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 likely to die from hunger in the place where he is. For there is ^ano more bread in the city.”  ‡

10 Then the king commanded Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, saying, “Take from here thirty men with you, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he dies.”

13 So they pulled Jeremiah up with ropes and lifted him out of the dungeon. And Jeremiah remained ^ain the court of the prison.  ‡

14 Then Zedekiah the king sent and had Jeremiah the prophet brought to him at the third entrance of the house of the Lord. And the king said to Jeremiah, “I will ^aask you something. Hide nothing from me.”  ‡