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.
KJV
καὶ ἔσονται ἰσχυρότεροι αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ αὐτούς, καὶ ὁ ἄρχων αὐτοῦ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσεται· καὶ συνάξω αὐτούς καὶ ἀποστρέψουσιν πρὸς μέ, ὅτι τίς ἐστιν οὗτος ὃς ἔδωκεν τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ ἀποστρέψαι πρὸς μέ, φησὶν Κύριος;
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יְצַוֶּ֞ה הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֗הוּ וַ/יַּפְקִ֣דוּ אֶֽת יִרְמְיָהוּ֮ בַּ/חֲצַ֣ר הַ/מַּטָּרָה֒ וְ/נָתֹן֩ ל֨/וֹ כִכַּר לֶ֤חֶם לַ/יּוֹם֙ מִ/ח֣וּץ הָ/אֹפִ֔ים עַד תֹּ֥ם כָּל הַ/לֶּ֖חֶם מִן הָ/עִ֑יר וַ/יֵּ֣שֶׁב יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ בַּ/חֲצַ֖ר הַ/מַּטָּרָֽה
Hebrew
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.
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Cross-references
- 1Kgs 17:6 — And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
- 2Kgs 25:3 — And 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.
- Exod 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
- Isa 3:1 — For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.
- Isa 33:16 — He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
- Jer 32:2 — For 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.
- Jer 32:2 — For 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.
- Jer 33:1 — Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
- Jer 38:6 — Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no wat
- Jer 38:9 — My 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 ther
- Jer 38:9 — My 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 ther
- Jer 38:13 — So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
- Jer 38:13 — So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
- Jer 38:28 — So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
- Jer 38:28 — So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
- Jer 52:6 — And 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.
- Job 5:20 — In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
- Neh 3:25 — Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
- Prov 30:8 — Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
- Ps 33:18 — Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;