Jeremiah 38:9

New Century Version

“My master and king, these rulers have acted in an evil way. They have treated Jeremiah the prophet badly. They have thrown him into a well and left him there to die! When there is no more bread in the city, he will starve to death.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 37:21

So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be put under guard in the courtyard of the guard and to be given bread each day from the street of the bakers until there was no more bread in the city. So he stayed under guard in the courtyard of the guard.

Jeremiah 52:6

By the ninth day of the fourth month, the hunger was terrible in the city; there was no food for the people to eat.

Job 31:34

I was not so afraid of the crowd that I kept quiet and stayed inside because I feared being hated by other families.

Jeremiah 38:8

Ebed-Melech left the palace and went to the king. Ebed-Melech said to him,

Jeremiah 38:10

Then King Zedekiah commanded Ebed-Melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from the palace and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the well before he dies.”

Lamentations 1:11

All of Jerusalem’s people groan, looking for bread. They are trading their precious things for food so they can stay alive. The city says, “Look, Lord, and see. I am hated.”

Lamentations 3:53

They tried to kill me in a pit; they threw stones at me.

Jeremiah 19:9

An enemy army will surround the city and will not let anyone go out to get food. I will make the people so hungry that they will eat the bodies of their own sons and daughters, and then they will begin to eat each other.’

Jeremiah 39:17

But I will save you on that day, Ebed-Melech, says the Lord. You will not be handed over to the people you fear.