The Measure of Success

They called it the dungeon of Malchiah, but it was actually an abandoned cistern near the center of the prison courtyard in Jerusalem (Jer. 38:6). The floor was a slimy quagmire covered with layers of silt and mud deposited over decades, if not centuries. Sitting in the mire, Jeremiah had time to reflect on his ministry of almost 40 years. An ordinary man would have quit long ago, unwilling to

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