Jeremiah 38:6

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Summary

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

Then King Zedekiah ordered that Jeremiah be committed to the courtyard of the guardhouse. He also ordered that a loaf of bread be given to him every day from the baker's street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah was kept in the courtyard of the guardhouse.

They repay me evil for good, and hate for love.

But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of Herodias, his brother's wife, and because of all the evil deeds that he had done,

Into

So Jeremiah was put in prison in a cell in the dungeon in Jonathan's house. He was kept there for a long time.

(Qof) I have called on your name, O Lord, from the deepest pit.

Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;

For you need endurance in order to do God's will and so receive what is promised.

Hammelech

He also ordered Jerahmeel, who was one of the royal princes, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest the scribe Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. However, the Lord hid them.

And they

So Ebed Melech took the men with him and went to a room under the treasure room in the palace. He got some worn-out clothes and old rags from there and let them down by ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.

And in

All the women who are left in the royal palace of Judah will be led out to the officers of the king of Babylon. They will taunt you saying, 'Your trusted friends misled you; they have gotten the best of you. Now that your feet are stuck in the mud, they have turned their backs on you.'

Then they took him and threw him into the cistern. (Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.)

He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.

I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.

(Tsade) For no good reason my enemies hunted me down like a bird.

Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

General references

Then Jeremiah told Baruch, "I am no longer allowed to go into the Lord's temple.

The officials may hear that I have talked with you. They may come to you and say, 'Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you. Do not hide anything from us. If you do, we will kill you.'

(Qof) I have called on your name, O Lord, from the deepest pit.