Come on! Let's kill him and toss him into one of the cisterns. Then we'll report that some wild animal devoured him and wait to see what becomes of his dreams!"

To you, LORD, I cry out! My Rock, do not refuse to answer me. If you remain silent, I will become like those who descend into the Pit.

LORD, you brought me from death; you kept me alive so that I did not descend into the Pit.

"What profit is there in my death if I go down to the Pit? Can dust worship you? Can it proclaim your faithfulness?"

The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me disobeying your instruction.

The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit; a man experiencing the LORD's wrath will fall into it.

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and the stone will come back on whoever starts it rolling.

So they threw Jeremiah into a cistern that belonged to the king's son Malchijah and was located in the courtyard of the guard. When they let Jeremiah down with ropes, because there was no water in the cistern only mud Jeremiah sank into the mud.

The nations heard about him. He had become caught in their trap. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key to the bottomless pit, with a large chain in his hand.

Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, so when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of their people fell into them, while the rest fled to the hill country.

They grabbed him and tossed him into the cistern, but the cistern was empty. (There was no water in it.)

If a man opens a pit or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or donkey falls into it, the owner of the pit is to make restitution. He is to pay money to its owner, and the dead animal will become his.

The nations have sunk down into the pit they made, their feet are ensnared in the trap they set.

LORD, you brought me from death; you kept me alive so that I did not descend into the Pit.

Their nobles send their young people for water. They go to the cisterns, but they find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They're disappointed and dismayed, and they cover their heads in shame.

Ishmael threw the bodies of the men he killed on account of Gedaliah into the cistern that King Asa had made for protection against King Baasha of Israel. That is the same one Nethaniah's son Ishmael filled with those he killed.

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key to the bottomless pit, with a large chain in his hand.

He threw him into the bottomless pit, locked it, and sealed it over him to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were over. After that, he must be set free for a little while.

sparing his soul from the Pit and his life from violent death.

to show favor to him and to plead, "Deliver him from having to go down to the Pit I know where his ransom is!'

He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit; my life will see the light.'

to bring back his soul from the Pit; to light him with the light of life."

The LORD has made himself known, executing judgment. The wicked are ensnared by what their hands have made. Interlude

Without justification they laid a snare for me; without justification they dug a pit to trap me.

He plucked me out of a pit of confusion, even out of the quicksand; he placed my feet on a rock and established my steps.

Distress will quickly be set free. He won't die in the Pit, nor will he lack food."

So they threw Jeremiah into a cistern that belonged to the king's son Malchijah and was located in the courtyard of the guard. When they let Jeremiah down with ropes, because there was no water in the cistern only mud Jeremiah sank into the mud.

"Your majesty, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to the prophet Jeremiah by throwing him into the cistern. He will die where he is because of the famine since there is no more bread in the city."

As a result, none of its watered trees will grow tall, their tops will never reach to the clouds, and they'll never grow so high again, because all of them have been appointed to death in the world beneath where human beings go, that is, down to the Pit.'"

I made the nations tremble when they heard that Assyria was falling, descending into Sheol to join those who go down into the Pit. Then all of the trees of Eden in the world below were comforted, including the choicest and best of Lebanon, all of whom were well-watered.

"Son of Man, mourn about the hordes of Egypt. Bring them down that is, her and the citizens of those majestic nations whose destiny is the deep part of the Pit.

"Elam will be there. Its hordes will surround Elam's grave. All of them have been killed. They died violently, and they have descended uncircumcised into the world below after having spread terror throughout the land of the living. They will bear the shame of those who descend to the Pit.

Now concerning you and my blood covenant with you, I have liberated your prisoners from a waterless pit.

When the fifth angel blew his trumpet, I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky. The star was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. It opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and smoke came out of the shaft like the smoke from a large furnace. The sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key to the bottomless pit, with a large chain in his hand. He captured the dragon, that ancient serpent, also known as the Devil and Satan, and tied him up for a thousand years.

Come on! Let's kill him and toss him into one of the cisterns. Then we'll report that some wild animal devoured him and wait to see what becomes of his dreams!"

If a man opens a pit or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or donkey falls into it,

"A spring or a cistern that holds water is clean, but whoever touches the carcass of an unclean animal will be unclean.

When the men of Israel saw that they were in distress (for the people were in difficult circumstances), the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in crags, in tombs, and in pits.

When the men of Israel saw that they were in distress (for the people were in difficult circumstances), the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in crags, in tombs, and in pits.

Look! He's probably already hiding in a cave or someplace like that. If the first attack fails, people will hear about it and think, "Absalom's army is losing!'

Meanwhile, Joab's army grabbed Absalom's body, tossed it into a large pit in the forest, and filled it up with a huge pile of rocks. Then the Israelis ran away back to their homes.

To you, LORD, I cry out! My Rock, do not refuse to answer me. If you remain silent, I will become like those who descend into the Pit.

Let's swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those who go down into the Pit.

But you are brought down to join the dead, to the far reaches of the Pit.

"Terror and pit and snare are coming in your direction, you inhabitants of the earth!

Terror, pit, and trap will be used against you who live in Moab," declares the LORD.

Panic and pitfalls beset us, along with devastation and ruin.

The nations heard about him. He had become caught in their trap. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

The surrounding nations attacked. They tossed their net over him, and he was caught in their trap.

But the one who received one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and buried his master's money.

Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.

Then he asked them, "If your son or ox falls into a well on the Sabbath day, you would pull him out immediately, wouldn't you?"

When the fifth angel blew his trumpet, I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky. The star was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.

Come on! Let's kill him and toss him into one of the cisterns. Then we'll report that some wild animal devoured him and wait to see what becomes of his dreams!" When Reuben heard about it, he tried to save Joseph from their plot. "Let's not do any killing," read more. Reuben told them. "And no blood shedding, either. Instead, let's toss him into this cistern that's way out here in the wilderness. But don't lay a hand on him." (Reuben intended to free Joseph and return him to his father.) As it was, when Joseph arrived where his brothers were, they stripped off the tunic that Jacob had given him that is, the richly-embroidered tunic that he was wearing. They grabbed him and tossed him into the cistern, but the cistern was empty. (There was no water in it.) After this, while they were seated, eating their food, they looked around and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead with camels carrying spices, balm, and myrrh for sale down in Egypt. Then Judah suggested to his brothers, "Where's the profit in just killing our brother and shedding his blood? Come on! Let's sell him to the Ishmaelites! That way, we won't have laid our hands on him. After all, he's our brother, our own flesh." So Judah's brothers listened to him. As the Midianite merchants were passing through, they extracted Joseph from the cistern and sold Joseph for 20 pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who then took Joseph down to Egypt. Later, when Reuben returned to the cistern, Joseph wasn't there! In mounting panic, he tore his clothes,

But if the LORD creates something new, so that the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and everything that belongs to them and they all descend directly to Sheol while still alive, then you'll know that these men have spurned the LORD."

So they and all that belonged to them descended alive to Sheol. Then the earth closed over them. That's how they were annihilated from the assembly.

Will it go down to the bars that lock the doors of the afterlife? Will we descend together into the dust?"

sparing his soul from the Pit and his life from violent death.

to show favor to him and to plead, "Deliver him from having to go down to the Pit I know where his ransom is!'

He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit; my life will see the light.'

to bring back his soul from the Pit; to light him with the light of life."

The nations have sunk down into the pit they made, their feet are ensnared in the trap they set.

To you, LORD, I cry out! My Rock, do not refuse to answer me. If you remain silent, I will become like those who descend into the Pit.

"What profit is there in my death if I go down to the Pit? Can dust worship you? Can it proclaim your faithfulness?"

Without justification they laid a snare for me; without justification they dug a pit to trap me.

He plucked me out of a pit of confusion, even out of the quicksand; he placed my feet on a rock and established my steps.

I am considered as one of those descending into the Pit, like a mighty man without strength,

You have assigned me to the lowest part of the Pit, to the darkest depths.

I'll make sure that you go straight to the Pit, into the lowest part of the earth, where you'll be with people who lived in ancient times. You'll keep company there with the dead, who have gone into the Pit. As a result, your city won't be inhabited. Meanwhile, I will display my glory in the land of the living.

They'll send you down to the Pit, and you'll die defiled in the depths of the sea.

Now concerning you and my blood covenant with you, I have liberated your prisoners from a waterless pit.