Despite the danger in which it placed him because of the existing hatred for Jeremiah, Ebed - melech appealed to Zedekiah in behalf of the prophet.
فَأَكَّدَ لَهُ ٱللهُ عَلَى لِسَانِ ٱلنَّبِيِّ أَنَّهُ لَنْ يَهْلِكَ خِلَالَ ٱلْحِصَارِ ٱلْبَابِلِيِّ لِأُورُشَلِيمَ .‏