Jeremiah 38:6

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Jeremiah 38:6

So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down [into the cistern] with ropes. Now there was no water in the cistern but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

Jeremiah 37:16

When Jeremiah had come into the vaulted cell in the dungeon and had remained there many days,

Jeremiah 37:21

Then King Zedekiah commanded, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guardhouse, and a [round] loaf of bread from the bakers’ street was given to him daily, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained [imprisoned] in the court of the guardhouse.

Zechariah 9:11

As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you [My chosen people, the covenant that was sealed with blood]
I have freed your prisoners from the waterless pit.

Genesis 37:24

then they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty; there was no water in it.

Psalm 40:2

He brought me up out of a horrible pit [of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay,
And He set my feet upon a rock, steadying my footsteps and establishing my path.

Psalm 69:2

I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me.

Psalm 69:14-15

Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink;
Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep waters.

Jeremiah 38:22

‘Then behold, all the women who are left in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officers of the king of Babylon and those women will say [to you, King Zedekiah],

“Your close friends
Have prevailed against your better judgment and have overpowered and deceived you;
While your feet were sunk in the mire [of trouble],
They turned back.”

Acts 16:24

He, having received such a [strict] command, threw them into the inner prison (dungeon) and fastened their feet in the stocks [in an agonizing position].

Psalm 109:5

They have repaid me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.

Jeremiah 36:26

And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord hid them.

Jeremiah 38:11-12

So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went into the palace of the king to a place under the storeroom and took from there old rags and worn-out clothes and let them down by ropes into the cistern to Jeremiah.

Lamentations 3:52-55

Without cause my enemies
Hunted me down like a bird;

Luke 3:19-20

But when Herod [Antipas] the tetrarch was repeatedly reprimanded [and convicted by John’s disapproval] for having Herodias, his brother’s wife [as his own], and for all the wicked things that Herod had done,

2 Corinthians 4:8-9

We are pressured in every way [hedged in], but not crushed; perplexed [unsure of finding a way out], but not driven to despair;

Hebrews 10:36

For you have need of patient endurance [to bear up under difficult circumstances without compromising], so that when you have carried out the will of God, you may receive and enjoy to the full what is promised.

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Summary

Jeremiah 38:6

Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

Took

Jeremiah 37:21

Psalm 109:5

Luke 3:19

Into

Hebrews 10:36

Hammelech

Jeremiah 36:26

And they

Jeremiah 38:11

And in

General references

Jeremiah 36:5

Jeremiah 38:25

Lamentations 3:55

Bible References

Took

They have repaid me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.

Into

When Jeremiah had come into the vaulted cell in the dungeon and had remained there many days,

I called on Your name, O Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.

He, having received such a [strict] command, threw them into the inner prison (dungeon) and fastened their feet in the stocks [in an agonizing position].

We are pressured in every way [hedged in], but not crushed; perplexed [unsure of finding a way out], but not driven to despair;

Hammelech

And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord hid them.

And they

And in

then they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty; there was no water in it.

He brought me up out of a horrible pit [of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay,
And He set my feet upon a rock, steadying my footsteps and establishing my path.

I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me.

Without cause my enemies
Hunted me down like a bird;

As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you [My chosen people, the covenant that was sealed with blood]
I have freed your prisoners from the waterless pit.

General references

Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, “I am [in hiding, virtually] restrained; I cannot go into the house of the Lord.

But if the princes (court officials) hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you and say, ‘Tell us now what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us and we will not execute you,’

I called on Your name, O Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.