Jeremiah 38:6 “So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, th…”

Jeremiah 38:6

So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Then they took Jeremiah and threw him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard. They let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

American Standard Version

Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then tooke they Ieremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the sonne of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let downe Ieremiah with coards: and in the dungeon there was no water but myre: so Ieremiah stacke fast in the myre.

Darby Translation

Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the guard, and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

Young's Literal Translation

And they take Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah son of the king, that [is] in the court of the prison, and they send down Jeremiah with cords; and in the pit there is no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sinketh in the mire.

Bible in Basic English

So they took Jeremiah and put him into the water-hole of Malchiah, the king's son, in the place of the armed watchmen: and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the hole there was no water, but wet earth: and Jeremiah went down into the wet earth.

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Cross references

“took”

Jeremiah 37:21 Psalm 109:5 Luke 3:19 Luke 3:20

Jeremiah 37:21 · BSB

So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the co…

Psalm 109:5 · BSB

They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Luke 3:19 · BSB

But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,

Luke 3:20 · BSB

Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.

“into”

Jeremiah 37:16 Acts 16:24 Hebrews 10:36 Lamentations 3:55 2 Corinthians 4:8 2 Corinthians 4:9

Jeremiah 37:16 · BSB

So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.

Acts 16:24 · BSB

On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Hebrews 10:36 · BSB

You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.

Lamentations 3:55 · BSB

I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.

2 Corinthians 4:8 · BSB

We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

2 Corinthians 4:9 · BSB

persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.

“Hammelech”

Jeremiah 36:26

Jeremiah 36:26 · BSB

Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.

“and they”

Jeremiah 38:11 Jeremiah 38:12

Jeremiah 38:11 · BSB

Then Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.

Jeremiah 38:12 · BSB

Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,

“And in”

Jeremiah 38:22 Psalm 69:2 Genesis 37:24 Psalm 40:2 Lamentations 3:52–55 Zechariah 9:11

Jeremiah 38:22 · BSB

All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you— those trusted friends of yours. Your f…

Psalm 69:2 · BSB

I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.

Genesis 37:24 · BSB

and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.

Psalm 40:2 · BSB

He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.

Lamentations 3:52–55 · BSB

Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.

Zechariah 9:11 · BSB

As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”

7Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,

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