Jeremiah 38:1-28

Jeremiah's Experiences In The Court Of The Guard (Jeremiah 38:1).

But even the fact that Jeremiah was in the court of the guard did not prevent him from further maltreatment by those who saw him as a traitor. This chapter divides into two sections each ending with a reference to his being in ‘the court of the guard'. The first describes how he was seen as a traitor and thrust into a muddy well or cistern where he would have died had he not been rescued by the intervention of Ebedmelech, and the second describes how he was again consulted by the king with strict injunctions to keep the fact a secret from the king's counsellors.