And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
- KJV So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
- NKJV Now Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken. And he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
- NASB So Jeremiah stayed in the courtyard of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was captured.
- NLT And Jeremiah remained a prisoner in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
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Quick answer
Jeremiah remains in the guard's court until the very day Jerusalem falls.
Overview
The prophet stays confined yet preserved right up to the city's capture. His continued presence underscores God's faithfulness in sustaining him through the long ordeal. The verse closes the section by pointing to the fulfillment of all he had foretold, now at hand.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Jer 39:14had 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 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.
- Ps 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
- Jer 15:20–21Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
- Jer 38:13and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
- 2 Tim 3:11my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
- 2 Tim 4:17–18But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
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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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