Jeremiah: The Prophet: Imprisoned by Zedekiah

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:

The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison. …

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. …

And while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him: …

They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me. …