6 Da nahmen sie Jeremia und warfen ihn in die Grube Malkijas, des Königssohnes, welche im Gefängnishofe war, und sie ließen Jeremia mit Stricken hinab; und in der Grube war kein Wasser, sondern Schlamm, und Jeremia sank in den Schlamm.
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So 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.