"My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern, where he will starve to death when there is no longer any bread in the city."
NIV
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon or cistern pit; and he is liable to die of hunger and is [as good as] dead in the place where he is, for there is no more bread left in the city.
AMP
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
KJV
They too, like the great cedar, had gone down to the realm of the dead, to those killed by the sword, along with the armed men who lived in its shade among the nations.
NIV
They also shall go down into Sheol with it to those who were slain by the sword--yes, those who were its arm, who dwelt under its shadow in the midst of the nations.
AMP
They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
KJV
I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care.
NIV
Cast away among the dead, like the slain that lie in a [nameless] grave, whom You [seriously] remember no more, and they are cut off from Your hand.
AMP
Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
KJV
The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in the darkness like those long dead.
NIV
For the enemy has pursued and persecuted my soul, he has crushed my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in dark places as those who have been long dead.
AMP
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
KJV
He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
NIV
He will execute judgment [in overwhelming punishment] upon the nations; He will fill the valleys with the dead bodies, He will crush the [chief] heads over lands many and far extended. [Ezek. 38:21, 22; 39:11, 12.]AMP
He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
KJV
Now let them put away from me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will live among them forever.
NIV
Now let them put away their [idolatrous] harlotry and the dead bodies and monuments of their kings far from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.
AMP
Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
KJV
I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.
NIV
I will give them into the hands of their enemies and into the hands of those who seek their life. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth.
AMP
I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
KJV
