Jeremiah 38:9

New International Reader's Version

“My king and master, everything these men have done to Jeremiah the prophet is evil. They have thrown him into an empty well. Soon there won’t be any more bread in the city. Then he’ll starve to death.”

Cross References

Job 31:34

I was never afraid of the crowd. I never worried that my relatives might hate me. I didn’t have to keep quiet or stay inside.

Jeremiah 19:9

I will make the people of this city eat their sons and daughters. And they will eat one another. They will do this because things will be so bad during the attack. The enemies who want to take their lives will bring all this trouble on them.” ’

Jeremiah 37:21

Then King Zedekiah gave the order. His men put Jeremiah in the courtyard of the guard. They gave him a loaf of bread from the street of the bakers. They did it every day until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

Jeremiah 38:10

So the king gave an order to Ebed-Melek the Cushite. He said, “Take with you 30 men from here. Lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the well before he dies.”

Jeremiah 38:8

Ebed-Melek went out of the palace. He said to the king,

Jeremiah 39:17

But I will save you on that day,” announces the Lord. “You will not be handed over to those you are afraid of.

Jeremiah 52:6

By the ninth day of the fourth month, there wasn’t any food left in the city. So the people didn’t have anything to eat.

Lamentations 1:11

All Jerusalem’s people groan as they search for bread. They trade their treasures for food just to stay alive. Jerusalem says, “Lord, look at me. Think about my condition. Everyone looks down on me.”

Lamentations 3:53

They tried to end my life by throwing me into a deep pit. They threw stones down at me.