Jeremiah 36:5New International Reader's VersionThen Jeremiah said to him, “I’m not allowed to go to the Lord’s temple. See the chapter |
So they took Jeremiah and put him into an empty well. It belonged to Malkijah. He was a member of the royal court. His well was in the courtyard of the guard. Zedekiah’s men lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the well. It didn’t have any water in it. All it had was mud. And Jeremiah sank down into the mud.