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

At that time, the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the guard’s courtyard in the palace of the king of Judah.

and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern, but he continued to stay in the guard’s courtyard.

And that

You are to drink from the wadi. I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there.”

In famine He will redeem you from death,
and in battle, from the power of the sword.

Now the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him—
those who depend on His faithful love

You who are His holy ones, fear Yahweh,
for those who fear Him lack nothing.

Trust in the Lord and do what is good;
dwell in the land and live securely.

When a man’s ways please the Lord,
He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

A king’s heart is like streams of water in the Lord’s hand:
He directs it wherever He chooses.

he will dwell on the heights;
his refuge will be the rocky fortresses,
his food provided, his water assured.

But seek first the kingdom of God

and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

Until

“My lord the king, these men have been evil in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern where he will die from hunger, because there is no more bread in the city.”

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the people of the land had no food.

They will besiege you within all your gates until your high and fortified walls, that you trust in, come down throughout your land. They will besiege you within all your gates throughout the land the Lord your God has given you.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the people of the land had no food.

כ KafMy eyes are worn out from weeping;
I am churning within.
My heart is poured out in grief

because of the destruction of my dear people,
because children and infants faint
in the streets of the city.

ד DaletThe nursing infant’s tongue
clings to the roof of his mouth from thirst.
Little children beg for bread,
but no one gives them any.

Our skin is as hot as an oven
from the ravages of hunger.

Thus

and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern, but he continued to stay in the guard’s courtyard.

had Jeremiah brought from the guard’s courtyard and turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he settled among his own people.

So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer was being made earnestly to God for him by the church.

After two years had passed, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus, and because he wished to do a favor for the Jews, Felix left Paul in prison.

When we entered Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

Therefore I, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received,

For this I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I might be bold enough in Him to speak as I should.

So don’t be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me His prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God.

I suffer for it to the point of being bound like a criminal, but God’s message is not bound.

General references

Jeremiah remained in the guard’s courtyard until the day Jerusalem was captured, and he was there when it happened.