Thematic Bible: Often imprisoned them


Thematic Bible



Now at that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the house of the king of Judah, Verse ConceptsCourtyardPrisonersActual Attacks On Jerusalem

and say, ‘Thus says the king, “Put this man in prison and feed him sparingly with bread and water until I return safely.”’” Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRevenge, Examples OfWaters Of AfflictionRepulsive Food

Then the officials were angry at Jeremiah and beat him, and they put him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, which they had made into the prison. For Jeremiah had come into the dungeon, that is, the vaulted cell; and Jeremiah stayed there many days.

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