Jeremiah 37:21

Then HaMelech Tzidkiyah commanded that they should commit Yirmeyah into the Khatzer (courtyard) of the Guard, and that they should give him daily kikar lechem (loaf of bread) out of the street of ha'ofim (the bakers), until all the lechem in the Ir was gone. Thus Yirmeyah remained in the Khatzer (courtyard) of the Guard.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

20Therefore hear now, O adoni HaMelech; let now my techinnah be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the Bais Yehonatan HaSofer, lest I die there.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:52And it shall besiege thee in all thy she'arim, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou trusted, throughout all thy land; and it shall besiege thee in all thy she'arim throughout all thy land, which Hashem Eloheicha hath given thee.

2 Kings 25:3And on the ninth day of the fourth month the ra'av (famine) was severe in the Ir, and there was no lechem for the Am HaAretz.

Psalms 33:18Hinei, the eye of Hashem is upon them that fear Him, 1 upon them that hope in His chesed; 1

Psalms 37:3Trust in Hashem, and do tov; 1 so shalt thou dwell in the Eretz (land), ure'eh emunah (and thou be pastured securely). 1

Proverbs 16:7When drakhei ish please Hashem, 1 He maketh even his oyevim to be in shalom with him. 1

Isaiah 33:16He shall dwell on high; 1 his metzadot shall be the rocky fortress; 1 his lechem shall be given him; his mayim shall be unfailing. 1

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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