So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.
My enemies without reason Hunted me down like a bird;They have silenced me in the pit And have thrown stones on me.Waters flowed over my head; I said,“ I am cut off!”I called on Your name, Lord, Out of the lowest pit.