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 are laying siege against Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet hath been shut up in the court of the prison that is in the house of the king of Judah,

and they draw out Jeremiah with cords, and bring him up out of the pit, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.

And that

and it hath been, from the brook thou dost drink, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain thee there.'

In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.

Lo, the eye of Jehovah is to those fearing Him, To those waiting for His kindness,

Fear Jehovah, ye His holy ones, For there is no lack to those fearing Him.

Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell in the land, and enjoy faithfulness,

When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him.

Rivulets of waters is the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it.

He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock are his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

Until

My lord, O king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the pit, and he dieth in his place because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city.'

In the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath been no bread for the people of the land,

'And it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, till thy walls come down, the high and the fenced ones in which thou art trusting, in all thy land; yea, it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee;

on the ninth of the month -- when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath not been bread for the people of the land,

Consumed by tears have been my eyes, Troubled have been my bowels, Poured out to the earth hath been my liver, For the breach of the daughter of my people; In infant and suckling being feeble, In the broad places of the city,

Cleaved hath the tongue of a suckling unto his palate with thirst, Infants asked bread, a dealer out they have none.

Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.

Thus

and they draw out Jeremiah with cords, and bring him up out of the pit, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.

yea, they send and take Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and give him unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, to carry him home, and he dwelleth in the midst of the people.

Peter, therefore, indeed, was kept in the prison, and fervent prayer was being made by the assembly unto God for him,

and two years having been fulfilled, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus; Felix also willing to lay a favour on the Jews, left Paul bound.

And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the captain of the barrack, but Paul was suffered to remain by himself, with the soldier guarding him.

Call upon you, then, do I -- the prisoner of the Lord -- to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

for which I am an ambassador in a chain, that in it I may speak freely -- as it behoveth me to speak.

therefore thou mayest not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but do thou suffer evil along with the good news according to the power of God,

in which I suffer evil -- unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;

General references

and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison till the day that Jerusalem hath been captured, and he was there when Jerusalem was captured.