Jeremiah went into a prison cell, and he stayed there a long time.
I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I’ve done nothing to deserve being put in this prison.”
So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son. It was in the courtyard of the prison. They used ropes to lower Jeremiah into the cistern. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
They threw me alive into a pit and threw rocks at me.
“I call your name from the deepest pit, O Lord.