Jer 38:9-10 | ESV | STEP | My lord the king , these men have done evil in all that they did to Jeremiah the prophet by casting him into the cistern , and he will die there of hunger , for there is no bread left in the city .

c[See ver. 7 above]

‏ Jeremiah 38:9-10

9 “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they did to Jeremiah the prophet by casting him into the cistern, and he will die there of ^ahunger, ^bfor there is no bread left in the city.” 10 Then the king commanded ^cEbed-melech the Ethiopian, “Take thirty men with you from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”