where King Zedekiah of Judah had confined him. Zedekiah had said, “Why do you prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord: I am going to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
Jeremiah 38:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So Ebed-melech left the king’s house and spoke to the king, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Ebed-melech went out of the king's house and spoke to the king, saying, American Standard Version (1901) Ebed-melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying, Common English Bible Ebed-melech left the palace and said to the king: Catholic Public Domain Version And so Ebedmelech departed from the king's house, and he spoke to the king, saying: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Abdemelech went out of the king's house and spoke to the king, saying: |
where King Zedekiah of Judah had confined him. Zedekiah had said, “Why do you prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord: I am going to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
Ebed-melech the Cushite, a eunuch in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. The king happened to be sitting at the Benjamin Gate,
“My lord king, these men have acted wickedly in all they did to the prophet Jeremiah by throwing him into the cistern to die there of hunger, for there is no bread left in the city.”
Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of his possession? He does not retain his anger forever because he delights in showing steadfast love.