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# Once, they put the prophet Jeremiah into a dry well
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This begins a new event about Jeremiah being held captive in a well. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent]])
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# a dry well
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The well did not currently have any water in it, but it did still have mud in the bottom. This could be translated as: “an empty well.”
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# But then the king had mercy on him
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The connecting word **But** contrasts the people putting Jeremiah in the well to die, and the king having mercy on him and ordering him brought out. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-logic-contrast]])
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# had mercy on him
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This means he was kind to Jeremiah and helped him.
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