Jeremiah 38:4-6
Read Jeremiah 38 in full →4Then the aofficials said to the king, “Now let this man be put to death, inasmuch as he is bmaking the hands of the men of war who remain in this city as well as the hands of all the people limp, by speaking such words to them; for this man cis not seeking peace for this people but rather calamity.” 5So King Zedekiah said, “Behold, he is in your 1hands; for the king acan do nothing against you.” 6Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the 1,acistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the court of the guard; and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water but only bmire, and Jeremiah sank into the mire.