Jeremiah 37:21
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וַיְצַוֶּהvaytzavehand he commandedH6680הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428צִדְקִיָּהוּtzidkiyahuZedekiahH6667וַיַּפְקִדוּvaiyafkiduand they depositedH6485אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יִרְמְיָהוּyirmeyahuJeremiahH3414בַּחֲצַרbachatzarin [the] courtyard ofH2691הַמַּטָּרָהhamatarahthe guardH4307וְנָתֹןvenatonand they gaveH5414לוֹloto <the> himכִכַּר־khikar-a round loaf ofH3603לֶחֶםlechembreadH3899לַיּוֹםlaiyomto the dayH3117מִחוּץmichutzfrom [the] street ofH2351הָאֹפִיםha'ofimthe bakersH644עַד־'ad-untilH5704תֹּםtomwas finishedH8552כָּל־kol-allH3605הַלֶּחֶםhalechemthe breadH3899מִן־min-fromH4480הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892וַיֵּשֶׁבvaiyeshevand he remainedH3427יִרְמְיָהוּyirmeyahuJeremiahH3414בַּחֲצַרbachatzarin [the] courtyard ofH2691הַמַּטָּרָה׃hamatarahthe guardH4307
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 38:13So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.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 38:28So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
- Jeremiah 38:9My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.“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 32:2For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.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 52:6And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.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 25:3And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.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.
- Isaiah 33:16He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
- Psalm 33:18-1918 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; 19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.18 Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion 19 to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
- Job 5:20In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
- Psalm 37:19They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.
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