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they ... threw him into the cistern

"they ... roughly pushed him into the cistern"

cistern

a deep hole in the ground where people collect and store rain water

the courtyard of the guard

An open area attached to the king's palace, surrounded by buildings and where they kept prisoners. See Jeremiah 32:2.

They lowered Jeremiah down on ropes

"they threw him into the cistern."