Jeremiah 37:21

And their mighty ones shall be over them, and their prince shall proceed of themselves; and I will gather them, and they shall return to me: for who is this that has set his heart to return to me? saith the Lord.

Brenton Septuagint

In The 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.

In Context

20And their sons shall go in as before, and their testimonies shall be established before me, and I will visit them that afflict them.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:52and have utterly crushed thee in thy cities, until the high and strong walls be destroyed, in which thou trustest, in all thy land; and it shall afflict thee in thy cities, which he has given to thee.

2 Kings 25:3And the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

Psalms 33:18and delivered them out of all their afflictions.

Psalms 37:3For thy weapons are fixed in me, and thou hast pressed thy hand heavily upon me.

Proverbs 16:7The beginning of a good way is to do justly; and it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices.

Isaiah 33:16he shall dwell in a high cave of a strong rock: bread shall be given him, and his water shall be sure.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 37:12-21

Jeremiah Attempts to Quit Jerusalem; Jeremiah Imprisoned; Jeremiah Favoured by the King. ( b. c. 589.) 11 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. 13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah… Read the whole commentary →

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