Jeremiah 38

Jeremiah 38:4

He weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them.

He discourageth the soldiers within the city, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that they have no heart to make resistance unto the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 38:5

For the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

For my power, you see, is grown into disregard amongst you: you have the law in your own hands. XXXVIII. 7, 8. The king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; Ebed-melech went forth of the king’s house, and spake to the king. When the king was sitting in the public place of judicature, Ebed-melech went purposely out of the court unto him.

Jeremiah 38:22

And those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.

And those women shall make excuses for thee, and say, Thy princes and followers have set thee on, to do that, which thou wouldst otherwise never have attempted, namely, to revolt from the king of Babylon: their power, and importunity, hath thus swayed thee, and, through their solicitation, thou art brought into this miserable inconvenience, and they have themselves also revolted.