When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
Parallel translations
- KJV When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
- BSB So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
- NKJV When Jeremiah entered the dungeon and the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
- NASB For Jeremiah had come into the dungeon, that is, the vaulted cell; and Jeremiah stayed there many days.
- NLT Jeremiah was put into a dungeon cell, where he remained for many days.
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Quick answer
Jeremiah is confined for many days in a dungeon's cells.
Overview
The prophet endures prolonged imprisonment in harsh underground conditions. This note of extended suffering underscores the price of his faithfulness. Yet God has not abandoned him, as the following verses show the Lord still working through his trial.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 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.
- Jer 38:10–13Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, “Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies.”
- Lam 3:53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.
- Lam 3:55I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.
- Gen 40:15For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.”
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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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