New American Standard Bible 2020

Jeremiah 37:16-21

16For Jeremiah had come into the 1 2dungeon, that is, the vaulted cell; and Jeremiah stayed there many days.

17Now King Zedekiah sent men and took him out; and in his palace the king 3secretly asked him and said, “Is there a 4word from the Lord?” And Jeremiah said, “There is!” Then he said, “You will be 5handed over to the king of Babylon!” 18Moreover, Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “6In what way have I sinned against you, or your servants, or this people, that you have put me in prison? 19And 7where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The 8king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’? 20But now, please listen, my lord the king; please let my 9plea 10come before you and do not make me return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, so that I will not die there.” 21Then King Zedekiah gave a command, and they placed Jeremiah in custody in the 11courtyard of the guardhouse, and gave him a loaf of 12bread daily from the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was 13gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guardhouse.

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Notes

1. Jeremiah 37:16 Lit house of the cistern-pit ↩
2. Jeremiah 37:16 Jer 38:6 ↩
3. Jeremiah 37:17 1 Kin 14:1-4; Jer 38:5, 14-16, 24-27 ↩
4. Jeremiah 37:17 1 Kin 22:15, 16; 2 Kin 3:11, 12; Jer 15:11; 21:1, 2; 37:3 ↩
5. Jeremiah 37:17 Jer 21:7; 24:8; Ezek 12:12, 13; 17:19, 20 ↩
6. Jeremiah 37:18 1 Sam 24:9; 26:18; Dan 6:22; John 10:32; Acts 25:8, 11, 25 ↩
7. Jeremiah 37:19 Deut 32:37, 38; 2 Kin 3:13; Jer 2:28 ↩
8. Jeremiah 37:19 Jer 27:14; 28:1-4, 10-17 ↩
9. Jeremiah 37:20 Jer 36:7; 38:26 ↩
10. Jeremiah 37:20 Lit fall ↩
11. Jeremiah 37:21 Jer 32:2; 38:13, 28 ↩
12. Jeremiah 37:21 1 Kin 17:6; Job 5:20; Ps 33:18, 19; Is 33:16 ↩
13. Jeremiah 37:21 2 Kin 25:3; Jer 38:9; 52:6 ↩

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