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Jeremiah 37:4

Jeremiah

2 But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.

3 Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”

Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.

5 Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

6 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet:

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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
Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
KJV
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
WEB
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people, for they had not put him into prison.
ASV
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
DARBY
And Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
BLB
And Jeremiah was coming and going in the midst of the people, and they had not put him in the house of imprisonment.
ÅB
Jeremias gikk dengang inn og ut blant folket; de hadde enda ikke satt ham i fengsel.
OTB
På denne tiden kunne Jeremia bevege seg fritt blant folket, da han ennå ikke var blitt fengslet.
B1930
Jeremias gikk dengang inn og ut blandt folket; de hadde ennu ikke satt ham i fengsel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 37:15

    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.

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  • Jeremiah 32:2–3

    At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah.

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