Jeremiah 37:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah, and gave him blows and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְצְפ֧וּ הַשָּׂרִ֛ים עַֽל־יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ וְהִכּ֣וּ אֹת֑וֹ וְנָתְנ֨וּ אוֹת֜וֹ בֵּ֣ית הָאֵס֗וּר בֵּ֚ית יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן הַסֹּפֵ֔ר כִּֽי־אֹת֥וֹ עָשׂ֖וּ לְבֵ֥ית הַכֶּֽלֶא׃

Transliteration

And-wayyiqṣəp̄û the-śārîm on-Yirməyāhû and-wəhikkû ʾōtô and-wənātənû ʾôtô bêt the-ʾēsûr bêt Yəhônātān the-sōp̄ēr for-ʾōtô ʿāśû to-bêt the-keleʾ.

Grammar Details

• *wayyiqṣəp̄û*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they were angry
• *śārîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the officials/princes
• *Yirməyāhû*: proper noun - Jeremiah
• *wəhikkû*: waw + Hiphil perfect 3rd common plural - and they struck/beat
• *ʾōtô*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine singular suffix - him
• *wənātənû*: waw + Qal perfect 3rd common plural - and they put
• *ʾôtô*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine singular suffix - him
• *bêt*: masculine singular construct - house of
• *ʾēsûr*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the prison/confinement
• *Yəhônātān*: proper noun - Jonathan
• *sōp̄ēr*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the scribe
• *ʿāśû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they had made
• *keleʾ*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the prison

Word Meanings

• *wayyiqṣəp̄û* on: were angry with/were furious against
• *bêt* the-*ʾēsûr*: house of bondage/prison house
• *bêt* the-*keleʾ*: prison house/place of confinement

Referenced Verses

• Jer 38:26 : 26 Then you are to say to them, I made my request to the king, that he would not send me back to my death in Jonathan's house.
• Matt 21:35 : 35 And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.
• Gen 39:20 : 20 And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept in chains, and he was there in the prison-house.
• 2 Chr 16:10 : 10 Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison, burning with wrath against him because of this thing. And at the same time Asa was cruel to some of the people.
• 2 Chr 18:26 : 26 And say, By the king's order this man is to be put in prison, and given prison food till I come back in peace.
• Jer 20:1-3 : 1 Now it came to the ears of Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief in authority in the house of the Lord, that Jeremiah was saying these things; 2 And Pashhur gave blows to Jeremiah and had his feet chained in a framework of wood in the higher doorway of Benjamin, which was in the house of the Lord. 3 Then on the day after, Pashhur let Jeremiah loose. Then Jeremiah said to him, The Lord has given you the name of Magor-missabib (Cause-of-fear-on-every-side), not Pashhur.
• Jer 26:16 : 16 Then the rulers and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, It is not right for this man to be put to death: for he has said words to us in the name of the Lord our God.
• Acts 5:18 : 18 And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.
• Acts 5:28 : 28 We gave you very clear orders not to give teaching in this name: and now Jerusalem is full of your teaching, and you are attempting to make us responsible for this man's death.
• Acts 5:40 : 40 And he seemed to them to be right: and they sent for the Apostles, and, after having them whipped and giving them orders to give no teaching in the name of Jesus, they let them go.
• Acts 12:4-6 : 4 And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his purpose being to take him out to the people after the Passover. 5 So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him. 6 And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two armed men, and the watchmen were keeping watch before the door of the prison.
• Acts 16:22-24 : 22 And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped. 23 And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely: 24 And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.
• Acts 23:2-3 : 2 And the high priest, Ananias, gave orders to those who were near him to give him a blow on the mouth. 3 Then Paul said to him, God will give blows to you, you whitewashed wall: are you here to be my judge by law, and by your orders am I given blows against the law?
• 2 Cor 11:23-27 : 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death. 24 Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one. 25 Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water; 26 In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers; 27 In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.
• Heb 11:36-38 : 36 And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons: 37 They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked, 38 Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.
• Rev 2:10 : 10 Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.
• Jer 37:20 : 20 And now be pleased to give ear, O my lord the king; let my prayer for help come before you, and do not make me go back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, for fear that I may come to my death there.
• Jer 38:6 : 6 So they took Jeremiah and put him into the water-hole of Malchiah, the king's son, in the place of the armed watchmen: and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the hole there was no water, but wet earth: and Jeremiah went down into the wet earth.
• Matt 23:34 : 34 For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town;
• Matt 26:67-68 : 67 Then they put shame on him, and were cruel to him: and some gave him blows, saying, 68 Be a prophet, O Christ, and say who gave you a blow!
• Luke 20:10-11 : 10 And at the right time he sent a servant to the workers to get part of the fruit from the vines; but the workmen gave him blows and sent him away with nothing. 11 And he sent another servant, and they gave blows to him in the same way, and put shame on him, and sent him away with nothing.
• Luke 22:64 : 64 And, covering his eyes, they said to him, Are you prophet enough to say who gave you that blow?
• John 18:22 : 22 When he said this, one of the police by his side gave him a blow with his open hand, saying, Do you give such an answer to the high priest?