Jer 37:15-16, 38:4-6 | ESV | STEP | And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah , and they beat him and imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the secretary , for it had been made a prison .

Jeremiah 37:15-16

15 And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and they beat him ^aand imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for it had been made a prison.

16 ^bWhen Jeremiah had come to the dungeon cells and remained there many days,

Jeremiah 38:4-6

4 Then the officials said to the king, ^c“Let this man be put to death, ^dfor he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking ^ethe welfare of this people, but their harm.” 5 King Zedekiah said, “Behold, he is in your hands, ^ffor the king can do nothing against you.” 6 So they took Jeremiah ^gand cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in ^hthe court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down ⁱby ropes. ^jAnd there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and ^kJeremiah sank in the mud.