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JUNE 11, 1922 JEREMIAH CAST INTO PRISON Golden Text. Be not iafraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord. Jer. 1:8. v LESSON TEXT jer 38:1-13. (Read- Jer. 37; Gen. 39:19-23; Jer. 20:1-18; Lu. 3:18-20; Ac. 12:1-11; 16:19-34; 24:22-27; Rev. 1:9.)
the. Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs, which was in the k in g’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in . the gate of Benjamin; (8) Ebed melech went forth out of the k in g’s house, and spake to the king, say ing, (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 dun geon ; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: fo r there is no more bread in the city. (10) Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men w ith thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out o f the dungeon, before he die. (11) So Ebedmelech took the men w ith him, and went into the house o f the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. (12) And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. (13) So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. -Introduction: The story for today is simple and practical. We are to have a pathetic picture of a faithful follower of the Lord,— a little glimpse LESSON into the conditions that EXPOSITION existed a m o n g the T. O, Horton chosen people of God, whose history is an un-
(1) Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Snele- miah, and Pashur the son of Malch- iah, heard the words that Jefem iab had spoken unto all the people* say“ ing, (2) Thus saith the Lord, H ^tnat remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; fo r he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. (3) Thus saith the Lord, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it. (4) Therefore the princes said unto the king, w e beseech thee, let this man be put to death; fo r thus he weakeneth the hands o f the men of w*ar that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: fo r this man seeketh not the w elfare o f this people, but the hurt. (3) Then Zedekiah the king- said, Behold, he is in your hand: fo r the k in g is not he that can do anything against you. (6) Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court o f the prison: and they let down Jeremiah w ith cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire. (7) Now when Ebedmelech Outline; (1) The Prophet’s Prediction, vs. ,1-3. (2) The Price He Paid, vs. 4-6. m The Plea for the ' Prisoner, vs. 7-9. (4) The Prisoner Released from the Pit, vs. 10-13.
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