⁶ So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard.^(A) They lowered Jeremiah by ropes^(B) into the cistern; it had no water in it,^(C) only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.^(D)

²¹ King Zedekiah then gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread from the street of the bakers each day until all the bread^(A) in the city was gone.^(B) So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.^(C)

¹⁶ Jeremiah was put into a vaulted cell in a dungeon, where he remained a long time.

²⁴ When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.^(A)

²² All the women^(A) left in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon. Those women will say to you: