Jeremiah 39:15-18 - Ebed-Melech Is Rewarded For His Faith
15 Now while Jeremiah lay yet bound in the fore entry of the prison, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 16 Go and tell Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, 'Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: Behold, the cruel and sharp plague that I have devised for this city, will I bring upon them, that thou shalt see it: 17 but I will deliver thee, sayeth the LORD, and thou shalt not come in the hands of those men, whom thou fearest. 18 For doubtless I will save thee, so that thou shalt not perish with the sword: but thy life shall be saved, and that because thou hast put thy trust in me, sayeth the LORD.'"