Jeremiah 38:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

So the officials took Jeremiah and put him into Malkijah’s cistern. Malkijah was the king’s son. The cistern was in the courtyard of the guardhouse. They used ropes to lower Jeremiah into the cistern. The cistern didn’t have any water in it, only mud. And Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

Cross References

Jeremiah 37:21

So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be kept in the courtyard of the guardhouse. And he ordered that Jeremiah should be given bread from the street bakers. He was given bread until there was no more bread in the city. So Jeremiah stayed under guard in the courtyard.

Jeremiah 38:22

All the women who are left in the house of the king of Judah will be brought out. They will be brought to the important officials of the king of Babylon. Your women will make fun of you with a song. This is what they will say: ‘Your friends were stronger than you, and they led you the wrong way. You trusted them, but now your feet are stuck in the mud, and your friends have left you.’

Jeremiah 37:16

They put Jeremiah into a cell under the house of Jonathan. The cell was in a dungeon under the ground. Jeremiah was there for a long time.

Psalm 69:2

I have nothing to stand on. I am sinking down, down into the mud. I am in deep water, and the waves are about to cover me.

Acts 16:24

When the jailer heard this special order, he put Paul and Silas far inside the jail and bound their feet between large blocks of wood.

Zechariah 9:11

Jerusalem, we used blood to seal your agreement, so I am setting your people free from that empty hole in the ground.

Psalm 109:5

I did good things to them, but they are doing bad things to me. I loved them, but they hated me.

Psalm 40:2

He lifted me out of the grave. He lifted me from that muddy place. He picked me up, put me on solid ground, and kept my feet from slipping.

Genesis 37:24

Then they threw him into an empty well that was dry.

Hebrews 10:36

You must be patient. After you have done what God wants, you will get what he promised you.

Jeremiah 36:26

Instead King Jehoiakim commanded some men to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. These men were Jerahmeel, a son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel. But they could not find Baruch and Jeremiah, because the Lord had hidden them.

Jeremiah 32:2

At that time the army of the king of Babylon was surrounding the city of Jerusalem, and Jeremiah was under arrest in the courtyard of the guardhouse. This courtyard was at the palace of the king of Judah.

Jeremiah 38:13

The men pulled Jeremiah up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah stayed under guard in the courtyard of the guardhouse.

Daniel 6:16

So King Darius gave the order. They brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, “May the God you serve save you!”