Jeremiah 38:28

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So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
Jeremiah 38:28 · King James Version

Parallel translations

WEB So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
BSB And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
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 39:14Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.
Jer 37:21Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Ps 23:4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Jer 15:20–21And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Jer 38:13So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
2 Tim 3:11Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
2 Tim 4:17–18Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (2)

PRISONERS ZEDEKIAH

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Christ at the center

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.

How Jeremiah 38:28 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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So Jeremiahיִרְמְיָה abodeיָשַׁב in the courtחָצֵר of the prisonמַטָּרָא until the dayיוֹם that Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם was takenלָכַד and he was there when Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם was takenלָכַד

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