Lamentations 3:53Easy To Read VersionThey threw me into a pit\par while I was still alive.\par They threw stones at me.\par See the chapter |
So those officials took Jeremiah and put him into Malkijah’s cistern. {\cf2\super [324]} (Malkijah was the king’s son.) That cistern was in the temple yard where the king’s guard stayed. Those officials used ropes to lower Jeremiah into the cistern. The cistern didn’t have any water in it, but only mud. And Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
A big rock was brought and put over the opening of the lions’ den. Then the king used his ring and put his seal {\cf2\super [70]} on the rock. And he used the rings of his officials and put their seals on the rock also. This showed that no one could move that rock and bring Daniel out of the lion’s den (cage).