Jeremiah 38:8

Modern English Version

Ebed-melek went forth out of the king’s house and spoke to the king, saying,

Cross References

Jeremiah 32:3

For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy? You say: Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it,

Jeremiah 38:7

Now Ebed-melek the Cushite, one of the eunuchs who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the cistern. Now the king was sitting in the Gate of Benjamin.

Jeremiah 38:9

“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 cistern. And he will die by hunger in the place where he is, for there is no more bread in the city.”

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like You, bearing iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of His inheritance? He does not remain angry forever, because He delights in benevolence.