16 (A)When Jeremiah had come to the dungeon cells and remained there many days,

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So they took Jeremiah (A)and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in (B)the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down (C)by ropes. (D)And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and (E)Jeremiah sank in the mud.

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“My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they did to Jeremiah the prophet by casting him into the cistern, and he will die there of (A)hunger, (B)for there is no bread left in the city.” 10 Then the king commanded (C)Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, “Take thirty men with you from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”

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