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Psalm 140:5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 5 The self-exalted ones have hidden a trap for me;+
  And ropes they have spread out as a net at the side of the track.+
  Snares they have set for me.+ Seʹlah.

Jeremiah 38:6

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 6 And they proceeded to take Jeremiah and throw him into the cistern of Mal·chiʹjah*+ the son of the king, which was in the Courtyard of the Guard.+ So they let Jeremiah down by means of ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah began to sink down into the mire.+