For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing that they should put me in the dungeon.’ ,
Jeremiah 37:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and stayed there many days. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When Jeremiah had come into the cells in the dungeon and had remained there many days, American Standard Version (1901) When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; Common English Bible So Jeremiah was put in a cistern, which was like a dungeon, where he remained a long time. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Zedekiah the king, sending, took him out and questioned him secretly in his house, and he said: "Do you think that there is any word from the Lord?" And Jeremiah said: "There is." And he said: "You will be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Sedecias the king, sending, took him, and asked him secretly in his house, and said: Is there, thinkest thou, any word from the Lord? And Jeremias said: There is. And he said: Thou shalt be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon. |
For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing that they should put me in the dungeon.’ ,
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the guard’s courtyard, lowering Jeremiah with ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.