For Jeremiahhad comeinto the dungeon,that is, the vaultedcell;and Jeremiahstayedtheremanydays.
"For I was in factkidnappedfrom the landof the Hebrews,and evenhereI have donenothingthat they should have putme into the dungeon."
Then they tookJeremiahand casthim into the cistern[of] Malchijahthe king'sson,whichwas in the courtof the guardhouse;and they letJeremiahdownwith ropes.Now in the cisterntherewas nowaterbut onlymud,and Jeremiahsankinto the mud.
They have silencedme in the pitAnd have placeda stoneon me.
I calledon Your name,O LORD,Out of the lowestpit.
