Jeremiah 37:21

So King Zedekiah commanded that I not be sent back to the prison cell. Instead, I was allowed to be watched by the guards in the courtyard of the palace. The king also commanded that they should bring me a loaf of fresh bread every day, until there was no bread left in the city. So they put me in that courtyard and I remained there.

Translation for Translators

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

20Your majesty, I plead with you to listen to me. Do not send me back to the dungeon/cell in the house of Jonathan your secretary, because if you do that, I will die there.”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:52Your enemies will surround your towns throughout the land that Yahweh your God is about to give to you, and they will break down the high and strong walls around your towns, walls which you trusted/thought would protect you.

2 Kings 25:3After Zedekiah had been ruling for eleven years, the ◄famine/shortage of food► had become very bad. All their food was gone.

Psalms 33:18Do not forget that Yahweh watches over those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to faithfully love them.

Psalms 37:3Trust in Yahweh, and do what is good; if you do that, you will live safely in the land that he has given you, and you will live peacefully [MET].

Proverbs 16:7When our behavior pleases Yahweh, he even causes our enemies to act peacefully toward us.

Isaiah 33:16they are the people who will live safely [MTY]; they will find places to be safe in the caves in the mountains. They will have plenty of food and water.

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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