Jeremiah 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,

2 Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;

3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:
KJV
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,
WEB
Moreover the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still locked up in the court of the guard, saying,
ASV
Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the guard, saying,
DARBY
And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
BLB
And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah a second [time] (and he was still shut up in the court of the guard), saying:
ÅB
Og Herrens ord kom til Jeremias annen gang, mens han enda satt fengslet i vaktgården, og det lød så:
OTB
Herrens ord kom til Jeremias for andre gang mens han fortsatt var innesperret i vaktgården, og sa:
B1930
Og Herrens ord kom til Jeremias annen gang, mens han ennu satt fengslet i vaktgården, og det lød så:

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 32:2–3

    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.

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  • 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.

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  • Jeremiah 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.

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  • Jeremiah 32:8

    So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

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  • 2 Timothy 2:9

    Where in I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

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