The dungeon - The cistern. Every house in Jerusalem was supplied with a subterranean cistern, so well constructed that the city never suffer…

The dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech. —Literally, the pit, or cistern. The Septuagint agrees with the ma…

Here, the extreme presumption as well as cruelty of the princes is narrated; for they cast the holy Prophet into a pit, where he sank in the mire. …

Then took they Jeremiah
Having the king's leave, or at least no prohibition from him; they went with proper attendan…

Jeremiah went on in his plain preaching. The princes went on in their malice. It is common for wicked people to look upon God's faithful ministers …

This section shows the persecution of the prophet because of his true prediction, and it is divided into three parts.

1. First, he gi…