Jeremiah 37:21 “So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyar…”

Jeremiah 37:21

So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard. They gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

American Standard Version

Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Zedekiah the King commanded, that they should put Ieremiah in the court of the prison, and that they should giue him dayly a piece of bread out of the bakers streete vntill all the bread in the citie were eaten vp. Thus Ieremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Darby Translation

Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard, and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. And Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard.

Young's Literal Translation

And the king Zedekiah commandeth, and they commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, also to give to him a cake of bread daily from the bakers' street, till the consumption of all the bread of the city, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.

Bible in Basic English

Then by the order of Zedekiah the king, Jeremiah was put into the place of the armed watchmen, and they gave him every day a cake of bread from the street of the bread-makers, till all the bread in the town was used up. So Jeremiah was kept in the place of the armed watchmen.

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Cross references

“into the”

Jeremiah 38:13 Jeremiah 38:28 Jeremiah 32:2 Jeremiah 32:8

Jeremiah 38:13 · BSB

and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

Jeremiah 38:28 · BSB

And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.

Jeremiah 32:2 · BSB

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

Jeremiah 32:8 · BSB

Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it f…

“and that”

Isaiah 33:16 Job 5:20 1 Kings 17:4–6 Psalm 37:3 Psalm 37:19 Proverbs 16:7

Isaiah 33:16 · BSB

he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

Job 5:20 · BSB

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

1 Kings 17:4–6 · BSB

And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

Psalm 37:3 · BSB

Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Psalm 37:19 · BSB

In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

Proverbs 16:7 · BSB

When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.

“until”

Jeremiah 38:9 Jeremiah 52:6 2 Kings 25:3 Deuteronomy 28:52–57 Lamentations 5:10 Lamentations 2:11

Jeremiah 38:9 · BSB

“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”

Jeremiah 52:6 · BSB

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

2 Kings 25:3 · BSB

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

Deuteronomy 28:52–57 · BSB

They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.

Lamentations 5:10 · BSB

Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.

Lamentations 2:11 · BSB

My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.

“Thus”

Acts 12:5 Acts 24:27 Acts 28:16 Acts 28:30 Ephesians 4:1 Ephesians 6:20

Acts 12:5 · BSB

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

Acts 24:27 · BSB

After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

Acts 28:16 · BSB

When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.

Acts 28:30 · BSB

Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.

Ephesians 4:1 · BSB

As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

Ephesians 6:20 · BSB

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”

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