Jeremiah 38:6
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6 (A)So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah [a]the king’s son, which was in the court of the prison, and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire. So Jeremiah sank in the mire.
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- Jeremiah 38:6 Or son of Hammelech
Jeremiah 37:21
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21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah (A)to the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread from the bakers’ street, (B)until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
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Zechariah 9:11
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God Will Save His People
11 “As for you also,
Because of the blood of your covenant,
I will set your (A)prisoners free from the waterless pit.
Jeremiah 37:16
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16 When Jeremiah entered (A)the dungeon and the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
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Acts 16:24
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24 Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
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Jeremiah 38:22
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22 ‘Now behold, all the (A)women who are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be surrendered to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say:
“Your close friends have [a]set upon you
And prevailed against you;
Your feet have sunk in the mire,
And they have [b]turned away again.”
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- Jeremiah 38:22 Or misled
- Jeremiah 38:22 Deserted you
Psalm 69:14-15
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14 Deliver me out of the mire,
And let me not sink;
Let me be delivered from those who hate me,
And out of the deep waters.
15 Let not the floodwater overflow me,
Nor let the deep swallow me up;
And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
Psalm 69:2
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2 (A)I sink in deep mire,
Where there is no standing;
I have come into deep waters,
Where the floods overflow me.
Psalm 40:2
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2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of (A)the miry clay,
And (B)set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.
Genesis 37:24
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24 Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
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Hebrews 10:36
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36 (A)For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, (B)you may receive the promise:
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2 Corinthians 4:8-9
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8 We are (A)hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not (B)forsaken; (C)struck down, but not destroyed—
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Luke 3:19-20
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19 (A)But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him concerning Herodias, his [a]brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, 20 also added this, above all, that he shut John up in prison.
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- Luke 3:19 NU brother’s wife
Lamentations 3:52-55
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52 My enemies (A)without cause
Hunted me down like a bird.
53 They [a]silenced my life (B)in the pit
And (C)threw [b]stones at me.
54 (D)The waters flowed over my head;
(E)I said, “I am cut off!”
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- Lamentations 3:53 LXX put to death
- Lamentations 3:53 Lit. a stone on
Jeremiah 38:11-12
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11 So Ebed-Melech took the men with him and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there old clothes and old rags, and let them down by ropes into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 12 Then Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Please put these old clothes and rags under your armpits, under the ropes.” And Jeremiah did so.
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Jeremiah 36:26
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26 And the king commanded Jerahmeel [a]the king’s son, Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord hid them.
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- Jeremiah 36:26 Or son of Hammelech
Psalm 109:5
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5 Thus (A)they have rewarded me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.
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