Jeremiah 38:9

Overview - Jeremiah 38
Jeremiah, by a false suggestion, is put into the dungeon of Malchiah.
Edeb-melech, by suit, gets him some enlargement.
14 Upon secret conference, he counsels the king by yielding to save his life.
24 By the king's instructions he conceals the conference from the princes.
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Jeremiah 38:9  (King James Version)
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.
 


these
1-6 ; Esther 7:4-6 ; Job 31:34 ; Proverbs 24:11 Proverbs 24:12 ; Proverbs 31:8 Proverbs 31:9

is like to die
Hebrew will die. for there
37:21 52:6