Jeremiah 38:4-6

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁴ Then the officials said to the king, “Have this man put to death. He discourages the soldiers who are left in this city and all the people by telling them such things. This man is not trying to help these people; he’s trying to hurt them.”

⁵ King Zedekiah answered, “He’s in your hands. I won’t do anything to stop you.”

⁶ So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son. It was in the courtyard of the prison. They used ropes to lower Jeremiah into the cistern. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.