"He has castme into the mire,And I have becomelikedustand ashes.
And Abrahamreplied,"Nowbehold,I have venturedto speakto the Lord,although I am [but] dustand ashes.
And he tooka potsherdto scrapehimself while he was sittingamongthe ashes.
ThereforeI retract,And I repentin dustand ashes."
YetYou would plungeme into the pit,And my own clotheswould abhorme.
Deliverme from the mireand do not let me sink;May I be deliveredfrom my foesand from the deepwaters.
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.
