Jeremiah 37:12
10 Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”
11 When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.
13 But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
14 “That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.
- KJV
- Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.
- WEB
- then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the middle of the people.
- ASV
- then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.
- DARBY
- that Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to have his portion there among the people.
- BLB
- that Jeremiah went forth from Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin to divide from there in the midst of the people.
- ÅB
- da gikk Jeremias ut av Jerusalem midt iblant folket for å gå til Benjamins land og hente sin arvelodd derfra.
- OTB
- satte Jeremia ut fra Jerusalem for å dra til Benjamins område for å kreve sin del av eiendommen blant folket der.
- B1930
- da gikk Jeremias ut av Jerusalem midt iblandt folket for å gå til Benjamins land og hente sin arvelodd derfra.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 1:1
These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
Read in contextMatthew 10:23
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Read in context1 Chronicles 6:60
And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.
Read in contextJoshua 21:17–18
And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
Read in contextNehemiah 6:11
But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
Read in contextJeremiah 32:8–9
Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
Read in context1 Kings 19:3
And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
Read in context1 Kings 19:9
There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
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