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Jeremiah 38:4-5
Seeing in the prophet's confinement an opportunity to silence him for good, the princes request permission from the king to execute him. Zedekiah's response displays his typical weakness before his princes: "Look, he is in your hand. For the king can do nothing against you" (verse 5). Zedekiah's fear has immobilized him; figuratively, his feet are mired in a bog. The princes waste no time hurling Jeremiah into a literal bog, a miry pit, with the intent that he will die of exposure and hunger there.
Charles Whitaker
Servant of God, Act One: Going Around, Coming AroundRelated Topics: Going Around, Coming Around | Jeremiah's Confinement | Jeremiah's Imprisonment | Zedekiah | Zedekiah's Fearfulness | Zedekiah's Weakness
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