Jeremiah Chapter 38 - King James Strong Number Version

1: Then Shephatiah <H8203> the son <H1121> of Mattan, <H4977> and Gedaliah <H1436> the son <H1121> of Pashur, <H6583> and Jucal <H3116> the son <H1121> of Shelemiah, <H8018> and Pashur <H6583> the son <H1121> of Malchiah, <H4441> heard <H8085> the words <H1697> that Jeremiah <H3414> had spoken <H1696> unto all the people, <H5971> saying, <H0559>
2: Thus saith <H0559> the LORD, <H3068> He that remaineth <H3427> in this city <H5892> shall die <H4191> by the sword, <H2719> by the famine, <H7458> and by the pestilence: <H1698> but he that goeth forth <H3318> to the Chaldeans <H3778> shall live; <H2421> for he shall have his life <H5315> for a prey, <H7998> and shall live. <H2425>
3: Thus saith <H0559> the LORD, <H3068> This city <H5892> shall surely <H5414> be given <H5414> into the hand <H3027> of the king <H4428> of Babylon's <H0894> army, <H2428> which shall take <H3920> it.
4: Therefore the princes <H8269> said <H0559> unto the king, <H4428> We beseech thee, let this man <H0376> be put to death: <H4191> for thus <H3651> he weakeneth <H7503> the hands <H3027> of the men <H0582> of war <H4421> that remain <H7604> in this city, <H5892> and the hands <H3027> of all the people, <H5971> in speaking <H1696> such words <H1697> unto them: for this man <H0376> seeketh <H1875> not the welfare <H7965> of this people, <H5971> but the hurt. <H7451>
5: Then Zedekiah <H6667> the king <H4428> said, <H0559> Behold, he [is] in your hand: <H3027> for the king <H4428> [is] not [he that] can <H3201> do [any] thing <H1697> against you.
6: Then took <H3947> they Jeremiah, <H3414> and cast <H7993> him into the dungeon <H0953> of Malchiah <H4441> the son <H1121> of Hammelech, <H4428> <H4429> that [was] in the court <H2691> of the prison: <H4307> and they let down <H7971> Jeremiah <H3414> with cords. <H2256> And in the dungeon <H0953> [there was] no water, <H4325> but mire: <H2916> so Jeremiah <H3414> sunk <H2883> in the mire. <H2916>
7: Now when Ebedmelech <H5663> the Ethiopian, <H3569> one <H0376> of the eunuchs <H5631> which was in the king's <H4428> house, <H1004> heard <H8085> that they had put <H5414> Jeremiah <H3414> in the dungeon; <H0953> the king <H4428> then sitting <H3427> in the gate <H8179> of Benjamin; <H1144>
8: Ebedmelech <H5663> went forth <H3318> out of the king's <H4428> house, <H1004> and spake <H1696> to the king, <H4428> saying, <H0559>
9: My lord <H0113> the king, <H4428> these men <H0582> have done evil <H7489> in all that they have done <H6213> to Jeremiah <H3414> the prophet, <H5030> whom they have cast <H7993> into the dungeon; <H0953> and he is like to die <H4191> for <H6440> hunger <H7458> in the place where he is: <H8478> for [there is] no more bread <H3899> in the city. <H5892>
10: Then the king <H4428> commanded <H6680> Ebedmelech <H5663> the Ethiopian, <H3569> saying, <H0559> Take <H3947> from hence thirty <H7970> men <H0582> with thee, <H3027> and take up <H5927> Jeremiah <H3414> the prophet <H5030> out of the dungeon, <H0953> before he die. <H4191>
11: So Ebedmelech <H5663> took <H3947> the men <H0582> with him, <H3027> and went <H0935> into the house <H1004> of the king <H4428> under the treasury, <H0214> and took <H3947> thence old <H1094> cast clouts <H5499> and old <H1094> rotten rags, <H4418> and let them down <H7971> by cords <H2256> into the dungeon <H0953> to Jeremiah. <H3414>
12: And Ebedmelech <H5663> the Ethiopian <H3569> said <H0559> unto Jeremiah, <H3414> Put <H7760> now [these] old <H1094> cast clouts <H5499> and rotten rags <H4418> under thine armholes <H0679> <H3027> under the cords. <H2256> And Jeremiah <H3414> did <H6213> so.
13: So they drew <H4900> up Jeremiah <H3414> with cords, <H2256> and took him up <H5927> out of the dungeon: <H0953> and Jeremiah <H3414> remained <H3427> in the court <H2691> of the prison. <H4307>
14: Then Zedekiah <H6667> the king <H4428> sent, <H7971> and took <H3947> Jeremiah <H3414> the prophet <H5030> unto him into the third <H7992> entry <H3996> that [is] in the house <H1004> of the LORD: <H3068> and the king <H4428> said <H0559> unto Jeremiah, <H3414> I will ask <H7592> thee a thing; <H1697> hide <H3582> nothing <H1697> from me.
15: Then Jeremiah <H3414> said <H0559> unto Zedekiah, <H6667> If I declare <H5046> [it] unto thee, wilt thou not surely <H4191> put me to death? <H4191> and if I give thee counsel, <H3289> wilt thou not hearken <H8085> unto me?
16: So Zedekiah <H6667> the king <H4428> sware <H7650> secretly <H5643> unto Jeremiah, <H3414> saying, <H0559> [As] the LORD <H3068> liveth, <H2416> that made <H6213> us this soul, <H5315> I will not put thee to death, <H4191> neither will I give <H5414> thee into the hand <H3027> of these men <H0582> that seek <H1245> thy life. <H5315>
17: Then said <H0559> Jeremiah <H3414> unto Zedekiah, <H6667> Thus saith <H0559> the LORD, <H3068> the God <H0430> of hosts, <H6635> the God <H0430> of Israel; <H3478> If thou wilt assuredly <H3318> go forth <H3318> unto the king <H4428> of Babylon's <H0894> princes, <H8269> then thy soul <H5315> shall live, <H2421> and this city <H5892> shall not be burned <H8313> with fire; <H0784> and thou shalt live, <H2421> and thine house: <H1004>
18: But if thou wilt not go forth <H3318> to the king <H4428> of Babylon's <H0894> princes, <H8269> then shall this city <H5892> be given <H5414> into the hand <H3027> of the Chaldeans, <H3778> and they shall burn <H8313> it with fire, <H0784> and thou shalt not escape <H4422> out of their hand. <H3027>
19: And Zedekiah <H6667> the king <H4428> said <H0559> unto Jeremiah, <H3414> I am afraid <H1672> of the Jews <H3064> that are fallen <H5307> to the Chaldeans, <H3778> lest they deliver <H5414> me into their hand, <H3027> and they mock <H5953> me.
20: But Jeremiah <H3414> said, <H0559> They shall not deliver <H5414> [thee]. Obey, <H8085> I beseech thee, the voice <H6963> of the LORD, <H3068> which I speak <H1696> unto thee: so it shall be well <H3190> unto thee, and thy soul <H5315> shall live. <H2421>
21: But if thou refuse <H3986> to go forth, <H3318> this [is] the word <H1697> that the LORD <H3068> hath shewed <H7200> me:
22: And, behold, all the women <H0802> that are left <H7604> in the king <H4428> of Judah's <H3063> house <H1004> [shall be] brought forth <H3318> to the king <H4428> of Babylon's <H0894> princes, <H8269> and those [women] shall say, <H0559> Thy friends <H0582> <H7965> have set thee on, <H5496> and have prevailed <H3201> against thee: thy feet <H7272> are sunk <H2883> in the mire, <H1206> [and] they are turned away <H5472> back. <H0268>
23: So they shall bring out <H3318> all thy wives <H0802> and thy children <H1121> to the Chaldeans: <H3778> and thou shalt not escape <H4422> out of their hand, <H3027> but shalt be taken <H8610> by the hand <H3027> of the king <H4428> of Babylon: <H0894> and thou shalt cause this city <H5892> to be burned <H8313> with fire. <H0784>
24: Then said <H0559> Zedekiah <H6667> unto Jeremiah, <H3414> Let no man <H0376> know <H3045> of these words, <H1697> and thou shalt not die. <H4191>
25: But if the princes <H8269> hear <H8085> that I have talked <H1696> with thee, and they come <H0935> unto thee, and say <H0559> unto thee, Declare <H5046> unto us now what thou hast said <H1696> unto the king, <H4428> hide <H3582> it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; <H4191> also what the king <H4428> said <H1696> unto thee:
26: Then thou shalt say <H0559> unto them, I presented <H5307> my supplication <H8467> before <H6440> the king, <H4428> that he would not cause me to return <H7725> to Jonathan's <H3083> house, <H1004> to die <H4191> there.
27: Then came <H0935> all the princes <H8269> unto Jeremiah, <H3414> and asked <H7592> him: and he told <H5046> them according to all these words <H1697> that the king <H4428> had commanded. <H6680> So they left off speaking <H2790> with him; for the matter <H1697> was not perceived. <H8085>
28: So Jeremiah <H3414> abode <H3427> in the court <H2691> of the prison <H4307> until the day <H3117> that Jerusalem <H3389> was taken: <H3920> and he was [there] when Jerusalem <H3389> was taken. <H3920>