Jeremiah 38:9

"My lord the king, these men have done evil [in] all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, [in] that they have thrown [him] into the pit, and he will die {there} {because of} starvation, for there is no longer any bread in the city."

Jeremiah 52:6

In the fourth month, on [the] ninth [day] of the month, the famine in the city became severe and there was no food for the people of the land.

Esther 7:4-6

I and my people have been sold to be destroyed and killed, to be annihilated. If we had been sold as male and female slaves I would have kept quiet, because this is not a need sufficient to trouble the king."

Job 31:34

because I dreaded [the] great multitude, and [the] contempt of clans terrified me, so that I kept quiet, I did not go out of [the] doorway?

Proverbs 24:11-12

Rescue those who are led away to the death and those who stagger to the slaughter. If you hold back,

Proverbs 31:8-9

Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all the {needy}.

Jeremiah 37:21-6

So King Zedekiah commanded, and they handed Jeremiah over in the courtyard of the guard, and they gave to him a round loaf of bread from the street of the bakers {every day} until the finishing of all the bread from the city. And Jeremiah stayed in the courtyard of the guard.

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Summary

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.

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Bible References

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Jeremiah 38:1
Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah heard the words that Jeremiah [was] saying to all the people, {saying},
Esther 7:4
I and my people have been sold to be destroyed and killed, to be annihilated. If we had been sold as male and female slaves I would have kept quiet, because this is not a need sufficient to trouble the king."
Job 31:34
because I dreaded [the] great multitude, and [the] contempt of clans terrified me, so that I kept quiet, I did not go out of [the] doorway?
Proverbs 24:11
Rescue those who are led away to the death and those who stagger to the slaughter. If you hold back,
Proverbs 31:8
Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all the {needy}.

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Genesis 47:18
When that year ended, they came to him in the following year and said to him, "We cannot hide from my lord that [our] money and livestock belong to my lord. Nothing remains before my lord except our bodies and our land.