While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:
Parallel translations
- WEB Moreover Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the guard, saying,
- 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,
- NKJV Moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
- NASB Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, saying,
- NLT While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the Lord gave him this second message:
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Quick answer
A second word came to Jeremiah while still confined in the court of the guard. It introduces further promises of restoration given amid imprisonment.
Overview
Even in continued confinement, Jeremiah receives more of God's word, showing that God's revelation is not bound by the prophet's circumstances. This second message builds on chapter 32's promises with even fuller assurances of healing and renewal. God speaks hope into the darkest settings, a pattern that reaches its height in the gospel proclaimed even from prison (Phil. 1:12-14).
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Cross-references · 5
- Jer 38:28And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
- Jer 32:2–3At 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.
- Jer 37:21So 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.
- 2 Tim 2:9for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
- Jer 32:8Then, 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.
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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