Jeremiah 38:6-96So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the cistern; it had no water in it, only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.7But Ebed-Melek, a Cushite, c an official d in the royal palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. While t ...