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.
Read in contextJeremiah 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.
Read in contextJeremiah 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.
Read in contextJeremiah 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.
Read in context2 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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