Jeremiah 38:28

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And Jeremiah remained a prisoner in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
Jeremiah 38:28 · New Living Translation

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.
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.

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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 39:14they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he lived among the people.
Jer 37:21Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard. They gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court 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 15:20–21I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall; and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and to deliver you,” says Yahweh.
Jer 38:13So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
2 Tim 3:11persecutions, and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of them all.
2 Tim 4:17–18But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, 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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ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free
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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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