Jeremiah 38:6-13 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah son of the king, which was in the guard–court, and they let Jeremiah down with ropes,––now, in the dungeon, was no, water, only mire, so Jeremiah sank, in the mire.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶ Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah son of the king, which was in the guard–court, and they let Jeremiah down with ropes,––now, in the dungeon, was no, water, only mire, so Jeremiah sank, in the mire. ⁷ When Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs, he, being in the house of the king, heard, that they had delivered Jeremiah into the dungeon,––the king being seated in the gate of Benjamin, ⁸ then went forth Ebed–melech, out of the house of the king, and spake unto the king, saying: ⁹ My lord, O King! wickedly, have these men done all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom indeed they have cast into the dungeon,––since he would have died where he was, because of the famine, for there is no, bread any longer, in the city. ¹⁰ Then the king commanded, Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, saying,––Take with thee from hence, thirty men, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. ¹¹ So Ebed–melech took, the men with him, and went into the house of the king, under the treasury, and took thence, pieces of cast–off clothes, and old rags,––and let them down unto Jeremiah in the dungeon, with the ropes. ¹² Then said Ebed–melech the Ethiopian unto Jeremiah,––Put, I pray thee, the pieces of cast–off clothes and the old rags, under thine arm–joints, under the ropes, And Jeremiah did, so, ¹³ Then drew they Jeremiah, with the ropes, and lifted him up out of the dungeon,––and Jeremiah remained in the guard–court.