Identifier: biblepanoramaorh00fost (find matches)
Title: The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Foster, William A. (from old catalog)
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them, and would go out to theking of Babylon and be his servants, without righting any more against him,they should not be put to death. But whoever stayed in the city, would bekilled by the sword, the famine, or the pestilence. Now because Jeremiah told the people that Jerusalem -would surely be taken,some of the princes of Judah said that he made the people afraid, and they tookhim and.let him down with cords into a deexo pit, or dungeon, that was in theprison; at the bottom of the dungeon -was mire, so Jeremiah sank in the mire.But afterward, Zedekiah commanded them to bring Jeremiah out of the dungeon;and the king brought him into the entry of the temple, where he might ques-tion him secretly. And Jeremiah answered the king, saying, Thus saith theLord, If thou wilt go out to the king of Babylon, and be his servant, thou andthy family shall be saved alive. But if thou refuse to go out, thy wives and thychildren shall be given to the Chaldeans, and thou thyself shalt not escape. 178
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JERUSALEM IS TAKEN AXD THE SOXS OF KING ZEDEKIAH ARE SLAIN BEFORE HIS EYES. 1 TQ Jekemiau XXXIX. «. Nebuchadnezzar Takes Jeeusalem. THE prophet Jeremiah told king ZecLekiah that if he would go out to theking of Babylon, and be his servant, Jerusalem would not be destroyed;and that he, and his family should be saved alive. But Zedekiah said, Iam afraid if I shall go out to the Chaldeans, that they will give me back tothe Jews (that is, to the men of Judah) who have turned against me, and thatthey will treat me cruelly. Jeremiah answered, The Chaldeans shall not givethee back to them. Do not be afraid, but obey, I beseech thee, the commandof the Lord, so that it may be well with thee, and thou shalt be saved alive-But if thou refuse to go out to the king of Babylon, thy wives and thy childrenshall be given to the Chaldeans, and thou thyself shalt not escape from them,and this city also shall be burned with fire. But king Zedekiah would not obey the command of the Lord, and go outto the

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