And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
Parallel translations
- WEB Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, “I am restricted. I can’t go into Yahweh’s house.
- BSB Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;
- NKJV And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, “I am confined, I cannot go into the house of the Lord.
- NASB Jeremiah then commanded Baruch, saying, “I am restricted; I cannot go into the house of the Lord.
- NLT Then Jeremiah said to Baruch, “I am a prisoner here and unable to go to the Temple.
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Quick answer
Jeremiah, barred from the temple, sends Baruch in his place. Obstacles do not stop the proclamation of God's word.
Overview
Being restricted, likely banned from the temple due to his unpopular message, Jeremiah commissions Baruch to read the scroll publicly. The prophet finds a way for God's word to be heard despite personal hindrance. This shows that opposition cannot silence the message God intends to deliver.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Jer 32:2For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.
- Jer 33:1Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
- 2 Cor 11:23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
- Jer 38:28So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
- 2 Tim 2:9Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
- Jer 37:15Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
- Jer 40:4And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
- Eph 6:20For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
- Heb 11:36And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
- Eph 3:1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
- Jer 20:2Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
- Jer 38:6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
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