Jeremiah 38:13
11 Then Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.
12 Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,
and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
14 Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”
15 “If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”
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
- and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
- KJV
- So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
- WEB
- So they lifted Jeremiah up with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
- ASV
- So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
- DARBY
- And they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and brought him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
- BLB
- And they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and they lifted him from the cistern; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
- ÅB
- Så dro de Jeremias opp med repene og fikk ham opp av brønnen, og Jeremias ble i vaktgården.
- OTB
- og de trakk ham opp med tauene og fikk ham ut av brønnen. Jeremias ble værende i vaktgården.
- B1930
- Så drog de Jeremias op med repene og fikk ham op av brønnen, og Jeremias blev i vaktgården.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 37:21
So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
Read in contextActs 23:35
he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.
Read in contextActs 28:16
When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
Read in contextActs 28:30
Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.
Read in contextJeremiah 39:14–18
had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.
Read in contextJeremiah 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.
Read in contextJeremiah 38:28
And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
Read in contextActs 24:23–26
He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.
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