^17 (A)Then a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, ^(B)and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signets of his lords, that the purpose concerning Daniel might not be changed.

⁹ “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon, and he is likely to die from hunger in the place where he is. For there is ^(A)no more bread in the city.”

^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.

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

⁶⁶ So they went and made the tomb secure, ^(A)sealing the stone and setting the guard.

⁶⁰ and ^(A)laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.

²⁰ Therefore please hear now, O my lord the king. Please, let my petition be accepted before you, and do not make me return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.”