And so Jeremiah went into a room in the dungeon, where he remained many days.
The truth is that I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and I have not done anything here that they should have put me into a dungeon.”
And so they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Prince Malchiah, in the court of the guard, letting him down by rope. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
They tried to end my life in the pit, pelting me with stones.
I have called upon your name, O Lord, from the bottom of the pit;