San Juan Diego Academy issued the following announcement on July 23.
Good morning SJDA,
A reading from Jeremiah 38:5-13
Jeremiah told those who were still in Jerusalem that they would not be killed in battle or die of starvation if they surrendered to the Babylonians. But when the leaders heard Jeremiah’s message, they went to tell King Zedekiah and asked that he be killed.
The king answered, “Do whatever you want to do with him.” So the men took Jeremiah and threw him into a deep, muddy pit, thinking that he would soon die.
However, when two of the men working in the palace heard what the others had done, they went and told the king, who ordered them to go pull Jeremiah out.
The men went to the storeroom where they got old clothes for Jeremiah to put under his armpits. Then they let down a rope and pulled him out.
Original source can be found here.
Source: San Juan Diego Academy
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