1 Some leaders heard the words Jeremiah told the people. 2 Jeremiah said, “If you stay in this city, you will die by war, no food, or sick. If you go to the enemy army, you will live. You will keep your life.” ⚔️❌➡️✅❤️ 3 Jeremiah said, “This city will be given to the king of Babylon and his army.” ️➡️⚔️ 4 The leaders told the king, “Please kill Jeremiah. He makes the soldiers weak and sad. He does not help the people.” ️❌️ 5 The king said, “Do what you want. I can not stop you.” ♂️ 6 They took Jeremiah and put him in a deep pit. They used ropes to lower him down. There was no water, only mud. Jeremiah sank in the mud. ️❌ 7 A man named Ebed-melech, who worked for the king, heard Jeremiah was in the pit. The king was at the city gate. 8 Ebed-melech ran to the king and spoke to him. ♂️➡️️ 9 He said, “My king, these men did a bad thing. They put Jeremiah in the pit. He will die there, for there is no bread in the city.” ️️❌ 10 The king said, “Take thirty men and pull Jeremiah out before he dies.” 3️⃣0️⃣⬆️ 11 Ebed-melech took the men. He went to a room under the store place. He took old rags and let them down on ropes to Jeremiah. ♂️⬇️ 12 Ebed-melech said, “Put the rags under your arms, under the ropes.” Jeremiah did it. ️ 13 They pulled Jeremiah up with ropes and took him out. He stayed in the yard of the guard. ⬆️️➡️ 14 King Zedekiah called Jeremiah to a quiet door at God’s house. The king said, “I will ask you. Do not hide the truth from me.” ⛪️️ 15 Jeremiah said, “If I tell you, you might kill me. If I tell you what to do, you will not listen.” ️✋ 16 The king said in secret, “As God lives, I will not kill you. I will not give you to the men who want you dead.” ✋ 17 Jeremiah said, “This is God’s word: Go give up to the leaders of the king of Babylon. Then you will live. The city will not burn. You and your family will live.” ➡️❌️ 18 “But if you do not go, the enemy will take the city. They will burn it. You will not get away.” ➡️⚔️️♂️❌ 19 The king said, “I am afraid of the people who went to the enemy. They may give me to them. They will make fun of me.” ➡️ 20 Jeremiah said, “They will not give you to them. Please listen to God. Do what He says. Then it will go well. You will live.” ️ 21 “But if you do not want to go, this is what God showed me will happen.” ➡️️ 22 “The women in your house will be taken to the enemy leaders. They will say, ‘Your friends lied to you and beat you. You fell in the mud. Your friends ran away.’” ➡️♂️️♂️ 23 “They will take your wives and kids to the enemy. You will not escape. The king of Babylon will catch you. The city will burn.” ➡️♂️❌ 24 Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Do not tell anyone what we said. Then you will not die.” ️❌ 25 “If the leaders hear I talked with you, say, ‘I asked the king not to send me back to that house to die there.’” ️❌ 26 The leaders came and asked Jeremiah. He told them the words the king told him to say. They stopped asking. The secret was safe. ❓️ 27 Jeremiah stayed in the yard of the guard. He waited there. ♂️⏳ 28 He stayed there until the day the city was taken. He was there when the city was taken. ♂️⏳️⚔️