I was taken from my own home, the land of my people, the Hebrews. I have done nothing wrong. So I should not be in prison.”
Jeremiah 37:16 - Easy To Read Version Those people put Jeremiah into a cell under the house of Jonathan. That cell was in a dungeon {\cf2\super [323]} under the ground. Jeremiah was there for a long time. 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. |
I was taken from my own home, the land of my people, the Hebrews. I have done nothing wrong. So I should not be in prison.”
So those officials took Jeremiah and put him into Malkijah’s cistern. {\cf2\super [324]} (Malkijah was the king’s son.) That cistern was in the temple yard where the king’s guard stayed. Those officials used ropes to lower Jeremiah into the cistern. The cistern didn’t have any water in it, but only mud. And Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
They threw me into a pit\par while I was still alive.\par They threw stones at me.\par
Lord, I called your name.\par I called out your name\par from the bottom of the pit.\par