Jeremiah 37:21
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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 37 connects to 10 cross-references. Zedekiah sends secretly to ask Jeremiah for prayer. When the Babylonian army temporarily withdraws for Egypt, the false hope arises that they are gone. Jeremiah tries to leave Jerusalem and is arrested for desertion, beaten, and imprisoned. He appeals to …
Other Translations
Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
And the king Zedekiah commandeth, and they commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, also to give to him a cake of bread daily from the bakers' street, till the consumption of all the bread of the city, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.
Then by the order of Zedekiah the king, Jeremiah was put into the place of the armed watchmen, and they gave him every day a cake of bread from the street of the bread-makers, till all the bread in the town was used up. So Jeremiah was kept in the place of the armed watchmen.
Cross References
And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: …
And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, …
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And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee …
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread …
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he …
When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; …
And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so …