Jeremiah 40:1
The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, after that Nabuzardan the general had let him go from Rama, when he had taken him, being bound with chains, among all them that were carried away from Jerusalem and Juda, and were carried to Babylon.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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1 Samuel 7:17And he returned to Ramatha, for there was his house, and there he judged Israel: he built also there an altar to the Lord.
Psalms 68:6who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows. God in his holy place:
Jeremiah 31:15Thus saith the Lord: A voice was heard on high of lamentation, of mourning, and weeping, of Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted for them, because they are not.
Jeremiah 39:11Now Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had given charge to Nabuzardan the general concerning Jeremias, saying:
Acts 12:6And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
Acts 28:20For this cause therefore I desired to see you, and to speak to you. Because that for the hope of Israel, I am bound with this chain.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 40:1
We have attended Jerusalem's funeral pile, and have taken our leave of the captives that were carried to Babylon, not expecting to hear any more of them in this book: perhaps we may in Ezekiel; and we must in this and the four following chapters observe the story of those few Jews that were left to remain in the land after their brethren were carried away, and it is a very melancholy story; for, though at first there were some hopeful prospects of their well-doing, they soon appeared as obstinate in sin as ever,… Read the whole commentary →