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Jeremiah 38:7

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KJV ORIGINAL

Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Now there was this Ethiopian guy named Ebed-melech who worked in the king's palace, and when he heard they'd thrown Jeremiah into that nasty pit, the king happened to be sitting at the Benjamin gate handling business.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes the people who care enough to act are the ones you'd least expect.

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Go tell Ebed-melech the Ethiopian: 'This is what the Lord God of Israel says — I'm about to bring everything I warned about on this city. It's going to be devastating, not good at all. And you're going to see it all happen right in front of you.'

Then Ebed-melech the Ethiopian told Jeremiah, 'Here, put these old torn cloths and rags under your arms where the ropes are going to be.' And Jeremiah did exactly that.

So the king told Ebed-melech (who was Ethiopian) to gather thirty men and go rescue Jeremiah from that pit before he died down there.

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