For Jeremiah had entered the dungeon, that is, the vaulted cell, and Jeremiah had remained there many days.
For I was indeed kidnapped out of the land of the Hebrews, and I have done nothing that they should put me in the dungeon.”
Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malkijah the son of Hammelech that was in the court of the prison, and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the cistern there was no water, only mud, so Jeremiah sank in the mud.
They cut off my life in the pit and cast stones on me.
I called on Your name, O Lord, from the lowest pit.