- So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king's son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the cistern; it had no water in it, only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
- But Ebed-Melech, a Cushite, an official in the royal palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. While the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate,
- Ebed-Melech went out of the palace and said to him,
- "My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern, where he will starve to death when there is no longer any bread in the city."
- Then the king commanded Ebed-Melech the Cushite, "Take thirty men from here with you and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies."
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- 他们就拿住耶利米,下在哈米勒的儿子(或作王的儿子)玛基雅的牢狱里。那牢狱在护卫兵的院中。他们用绳子将耶利米系下去。牢狱里没有水,只有淤泥,耶利米就陷在淤泥中。
- 在王宫的太监古实人以伯米勒,听见他们将耶利米下了牢狱(那时王坐在便雅悯门口),
- 以伯米勒就从王宫里出来,对王说,
- 主我的王阿,这些人向先知耶利米一味地行恶,将他下在牢狱中。他在那里必因饥饿而死,因为城中再没有粮食。
- 王就吩咐古实人以伯米勒说,你从这里带领三十人,趁着先知耶利米未死以前,将他从牢狱中提上来。
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