Jeremiah 37:16

When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon ,.... Or, "into the house of the pit" F12 אל בית הבור "in, vel ad domum laci", Pagninus, Montanus; "in domum foveae", Schmidt. ; a dungeon, like a pit or ditch, dark, dirty, or dismal:

and into the cabins ; or "cells" F13 ואל החניות "et in cellulas illius", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "et ad cellas", Schmidt. ; into a place more inward than the cells, as the Targum; into the innermost and worst part in all the prison, where a man could not well lie, sit, nor stand:

and Jeremiah had remained there many days ; in this very uncomfortable condition; very probably till the Chaldean army returned to Jerusalem, as he foretold it should.