Jeremiah 38:9

"Your majesty, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to the prophet Jeremiah by throwing him into the cistern. He will die where he is because of the famine since there is no more bread in the city."

Jeremiah 52:6

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine became so severe that there was no food for the people of the land.

Esther 7:4-6

Indeed, I and my people have been sold to be annihilated, killed, and destroyed. If we had just been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because the trouble wouldn't have been sufficient to bother the king."

Job 31:34

Have I feared large crowds? Has my family's contempt ever terrified me so that I remained silent and wouldn't go outside?"

Proverbs 24:11-12

Rescue those who are being led away to death, and save those who stumble toward slaughter.

Proverbs 31:8-9

Speak for those who cannot speak; seek justice for all those on the verge of destruction.

Jeremiah 37:21-6

So King Zedekiah gave the order, and they assigned Jeremiah to the courtyard of the guard. Each day they gave him a loaf of bread from the bakers' street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

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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

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

Have I feared large crowds? Has my family's contempt ever terrified me so that I remained silent and wouldn't go outside?"

Rescue those who are being led away to death, and save those who stumble toward slaughter.

Speak for those who cannot speak; seek justice for all those on the verge of destruction.

General references

The following year, they came to him and reminded him, "We won't hide from you, your Excellency, that we've spent all of our money, and that our livestock all belong to you. There's nothing left to trade with you, your Excellency, except our bodies and our territories.