and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- 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.
- NKJV So they pulled Jeremiah up with ropes and lifted him out of the dungeon. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
- NASB So they pulled Jeremiah out with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern, and Jeremiah stayed in the courtyard of the guardhouse.
- NLT they pulled him out. So Jeremiah was returned to the courtyard of the guard—the palace prison—where he remained.
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Quick answer
They pull Jeremiah up out of the pit, and he returns to the guard's court.
Overview
The prophet is drawn safely from the mire and restored to the court of the guard. God has delivered His faithful servant from death through an unlikely deliverer. The rescue testifies that the Lord watches over those who suffer for His word and brings them up in due time.
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Cross-references · 9
- 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.
- Acts 28:30Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.
- Acts 28:16When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
- Acts 23:35he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.
- Jer 39:14–18had 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.
- Jer 38:6So 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.
- Jer 38:28And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
- Acts 24:23–26He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.
- 1 Kgs 22:27and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
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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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