^17 (A)And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, ^(B)and the king sealed it ^(C)with his own signet and with the signet of his ^(D)lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.

⁹ “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.”

⁶ 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.

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

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

⁶⁰ and ^(A)laid it in his own new tomb, ^(B)which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled ^(C)a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.

²⁰ Now hear, please, O my lord the king: ^(A)let my humble plea come before you and ^(B)do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the secretary, lest I die there.”