ezekiel 17:14 - but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand Zephaniah 3:7 - so

18.

But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

if thou: 2 Kings 24:12, 2 Kings 25:27-30
then: Jeremiah 38:3, Jeremiah 38:23, Jeremiah 24:8-10, Jeremiah 32:3-5, Jeremiah 34:2, Jeremiah 34:3, Jeremiah 34:19-22, Jeremiah 39:3, Jeremiah 39:5-7, Jeremiah 52:7-11, 2 Kings 25:4-10, Ezekiel 12:13, Ezekiel 17:20, Ezekiel 17:21, Ezekiel 21:25-27
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 12:26 - Now shall Jeremiah 1:18 - against Jeremiah 21:4 - Behold Jeremiah 21:10 - it shall Jeremiah 25:35 - the shepherds Jeremiah 32:4 - General Jeremiah 39:4 - when Jeremiah 39:8 - burned Ezekiel 12:10 - prince Ezekiel 17:15 - shall he escape Ezekiel 24:11 - set it

19.

And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.

I: Jeremiah 38:5, 1 Samuel 15:24, Job 31:34, Proverbs 29:25, Isaiah 51:12, Isaiah 51:13, Isaiah 57:11, John 12:42, John 19:12, John 19:13
mock: Jeremiah 38:22, Judges 9:54, Judges 16:25, 1 Samuel 31:4, Isaiah 45:9, Isaiah 45:10
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 11:8 - General

20.

But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.

Obey: Jeremiah 26:13, 2 Chronicles 20:20, Daniel 4:27, Acts 26:29, 2 Corinthians 5:11, 2 Corinthians 5:20, 2 Corinthians 6:1, Philemon 1:8-10, James 1:22
and thy: Isaiah 55:3
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 15:19 - let them Jeremiah 27:13 - Why Ephesians 4:1 - beseech

21.

But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:

if thou: Jeremiah 5:3, Exodus 10:3, Exodus 10:4, Exodus 16:28, Job 34:33, Proverbs 1:24-31, Isaiah 1:19, Isaiah 1:20, Hebrews 12:25
this is: Jeremiah 15:19-21, Jeremiah 26:15, Numbers 23:19, Numbers 23:20, Numbers 24:13, Job 23:13, Ezekiel 2:4, Ezekiel 2:5, Ezekiel 2:7, Ezekiel 3:17-19, Acts 18:6, Acts 20:26, Acts 20:27
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 8:10 - the Lord Jeremiah 17:27 - then Jeremiah 21:7 - I will Jeremiah 42:19 - know

22.

And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.

all: Jeremiah 41:10, Jeremiah 43:6, Lamentations 5:11
and those: Mr. Harmer would render, "and here (hennah or reading hinneh behold), the women (wont to sing on public occasions) shall say," etc.; observing "that these bitter speeches much better suit the lips of women belonging to the conquering nation, singing before a captive prince, than of his own wives and concubines." This he illustrates by the following extract from Della Valle: When he was at Lar, in Persia, the king of Ormuz was brought thither in triumph; and "this poor unfortunate king entered Lar, with his people, in the morning, music playing, and girls and women singing and dancing before him, according to the custom of Persia, and the people flocking together with a prodigious concourse, and conducting him in a pompous and magnificent manner, particularly with colours displayed, like what the Messenians formerly did to Philopoemen, the general of the Athenians, their prisoner of war, according to the report of Justin."
Thy friends: Heb. The men of thy peace, Jeremiah 38:4-6, Jeremiah 20:10, Psalms 41:9,*marg.
have set: Jeremiah 38:19, Lamentations 1:2, Micah 7:5
thy feet: Jeremiah 38:6, Psalms 69:2, Psalms 69:14
they are: Jeremiah 46:5, Jeremiah 46:21, Isaiah 42:17, Lamentations 1:13
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 30:14 - lovers Obadiah 1:7 - men that were at peace with thee

23.

So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

they shall: Jeremiah 38:18, Jeremiah 39:6, Jeremiah 41:10, Jeremiah 52:8-13, 2 Kings 25:7, 2 Chronicles 36:20, 2 Chronicles 36:21
shalt cause: etc. Heb. shalt burn, etc. Jeremiah 27:12, Jeremiah 27:13, Ezekiel 14:9, Ezekiel 43:3
Reciprocal: Numbers 4:18 - General Numbers 32:15 - ye shall 2 Kings 25:6 - they took Jeremiah 21:10 - it shall Jeremiah 25:35 - the shepherds Jeremiah 27:17 - wherefore Jeremiah 32:4 - General Jeremiah 34:2 - Behold Jeremiah 34:22 - shall fight Jeremiah 37:8 - General Jeremiah 39:5 - Chaldeans' Jeremiah 52:13 - the king's Ezekiel 17:15 - shall he escape Ezekiel 19:14 - fire

24.

Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 37:17 - asked

25.

But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:

Jeremiah 38:4-6, Jeremiah 38:27
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 14:18 - Hide not

26.

Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

Jeremiah 37:15, Jeremiah 37:20, Jeremiah 42:2, Esther 4:8
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 16:2 - I am come Esther 7:3 - let my life Jeremiah 38:6 - And in Jeremiah 40:8 - Jonathan Acts 16:24 - the inner

27.

Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

and he told: 1 Samuel 10:15, 1 Samuel 10:16, 1 Samuel 16:2-5, 2 Kings 6:19, Acts 23:6
left off speaking with him: Heb. were silent from him
Reciprocal: Proverbs 11:13 - he Jeremiah 38:25 - General

28.

So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.

Jeremiah 38:13, Jeremiah 15:20, Jeremiah 15:21, Jeremiah 37:21, Jeremiah 39:14, Psalms 23:4, 2 Timothy 3:11, 2 Timothy 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:18
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 24:19 - And he did Jeremiah 29:26 - that thou Jeremiah 33:1 - he Jeremiah 36:5 - General Lamentations 3:59 - thou hast Hebrews 11:36 - bonds