Jeremiah then commanded Baruch, saying, “I am restricted; 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.
- KJV And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
- 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.
- 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 32:2Now at that time the king of Babylon’s army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah’s house.
- Jer 33:1Moreover Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the guard, saying,
- 2 Cor 11:23Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I am more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.
- Jer 38:28So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
- 2 Tim 2:9in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God’s word isn’t chained.
- Jer 37:15The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.
- Jer 40:4Now, behold, I release you today from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, don’t. Behold, all the land is before you. Where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.”
- Eph 6:20for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
- Heb 11:36Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.
- Eph 3:1For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
- Jer 20:2Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in Yahweh’s house.
- Jer 38:6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard. They let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
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