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He took some old rags and worn-out clothes from there and let them down with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/38.htm">New Living Translation</a> So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to a room in the palace beneath the treasury, where he found some old rags and discarded clothing. He carried these to the cistern and lowered them to Jeremiah on a rope. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/38.htm">English Standard Version</a> So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the house of the king, to a wardrobe in the storehouse, and took from there old rags and worn-out clothes, which he let down to Jeremiah in the cistern by ropes. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/38.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/38.htm">King James Bible</a> So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/38.htm">New King James Version</a> So Ebed-Melech took the men with him and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there old clothes and old rags, and let them down by ropes into the dungeon to Jeremiah. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/38.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So Ebed-melech took the men under his authority and went into the king’s palace to a place beneath the storeroom, and took from there worn-out clothes and worn-out rags, and let them down by ropes into the cistern to Jeremiah. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/38.htm">NASB 1995</a> So Ebed-melech took the men under his authority and went into the king&#8217s palace to a place beneath the storeroom and took from there worn-out clothes and worn-out rags and let them down by ropes into the cistern to Jeremiah. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/38.htm">NASB 1977 </a> So Ebed-melech took the men under his authority and went into the king’s palace to a place beneath the storeroom and took from there worn-out clothes and worn-out rags and let them down by ropes into the cistern to Jeremiah. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/38.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So Ebed-melech took the men in his hand and went into the king’s palace to a place beneath the storeroom and took from there worn-out clothes and worn-out rags and let them down by ropes into the cistern to Jeremiah. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/38.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went into the palace of the king to a place under the storeroom and took from there old rags and worn-out clothes and let them down by ropes into the cistern to Jeremiah. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/38.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> So Ebed-melech took the men under his authority 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 by ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/38.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> So Ebed-melech took the men under his authority and went to the king&#8217s palace to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them by ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/38.htm">American Standard Version</a> So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/38.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Ebedmelech and the soldiers went to the palace and got some rags from the room under the treasury. He used ropes to lower them into the well. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/38.htm">English Revised Version</a> So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/38.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> So Ebed Melech took the men with him and went to the royal palace, to a room under the treasury. He took rags and torn clothes from there and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/38.htm">Good News Translation</a> So Ebedmelech went with the men to the palace storeroom and got some worn-out clothing which he let down to me by ropes. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/38.htm">International Standard Version</a> So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the palace, underneath the storeroom. He took worn out rags and worn out clothes from there, and using ropes he lowered them down to Jeremiah in the cistern. <a href="/net/jeremiah/38.htm">NET Bible</a> So Ebed Melech took the men with him and went to a room under the treasure room in the palace. He got some worn-out clothes and old rags from there and let them down by ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/38.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/38.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old decayed rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/jeremiah/38.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/web/jeremiah/38.htm">World English Bible</a> So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/38.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Ebed-Melech takes the men with him, and enters the house of the king, to the place of the treasury, and takes there worn-out shreds of cloth, and worn-out rags, and sends them by cords into the pit to Jeremiah. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/38.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Ebed-Melech taketh the men with him, and entereth the house of the king, unto the place of the treasury, and taketh thence worn-out clouts, and worn-out rags, and sendeth them unto Jeremiah unto the pit by cords. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/38.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the king's servant will take the men in his hand and go to the house of the king under the store-house, and he will take from thence old torn rags, and rags rubbed small, and he will cast them to Jeremiah into the pit with cords.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/38.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> So Abdemelech taking the men with him, went into the king's house that was under the storehouse: and he took from thence old rags, and old rotten things, and he let them down by cords to Jeremias into the dungeon. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/38.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, Ebedmelech, taking the men with him, entered into the king’s house to a place below the storehouse. And he took from there old garments, no longer in use, and he sent them down by rope to Jeremiah in the pit. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/38.htm">New American Bible</a> Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went first to the linen closet in the house of the king. He took some old, tattered rags and lowered them by rope to Jeremiah in the cistern. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/38.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the house of the king, to a wardrobe of the storehouse, and took from there old rags and worn-out clothes, which he let down to Jeremiah in the cistern by ropes.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/38.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> So Ebed-melech the Ethiopian took the men with him from the king's house, and went into the treasury which is below the palace and took from there some worn out towels and rags, and lowered them down by a rope into the well to Jeremiah. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/38.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Ebed Melek the Kushite took men with him and entered the house of treasure that is under the house of the King, and he took from there old rags of refuse and old rags of towels and let them down to Jeremiah into the pit by a rope<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/38.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence worn clouts and worn rags, and let them down by cords into the pit to Jeremiah. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/38.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> So Abdemelech took the men and went into the underground part of the king's house, and took thence old rags and old ropes, and threw them to Jeremias into the dungeon. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/38-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=11871" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/38.htm">Jeremiah Rescued</a> …10So 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<a href="/hebrew/5663.htm" title="5663: ‘e·ḇeḏ-From ebed and melek; servant of a king; Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5663.htm" title="5663: me·leḵ (N-proper-ms) -- From ebed and melek; servant of a king; Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah.">Then Ebed-melech</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: way·yiq·qaḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">took</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: hā·’ă·nā·šîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">the men</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yā·ḏōw (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">with him</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and went</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·me·leḵ (Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">to the king’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ḇêṯ- (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">palace,</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: ta·ḥaṯ (Prep) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">a place below</a> <a href="/hebrew/214.htm" title="214: hā·’ō·w·ṣār (Art:: N-ms) -- Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse. From 'atsar; a depository.">the storehouse.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: miš·šām (Prep-m:: Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">From there</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: way·yiq·qaḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">he took</a> <a href="/hebrew/1094.htm" title="1094: bə·lō·w·yê (N-mpc) -- Worn-out things, rags. Or blowy; from balah; rags.">old</a> <a href="/hebrew/5499.htm" title="5499: has·sə·ḥå̄·ḇōṯ (N-fp) -- A rag. From cachab; a rag.">rags</a> <a href="/hebrew/1094.htm" title="1094: ū·ḇə·lō·w·yê (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- Worn-out things, rags. Or blowy; from balah; rags.">and worn-out</a> <a href="/hebrew/4418.htm" title="4418: mə·lā·ḥîm (N-mp) -- A rag. From malach in its original sense; a rag or old garment.">clothes</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: way·šal·lə·ḥêm (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">and lowered them</a> <a href="/hebrew/2256.htm" title="2256: ba·ḥă·ḇā·lîm (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin.">with ropes</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3414.htm" title="3414: yir·mə·yā·hū (N-proper-ms) -- Or Yirmyahuw; from ruwm and Yahh; Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites.">Jeremiah</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/953.htm" title="953: hab·bō·wr (Art:: N-ms) -- A pit, cistern, well. From buwr; a pit hole.">the cistern.</a> 12Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/37-21.htm">Jeremiah 37:21</a> So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard. <a href="/jeremiah/39-6.htm">Jeremiah 39:6-7</a> There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah. / Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon. <a href="/2_kings/25-6.htm">2 Kings 25:6-7</a> The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him. / And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon. <a href="/lamentations/3-53.htm">Lamentations 3:53-55</a> They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me. / The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die. / I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit. <a href="/genesis/37-28.htm">Genesis 37:28</a> So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt. <a href="/2_kings/25-27.htm">2 Kings 25:27-30</a> On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison. / And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. / So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life. ... <a href="/acts/23-16.htm">Acts 23:16-24</a> But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul. / Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.” / So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.” ... <a href="/acts/9-25.htm">Acts 9:25</a> One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-32.htm">2 Corinthians 11:32-33</a> In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me. / But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp. <a href="/1_kings/22-27.htm">1 Kings 22:27</a> and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’” <a href="/matthew/14-3.htm">Matthew 14:3-4</a> Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, / because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” <a href="/matthew/27-2.htm">Matthew 27:2</a> They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor. <a href="/mark/6-17.htm">Mark 6:17-18</a> For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married. / For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!” <a href="/mark/15-1.htm">Mark 15:1</a> Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate. <a href="/luke/3-19.htm">Luke 3:19-20</a> But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done, / Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took there old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.let them.<a href="/jeremiah/38-6.htm">Jeremiah 38:6</a> Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/31-37.htm">Beneath</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-9.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-12.htm">Clouts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-6.htm">Cords</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-10.htm">Dungeon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-10.htm">Ebedmelech</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-10.htm">Ebed-Melech</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-10.htm">E'bed-Mel'ech</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-24.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-8.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-10.htm">Jeremiah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-8.htm">King's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-8.htm">Palace</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-10.htm">Pit</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Rags</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Ropes</a> <a href="/job/41-27.htm">Rotten</a> <a href="/luke/12-24.htm">Storeroom</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-12.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/esther/4-7.htm">Treasury</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-22.htm">Wardrobe</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Worn</a> <a href="/joshua/9-5.htm">Worn-Out</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/10-20.htm">Beneath</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-12.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-12.htm">Clouts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-12.htm">Cords</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-13.htm">Dungeon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-12.htm">Ebedmelech</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-12.htm">Ebed-Melech</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-12.htm">E'bed-Mel'ech</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-12.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-14.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-12.htm">Jeremiah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/39-4.htm">King's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/39-8.htm">Palace</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-13.htm">Pit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-12.htm">Rags</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-12.htm">Ropes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-12.htm">Rotten</a> <a href="/matthew/13-52.htm">Storeroom</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-12.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-25.htm">Treasury</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-22.htm">Wardrobe</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-12.htm">Worn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-12.htm">Worn-Out</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 38</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/38-1.htm">Jeremiah, by a false suggestion, is put into the dungeon of Malchiah.</a> 7. <a href="/jeremiah/38-7.htm">Ebed-Melech, by suit, gets him some enlargement.</a> 14. <a href="/jeremiah/38-14.htm">Upon secret conference, he counsels the king by yielding to save his life.</a> 24. <a href="/jeremiah/38-24.htm">By the king's instructions he conceals the conference from the princes.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/38.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/38.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then Ebed-melech took the men with him Ebed-melech, an Ethiopian eunuch, demonstrates courage and compassion by taking action to rescue Jeremiah. His role as a foreigner and a eunuch highlights God's use of unexpected individuals to fulfill His purposes. This act of bravery contrasts with the inaction of Judah's leaders. The involvement of "the men" suggests that Ebed-melech had some authority or influence, allowing him to gather assistance.and went to the king’s palace The king's palace was the center of political power in Jerusalem. Ebed-melech's access to the palace indicates his position within the royal court, likely as a trusted servant. This setting underscores the political tension and intrigue surrounding Jeremiah's imprisonment, as the prophet's messages were unpopular with the ruling class.to a place below the storehouse The storehouse was likely part of the palace complex, used for storing provisions. The mention of a location "below" suggests a lower, perhaps less visible area, which may have provided some privacy for Ebed-melech's actions. This detail highlights the resourcefulness required to carry out the rescue without drawing unwanted attention.From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes The use of old rags and worn-out clothes reflects the dire circumstances and limited resources available. These items, though humble, were chosen to cushion the ropes, showing Ebed-melech's thoughtfulness and care for Jeremiah's well-being. This act of kindness is reminiscent of God's provision through seemingly insignificant means.and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern Jeremiah's imprisonment in a cistern symbolizes his rejection by the people he was sent to warn. Cisterns were often used for water storage, and being trapped in one would have been both physically and psychologically distressing. The lowering of the rags and clothes with ropes signifies a lifeline, a tangible expression of hope and deliverance. This rescue foreshadows the ultimate deliverance found in Christ, who lifts humanity from the pit of sin and despair.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ebed-melech.htm">Ebed-melech</a> A Cushite servant in the king's palace who showed compassion and courage by rescuing Jeremiah from the cistern. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet of God who was imprisoned in a cistern for speaking God's truth to the people of Judah. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_king's_palace.htm">The King’s Palace</a> The location from which Ebed-melech gathered materials to rescue Jeremiah. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_cistern.htm">The Cistern</a> A pit where Jeremiah was held, symbolizing despair and abandonment. 5. <a href="/topical/o/old_rags_and_worn-out_clothes.htm">Old Rags and Worn-out Clothes</a> Items used by Ebed-melech to cushion the ropes, showing thoughtfulness and care in his rescue effort.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/c/courage_in_compassion.htm">Courage in Compassion</a> Ebed-melech's actions demonstrate the courage required to stand up for what is right, even when it goes against the prevailing culture or authority. <a href="/topical/t/thoughtful_action.htm">Thoughtful Action</a> The use of old rags and worn-out clothes shows the importance of being thoughtful and considerate in our efforts to help others. <a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_through_people.htm">God’s Provision through People</a> God often uses people to accomplish His purposes and provide for His servants, as seen in Ebed-melech's role in Jeremiah's life. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_adversity.htm">Faithfulness in Adversity</a> Jeremiah's situation reminds us of the call to remain faithful to God's message, even when facing persecution or hardship. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_advocacy.htm">The Power of Advocacy</a> Ebed-melech's advocacy for Jeremiah highlights the impact one person can have in bringing about justice and mercy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_38.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 38</a> <a href="/q/what_if_one_rejects_belief_in_god.htm">What does being rescued from mud and mire mean?</a> <a href="/q/does_job_38_22_misinterpret_snow.htm">Does Job 38:22's reference to 'storehouses of snow' suggest a misunderstanding of meteorology?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_evidence_of_jeremiah's_cistern.htm">In Jeremiah 38:6, is there archaeological or historical evidence for such a cistern deep enough and muddy enough to endanger Jeremiah's life?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_faith_and_grit_beat_adversity.htm">How do faith and perseverance overcome persecution and adversity?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/38.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) Under the treasury . . .--This was obviously what we should call the "lumber-room" of the palace. Nothing could show the acuteness of the prophet's sufferings more vividly than the precautions which the thoughtful kindness of the Eunuch thus suggested. The pit was so deep that ropes were needed to draw him up, as they had been to let him down, and lest they should cut into the flesh of Jeremiah's emaciated form, improvised cushions had to be fastened to the ropes, that he might rest his arm-pits on them. He was, however, at last rescued, and re-instated in his former position, as a prisoner under the king's protection."Clout" in old English was used for a patch of cloth as distinct from the "rags," which were of linen. So Spenser, "His garments nought but many ragged clouts."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/38.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 11. - Under the treasury; rather, to (a room) under the treasury. Old cast clouts, etc.; literally, rags of torn garments and rags of worn-out garments. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/38-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then Ebed-melech מֶ֨לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5663.htm">Strong's 5663: </a> Ebed-melech -- 'servant of a king', an official under King Zedekiah took וַיִּקַּ֣ח ׀ (way·yiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take the men הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים (hā·’ă·nā·šîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person with him בְּיָד֗וֹ (bə·yā·ḏōw) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand and went וַיָּבֹ֤א (way·yā·ḇō) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go to the king’s הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king palace, בֵית־ (ḇêṯ-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to a place below תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> The bottom, below, in lieu of the storehouse. הָאוֹצָ֔ר (hā·’ō·w·ṣār) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_214.htm">Strong's 214: </a> Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse From there מִשָּׁם֙ (miš·šām) Preposition-m | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither he took וַיִּקַּ֤ח (way·yiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take old בְּלוֹיֵ֣ (bə·lō·w·yê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1094.htm">Strong's 1094: </a> Worn-out things, rags rags סְחָב֔וֹת (sə·ḥā·ḇō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5499.htm">Strong's 5499: </a> A rag and worn-out וּבְלוֹיֵ֖ (ū·ḇə·lō·w·yê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1094.htm">Strong's 1094: </a> Worn-out things, rags clothes מְלָחִ֑ים (mə·lā·ḥîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4418.htm">Strong's 4418: </a> A rag, old garment and lowered them וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֧ם (way·šal·lə·ḥêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> To send away, for, out with ropes בַּחֲבָלִֽים׃ (ba·ḥă·ḇā·lîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2256.htm">Strong's 2256: </a> A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin to אֶֽל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to Jeremiah יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ (yir·mə·yā·hū) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3414.htm">Strong's 3414: </a> Jeremiah -- 'Yah loosens', the name of a number of Israelites in אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the cistern. הַבּ֖וֹר (hab·bō·wr) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_953.htm">Strong's 953: </a> A pit, cistern, well <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/38-11.htm">Jeremiah 38:11 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/38-11.htm">Jeremiah 38:11 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/38-11.htm">Jeremiah 38:11 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/38-11.htm">Jeremiah 38:11 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/38-11.htm">Jeremiah 38:11 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/38-11.htm">Jeremiah 38:11 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/38-11.htm">Jeremiah 38:11 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/38-11.htm">Jeremiah 38:11 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/38-11.htm">Jeremiah 38:11 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/38-11.htm">Jeremiah 38:11 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-11.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 38:11 So Ebedmelech took the men with him (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/38-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 38:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 38:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/38-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 38:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 38:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>