The king had surrendered Jeremiah to the princes of Judah, who falsely charged him with sedition and cast him into a miry cistern, there to die.
Sang raja telah menyerahkan Yeremia ke tangan para pembesar Yehuda, yang menuduh Yeremia menghasut rakyat. Mereka lalu melemparkan dia ke dalam perigi berlumpur agar dia mati di sana.