Jeremiah 38:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. Now there was no water in the cistern but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

Cross References

Genesis 37:24

and they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.

Psalm 109:5

So they reward me evil for good and hatred for my love.

Psalm 40:2

He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.

Psalm 69:2

I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.

Jeremiah 32:2

At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and the prophet Jeremiah was confined in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah,

Jeremiah 36:26

And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son and Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest the secretary Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. But the Lord hid them.

Jeremiah 37:16

Thus Jeremiah was put in the cistern house, in the cells, and remained there many days.

Jeremiah 37:21

So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guard, and a loaf of bread was given him daily from the bakers’ street, until all the bread of the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

Jeremiah 38:13

Then they drew Jeremiah up by the ropes and pulled him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

Jeremiah 38:22

a vision of all the women remaining in the house of the king of Judah being led out to the officials of the king of Babylon and saying, ‘Your trusted friends have seduced you and have overcome you. Now that your feet are stuck in the mud, they desert you.’

Daniel 6:16

Then the king gave the command, and Daniel was brought and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you faithfully serve, deliver you!”

Zechariah 9:11

As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

Acts 16:24

Following these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Hebrews 10:36

For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what was promised.