Jeremiah 38:6

New International Reader's Version

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.

Cross References

Genesis 37:24

And they threw him into the well. The well was empty. There wasn’t any water in it.

Psalm 109:5

They pay me back with evil for the good things I do. They pay back my love with hatred.

Psalm 40:2

I was sliding down into the pit of death, and he pulled me out. He brought me up out of the mud and dirt. He set my feet on a rock. He gave me a firm place to stand on.

Psalm 69:2

I’m sinking in deep mud. I have no firm place to stand. I am out in deep water. The waves roll over me.

Jeremiah 32:2

The armies of the king of Babylon were getting ready to attack Jerusalem. Jeremiah the prophet was being held as a prisoner. He was kept in the courtyard of the guard. It was part of Judah’s royal palace.

Jeremiah 36:26

Instead, the king commanded three men to arrest Baruch the secretary and Jeremiah the prophet. But the Lord had hidden them. The three men were Jerahmeel, Seraiah and Shelemiah. Jerahmeel was a member of the royal court. Seraiah was the son of Azriel. And Shelemiah was the son of Abdeel.

Jeremiah 37:16

Jeremiah was put into a prison cell below ground level. He remained there a long time.

Jeremiah 37:21

Then King Zedekiah gave the order. His men put Jeremiah in the courtyard of the guard. They gave him a loaf of bread from the street of the bakers. They did it every day until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

Jeremiah 38:13

Then the men pulled him up with the ropes. They lifted him out of the well. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

Jeremiah 38:22

All the women who are left in your palace will be brought out. They’ll be given to the officials of the king of Babylon. Those women will say to you, “ ‘Your trusted friends have tricked you. They have gotten the best of you. Your feet are sunk down in the mud. Your friends have deserted you.’

Daniel 6:16

So the king gave the order. Daniel was brought out and thrown into the lions’ den. The king said to him, “You always serve your God faithfully. So may he save you!”

Zechariah 9:11

I will set your prisoners free from where their enemies are keeping them. I will do it because of the blood that put into effect my covenant with you.

Acts 16:24

When he received these orders, he put Paul and Silas deep inside the prison. He fastened their feet so they couldn’t get away.

Hebrews 10:36

You need to be faithful. Then you will do what God wants. You will receive what he has promised.