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Jeremiah 38:12

in Jeremiah 38

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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

KJV

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

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This verse in Jeremiah 38

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon

on Jeremiah 38:7-13

Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch in the king's house and so a foreigner and an outsider by two counts, hears of the dungeon and goes straight to Zedekiah sitting in the gate: these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. His plainness moves the king to immediate action, thirty men and old cast clouts and rotten rags to pad the cords against the prophet's armholes, a practical kindness the text records in its own careful detail. The bench notes the reversal: the princes born of Judah sought Jeremiah's death, and a Cushite servant with no standing in the covenant people saved his life, a man later given his own oracle of deliverance for the trust he showed here (39:15-18).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Note, Those that are in distress should not only be relieved, but relieved with compassion and marks of respect, all which shall be placed to account and abound to a good account in the day of recompence.

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֹּ֡אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • עֶבֶד־Ebed

    ʾeved-H5663 →12 times

  • מֶ֨לֶךְMelech

    melekhH5663 →12 times

  • הַכּוּשִׁ֜יthe Cushite

    hakushiH3569 →26 times

  • אֶֽל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • יִרְמְיָ֗הוּJeremiah

    yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times

  • שִׂ֣יםput

    simH7760 →584 times

  • נָ֠אplease

    na'H4994 →404 times

  • בְּלוֹאֵ֨י[the] worn out things of

    beloeiH1094 →3 times

  • הַסְּחָב֤וֹתthe clothes

    hasechavotH5499 →

  • וְהַמְּלָחִים֙and the rags

    vehamelachimH4418 →

  • תַּ֚חַתunder

    tachatH8478 →505 times

  • אַצִּל֣וֹת[the] joints of

    ʾatzilotH679 →

  • יָדֶ֔יךָhands your

    yadeikhaH3027 →1618 times

  • מִתַּ֖חַתfrom under

    mitachatH8478 →505 times

  • לַחֲבָלִ֑יםto [the] ropes

    lachavalimH2256 →62 times

  • וַיַּ֥עַשׂand he did

    vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times

  • יִרְמְיָ֖הוּJeremiah

    yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times

  • כֵּֽן׃thus

    kenH3651 →771 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ephesians 4:32

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

    it leads to

    • 1 Peter 3:8–9

      Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Colossians 3:12–13

      Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

    • Matthew 6:14–15

      For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

    • Mark 11:25

      And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”

    • 2 Corinthians 2:10

      If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,

  • Through

    Romans 12:15

    Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 12:26

      If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

  • Through

    Romans 12:10

    Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

    it leads to

    • Philippians 2:3

      Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.

    • John 13:34–35

      A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Jeremiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 38 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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