Jeremiah 38:9

Bible in Basic English 1965

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have put into the water-hole; and he will come to his death in the place where he is through need of food: for there is no more bread in the town.

Cross References

Job 31:34

For fear of the great body of people, or for fear that families might make sport of me, so that I kept quiet, and did not go out of my door;

Jeremiah 19:9

I will make them take the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters for food, they will be making a meal of one another, because of their bitter need and the cruel grip of their haters and those who have made designs against their life.

Jeremiah 37:21

Then by the order of Zedekiah the king, Jeremiah was put into the place of the armed watchmen, and they gave him every day a cake of bread from the street of the bread-makers, till all the bread in the town was used up. So Jeremiah was kept in the place of the armed watchmen.

Jeremiah 38:10

Then the king gave orders to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take with you three men from here and get Jeremiah out of the water-hole before death overtakes him.

Jeremiah 38:8

And Ebed-melech went out from the king's house and said to the king,

Jeremiah 39:17

But I will keep you safe on that day, says the Lord: you will not be given into the hands of the men you are fearing.

Jeremiah 52:6

In the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.

Lamentations 1:11

Breathing out grief all her people are looking for bread; they have given their desired things for food to give them life: see, O Lord, and take note; for she has become a thing of shame.

Lamentations 3:53

They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.