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Jeremiah 37:16

Jeremiah
Suffering

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.

15 The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.

So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.

17 Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”

18 Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?

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BSB
So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
KJV
When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
WEB
When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
ASV
When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
DARBY
When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon and into the vaults, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
BLB
When Jeremiah came into the house of the dungeon and into the cells, then Jeremiah dwelt there many days.
ÅB
Da Jeremias var kommet i fangehullet, i kjelleren, og hadde sittet der i mange dager,
OTB
Jeremia ble plassert i en hvelvet celle i en fangehull, hvor han ble værende i mange dager.
B1930
Da Jeremias var kommet i fangehullet, i kjelleren, og hadde sittet der i mange dager,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 38:6

    So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

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  • Jeremiah 38:10–13

    So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”

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  • Lamentations 3:53

    They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

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  • Genesis 40:15

    For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”

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  • Lamentations 3:55

    I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.

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