Jeremiah 38:9

“My lord the king, these men have been evil in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern where he will die from hunger, because there is no more bread in the city.”

Jeremiah 52:6

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the people of the land had no food.

Esther 7:4-6

For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and extermination. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept silent. Indeed, the trouble wouldn’t be worth burdening the king.”

Job 31:34

because I greatly feared the crowds,
and the contempt of the clans terrified me,
so I grew silent and would not go outside?

Proverbs 24:11-12

Rescue those being taken off to death,
and save those stumbling toward slaughter.

Proverbs 31:8-9

Speak up for those who have no voice,
for the justice of all who are dispossessed.

Jeremiah 37:21-6

So King Zedekiah gave orders, and Jeremiah was placed in the guard’s courtyard. He was given a loaf of bread each day from the baker’s street until all the bread was gone from the city. So Jeremiah remained in the guard’s courtyard.

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Summary

Jeremiah 38:9

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.

These

Proverbs 31:8

General references

Genesis 47:18

Bible References

These

Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard the words Jeremiah was speaking to all the people:

because I greatly feared the crowds,
and the contempt of the clans terrified me,
so I grew silent and would not go outside?

Rescue those being taken off to death,
and save those stumbling toward slaughter.

Speak up for those who have no voice,

for the justice of all who are dispossessed.

General references

When that year was over, they came the next year and said to him, “We cannot hide from our lord that the money is gone and that all our livestock belongs to our lord. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.