“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.”
Ebed-melech's plea: '"Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, "Take thirty men with you from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern."' Zedekiah, moved by Ebed-melech's intercession, orders the prophet's rescue. Petition to those in power can result in mercy.
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