Jeremiah 32:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    At that time, the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined in the courtyard of the guard located in the palace of the king of Judah.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For then the king of Babylon's army besieged usalem: and emiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now at that time the king{H4428} of Babylon's{H894} army{H2428} was besieging{H6696} Jerusalem;{H3389} and Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet{H5030} was shut up{H3607} in the court{H2691} of the guard,{H4307} which was in the king{H4428} of Judah's{H3063} house.{H1004}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For then the king{H4428} of Babylon's{H894} army{H2428} besieged{H6696}{(H8802)} Jerusalem{H3389}: and Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet{H5030} was shut up{H3607}{(H8803)} in the court{H2691} of the prison{H4307}, which was in the king{H4428} of Judah's{H3063} house{H1004}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    what tyme as the kinge of Babilons hooste layed sege vnto Ierusalem. But Ieremy the prophet laye bounde in ye courte of the preson, which was in the kinge of Iudaes house:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For then the King of Babels hoste besieged Ierusalem: And Ieremiah the Prophet was shutte vp in the court of the prison, which was in the King of Iudahs house.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    What tyme as the kyng of Babylons hoast layde siege vnto Hierusalem: but Ieremie the prophete lay bounde in the court of the pryson, whiche was in the kyng of Iudaes house,

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which [was] in the king of Judah's house.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And then the forces of the king of Babylon are laying siege against Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet hath been shut up in the court of the prison that `is' in the house of the king of Judah,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was round Jerusalem, shutting it in: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the place of the armed watchmen, in the house of the king of Judah.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Now 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 37:21 : 21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him a piece of bread daily out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
  • Neh 3:25 : 25 Palal the son of Uzai, opposite the turning of the wall, and the tower which protrudes from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
  • Jer 33:1 : 1 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still confined in the court of the prison, saying,
  • Jer 38:6 : 6 Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the prison; and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; so Jeremiah sank in the mire.
  • Jer 32:8 : 8 So Hanameel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said to me, Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself. Then I knew this was the word of the LORD.
  • Jer 39:13-15 : 13 So Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the princes of the king of Babylon; 14 They even sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison and committed him to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should take him home: so he dwelt among the people. 15 Now the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
  • Matt 5:12 : 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
  • Jer 36:5 : 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
  • Jer 32:3 : 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why do you prophesy, and say, Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 32:3-6
    4 verses
    86%

    3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why do you prophesy, and say, Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

    4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face, and his eyes shall see his eyes;

    5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall be until I visit him, says the LORD: though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper.

    6 And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Jer 38:27-28
    2 verses
    83%

    27 Then all the princes came to Jeremiah and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they stopped speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

    28 So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken; and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.

  • Jer 33:1
    82%

    1 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still confined in the court of the prison, saying,

  • Jer 32:1
    82%

    1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

  • Jer 39:14-15
    2 verses
    81%

    14 They even sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison and committed him to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should take him home: so he dwelt among the people.

    15 Now the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

  • Jer 37:15-19
    5 verses
    80%

    15 Therefore the princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had made that the prison.

    16 When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,

    17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out; and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, 'Is there any word from the LORD?' And Jeremiah said, 'There is, for, said he, you shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.'

    18 Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, 'What have I offended against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?'

    19 Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

  • Jer 39:1
    78%

    1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and all his army came against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.

  • Jer 38:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13 So they drew Jeremiah up with cords and lifted him out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

    14 Then Zedekiah the king sent and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD; and the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask you a thing; hide nothing from me.

  • Jer 37:3-5
    3 verses
    78%

    3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 'Pray now to the LORD our God for us.'

    4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people, for they had not put him into prison.

    5 Then Pharaoh's army came out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who besieged Jerusalem heard news of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 24:10-11
    2 verses
    77%

    10 At that time, the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

    11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants besieged it.

  • Jer 40:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him bound in chains among all who were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, who were taken captive to Babylon.

    2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, The LORD your God has pronounced this calamity upon this place.

  • Jer 34:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth under his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem and all its cities, saying,

    2 Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus says the LORD: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

  • Jer 37:21
    76%

    21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him a piece of bread daily out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

  • Jer 39:11
    76%

    11 Now Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, saying,

  • Jer 38:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not anyone who can do anything against you.

    6 Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the prison; and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; so Jeremiah sank in the mire.

  • 2 Kgs 25:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 And it happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and camped against it; and they built siege works all around it.

    2 And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

  • Dan 1:1
    75%

    1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

  • Jer 34:6
    75%

    6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,

  • Jer 52:3-5
    3 verses
    75%

    3 For through the anger of the LORD it happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

    4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and camped against it, and built forts against it all around.

    5 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

  • Jer 36:5
    74%

    5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:

  • Jer 37:13
    74%

    13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, 'You are falling away to the Chaldeans.'

  • Jer 34:8
    74%

    8 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them:

  • Jer 36:26
    74%

    26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the LORD hid them.

  • Jer 21:3
    74%

    3 Then Jeremiah said to them, Thus shall you say to Zedekiah:

  • Jer 39:5
    73%

    5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

  • Jer 39:8
    73%

    8 The Chaldeans burned the king’s house and the houses of the people with fire and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

  • Jer 21:1
    73%

    1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,

  • Jer 29:1
    73%

    1 These are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders who were taken captive, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken captive from Jerusalem to Babylon.

  • Jer 27:1
    73%

    1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

  • Jer 52:12
    73%

    12 Now in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, who served the king of Babylon, came into Jerusalem,

  • Jer 25:1
    73%

    1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;