Jeremiah 38:6

He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a high rock, He established my steps.

Now at that time the military force of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the house of the king of Judah,

For Jeremiah had come into the pit, that is, the vaulted cell; and Jeremiah stayed there many days.

So they pulled Jeremiah up with the ropes and brought him up from the cistern, and Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard.

But King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in secret saying, “As Yahweh lives, who made this life for us, surely I will not put you to death, nor will I give you over to the hand of these men who are seeking your life.”

“But if the officials hear that I have talked with you and come to you and say to you, ‘Tell us now what you said to the king and what the king said to you; do not hide it from us, and we will not put you to death,’

They have silenced my life in the pit And have placed a stone on me.