Jeremiah 37:21

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Summary

Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Into the

Jeremiah 32:2

Jeremiah 38:13

And that

Until

Lamentations 5:10

Thus

General references

Jeremiah 38:28

Bible References

Into the

and, then, the forces of the king of Babylon were besieging Jerusalem, - and, Jeremiah the prophet, had been shut up in the guard-court, which was in the house of the king of Judah;

Then drew they Jeremiah with the ropes, and lifted him up out of the dungeon, - and Jeremiah remained in the guard-court.

And that

and it shall be that, of the torrent, shalt thou drink, - and, the ravens, have I commanded to sustain thee, there.

In famine, he will ransom thee from death, and in battle from the power of the sword;

Lo! the eye of Yahweh, is toward them who revere him, unto such as are waiting for his lovingkindness:

Revere Yahweh, ye his holy ones, For there is no want to them who revere him.

Trust in Yahweh, and do good, Dwell in the land, and feed on fidelity;

When, acceptable to Yahweh, are the ways of a man, even his enemies, doth he cause to make peace with him.

Like channels of water, is the heart of a king, in the hand of Yahweh, - whithersoever he will, he turneth it.

He, the heights, shall inhabit, A stronghold of crags, shall be his refuge, - His bread, hath been delivered, His waters, have been made sure,

But be seeking first, the kingdom and its righteousness, - and, all these things, shall be added unto you.

Until

My lord, O King! wickedly, have these men done all that they haw done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom indeed they have cast into the dungeon, - since he would have died where he was because of the famine, for there is no bread any longer, in the city.

In the fourth month on the ninth of the month, when the famine had become severe in the city, - and there had come to be no bread for the people of the land,

And he shall lay siege to thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down wherein thou wast trusting, in all thy land, - yea he will lay siege to thee in all thy gates, in all thy land which Yahweh thy God, hath given, unto thee.

On the ninth of the month, when the famine had become severe in the city, - and there had come to be no bread for the people of the land,

Blinded with tears are mine eyes, In ferment is my body, Poured out to the earth is my grief, for the sore hurt of the daughter of my people, - when child and suckling are swooning, in the broadways of the city.

The tongue of the suckling, cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst, - Young children, have asked bread, there was none, to break, it to them.

Our skin, as with a furnace, is scorched, because of the hot winds of famine.

Thus

Then drew they Jeremiah with the ropes, and lifted him up out of the dungeon, - and Jeremiah remained in the guard-court.

yea they sent and fetched Jeremiah out of the guard-court, and delivered him unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, to bring him forth into a home, so he dwelt in the midst of the people.

Peter, therefore, was kept in the prison; but, prayer, was, earnestly, being made by the assembly, unto God, concerning him.

When, however, two years, were completed, Felix, was succeeded, by Porcius Festus, and Felix, wishing to gain favour with the Jews, left Paul bound.

And, when we entered into Rome, Paul was suffered to abide by himself, with the soldier that guarded him.

I exhort you, therefore, I, the prisoner in the Lord, to walk in a manner worthy of the calling wherewith ye were called: -

In behalf of which I am conducting an embassy in chains, that, therein, I may use freedom of utterance as it is needful for me to speak.

Be not thou, therefore, put to shame - with regard to the witness of our Lord, nor with regard to me his prisoner; but suffer hardship together with the glad-message according to the power of God, -

In which I am suffering hardship, even unto bonds, as an evil-doer; but, the word of God, is not bound.

General references

So Jeremiah remained in the guard-court, until the day when Jerusalem, was captured; thus it fell out when Jerusalem, was captured.