Jeremiah 37:4

Jeremiah 37:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
• New International Version (NIV)Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now Jeremiah was coming and going among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.

Context of Jeremiah 37:4

2But Zedekiah, his administrators, and the common people didn’t listen to what the Lord had spoken through the prophet Jeremiah. 3King Zedekiah sent Jehucal (son of Shelemiah) and the priest Zephaniah (son of Maaseiah) to the prophet Jeremiah. They asked him, “Please pray to the Lord our God for us.” Jeremiah was still free to come and go among the people. The people of Jerusalem hadn’t put him in prison yet. 5Pharaoh’s army had come from Egypt, and when the Babylonians who were blockading Jerusalem heard this news, they retreated from Jerusalem. 6The Lord spoke his word to the prophet Jeremiah. He said,

Jeremiah 37:4 word by word

וְיִרְמְיָ֕הוּ בָּ֥א וְיֹצֵ֖א בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעָ֑ם וְלֹֽא־נָתְנ֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ בֵּ֥ית הַכְּלֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֫הוּyirmeyâh yirmeyâhû · JeremiahH3414
• came inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• and went outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• amongתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• for they had not putנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• him into prisonכְּלִיאkelîy' kelû' · prisonH3628
• him into prisonבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for Jeremiah 37:4

• Jeremiah 37:15The officials were so angry with Jeremiah that they beat him and put him in prison in the scribe Jonathan’s house, which had been turned into a prison.
• Jeremiah 32:2At that time the army of the king of Babylon was blockading Jerusalem. The prophet Jeremiah was locked up in the courtyard of the prison. This prison was in the palace of the king of Judah.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 37:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Now Jeremiah came in and went out - After the siege was raised, he had a measure of liberty; he was not closely confined, as he afterwards was. See Jeremiah 37:16.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Zedekiah asked for prayer, hoping Jeremiah's prayers would magically defeat the enemy (see Jeremiah 14:7–9 and Jeremiah 14:7–9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Jeremiah ... not put ... into prison--He was no longer in the prison court, as he had been (Jr 32:2; 33:1), which passages refer to the beginning of the siege, not to the time when the Chaldeans renewed the siege, after having withdrawn for a time to meet Pharaoh.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 37:4

• Alliances
• Pharaoh

In the dictionaries

• Jeremiah
• Jeremiah (2)
• Prison; Prisoner
• Siege
• Zedekiah (2)
• Zedekiah

Commentaries on Jeremiah 37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings