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Jeremiah 38:6 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. "

Jeremiah 38:6

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4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

7 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

8 Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,

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Jeremiah 37:21

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"Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison."

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Jeremiah 37:16

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"When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;"

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Jeremiah 38:22

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"And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back."

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Psalms 69:2

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"I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me."

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Psalms 69:14-15

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"Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters."

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Isaiah 51:14

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"The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail."

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From This Chapter

Jeremiah 38:1

"Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,"

Jeremiah 38:2

"Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live."

Jeremiah 38:3

"Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it."

Jeremiah 38:4

"Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt."

Jeremiah 38:5

"Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you."

Jeremiah 38:7

"Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;"

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