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

2Neither he nor the officials who served him nor the people of Judah paid any attention to what the Lord said through the prophet Jeremiah. 3King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah. He told them to say, “Please pray to the Lord our God on our behalf.” (Now Jeremiah had not yet been put in prison. So he was still free to come and go among the people as he pleased. 5At that time the Babylonian forces had temporarily given up their siege against Jerusalem. They had had it under siege, but withdrew when they heard that the army of Pharaoh had set out from Egypt.) 6The Lord gave the prophet Jeremiah a message for them. He told him to tell them,

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 very angry at Jeremiah. They had him flogged and put in prison in the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary, which they had converted into a place for confining prisoners.
• Jeremiah 32:2Now at that time, the armies of the king of Babylon were besieging Jerusalem. The prophet Jeremiah was confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse attached to the royal palace 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