Jer 38:5 | MHM | STEP | v. 5–6 : King Zedekiah let the princes do what they wanted. He said, “He is in your hand” (Jeremiah 38:5 ). So they put Jeremiah into a deep, muddy dungeon in the court of the prison. He sank into the mud and was left there to die. They did this secretly, hoping no one would notice. Jeremiah later wrote, “I called upon thy name, O Lord , out of the low dungeon, and thou drewest near, saying, Fear not” (Lamentations 3:55, 57 ).

‏ Jeremiah 38:5

v. 5–6: King Zedekiah let the princes do what they wanted. He said, “He is in your hand” (Jeremiah 38:5 ^a). So they put Jeremiah into a deep, muddy dungeon in the court of the prison. He sank into the mud and was left there to die. They did this secretly, hoping no one would notice. Jeremiah later wrote, “I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon, and thou drewest near, saying, Fear not” (Lamentations 3:55, 57 ^b).