Jeremiah 38:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Ebedmelech said, “Your Majesty, Jeremiah is a prophet, and those men were wrong to throw him into a well. And when Jerusalem runs out of food, Jeremiah will starve to death down there.”

Cross References

Job 31:34

And the fear of public disgrace never forced me to keep silent about what I had done.

Jeremiah 19:9

And while your enemies are trying to break through your city walls to kill you, the food supply will run out. You will become so hungry that you will eat the flesh of your friends and even of your own children.

Jeremiah 37:21

King Zedekiah had me taken to the prison cells in the courtyard of the palace guards. He told the soldiers to give me a loaf of bread from one of the bakeries every day until the city ran out of grain.

Jeremiah 38:10

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

Jeremiah 39:17

But because you trusted me, I will protect you from the officials of Judah, and when Judah is struck by disaster, I will rescue you and keep you alive. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Lamentations 1:11

Everyone in the city groans while searching for food; they trade their valuables for barely enough scraps to stay alive. Jerusalem shouts to the LORD, “Please look and see how miserable I am!”

Lamentations 3:53

Then they tried to kill me by tossing me into a pit and throwing stones at me.