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Jeremiah 38:12

Jeremiah 38:12 is verse 12 of Jeremiah chapter 38, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,

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King James Version

And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

World English Bible

Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Now put these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the cords.” Jeremiah did so.

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Jeremiah 38:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”

11 Then Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.

12 Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,

13 and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

14 Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”

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Hebrew words

וַיֹּ֡אמֶרand he saidעֶבֶדמֶ֨לֶךְMelech הַכּוּשִׁ֜יthe Cushite אֶֽלto יִרְמְיָ֗הוּJeremiah שִׂ֣יםput נָ֠אplease בְּלוֹאֵ֨י[the] worn out things of הַסְּחָב֤וֹתthe clothes וְהַמְּלָחִים֙and the rags תַּ֚חַתunder אַצִּל֣וֹת[the] joints of יָדֶ֔יךָhands your מִתַּ֖חַתfrom under לַחֲבָלִ֑יםto [the] ropes וַיַּ֥עַשׂand he did יִרְמְיָ֖הוּJeremiah כֵּֽןthus

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

Ephesians 4:32
Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

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