Jeremiah 38:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Ebedmelech and the soldiers went to the palace and got some rags from the room under the treasury. He used ropes to lower them into the well.

Cross References

Jeremiah 38:10

Zedekiah answered, “Take thirty of my soldiers and pull Jeremiah out before he dies.”

Jeremiah 38:12

Then he said, “Put these rags under your arms so the ropes won't hurt you.” After I had done that,

Jeremiah 38:6

Then they took me back to the courtyard of the palace guards and let me down with ropes into the well that belonged to Malchiah, the king's son. There was no water in the well, and I sank down in the mud.

Jeremiah 38:7

Ebedmelech from Ethiopia was an official at the palace, and he heard what they had done to me. So he went to speak with King Zedekiah, who was holding court at Benjamin Gate.