Verse 21

Then Zedekiah{H6667} the king{H4428} commanded{H6680}{(H8762)} that they should commit{H6485}{(H8686)} Jeremiah{H3414} into the court{H2691} of the prison{H4307}, and that they should give{H5414}{(H8800)} him daily{H3117} a piece{H3603} of bread{H3899} out of the bakers{H644}{(H8802)}' street{H2351}, until all the bread{H3899} in the city{H5892} were spent{H8552}{(H8800)}. Thus Jeremiah{H3414} remained{H3427}{(H8799)} in the court{H2691} of the prison{H4307}.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 38:13 : 13 So they drew up{H4900}{(H8799)} Jeremiah{H3414} with cords{H2256}, and took him up{H5927}{(H8686)} out of the dungeon{H953}: and Jeremiah{H3414} remained{H3427}{(H8799)} in the court{H2691} of the prison{H4307}.
  • Jer 38:28 : 28 So Jeremiah{H3414} abode{H3427}{(H8799)} in the court{H2691} of the prison{H4307} until the day{H3117} that Jerusalem{H3389} was taken{H3920}{(H8738)}: and he was there when Jerusalem{H3389} was taken{H3920}{(H8738)}.
  • Jer 38:9 : 9 My lord{H113} the king{H4428}, these men{H582} have done evil{H7489}{(H8689)} in all that they have done{H6213}{(H8804)} to Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet{H5030}, whom they have cast{H7993}{(H8689)} into the dungeon{H953}; and he is like to die{H4191}{(H8799)} for{H6440} hunger{H7458} in the place{H8478} where he is: for there is no more bread{H3899} in the city{H5892}.
  • Jer 32:2 : 2 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}.
  • Jer 52:6 : 6 And in the fourth{H7243} month{H2320}, in the ninth{H8672} day of the month{H2320}, the famine{H7458} was sore{H2388}{(H8799)} in the city{H5892}, so that there was no bread{H3899} for the people{H5971} of the land{H776}.
  • Isa 33:16 : 16 He shall dwell{H7931}{(H8799)} on high{H4791}: his place of defence{H4869} shall be the munitions{H4679} of rocks{H5553}: bread{H3899} shall be given{H5414}{(H8737)} him; his waters{H4325} shall be sure{H539}{(H8737)}.
  • 2 Kgs 25:3 : 3 And on the ninth{H8672} day of the fourth month{H2320} the famine{H7458} prevailed{H2388}{(H8799)} in the city{H5892}, and there was no bread{H3899} for the people{H5971} of the land{H776}.
  • Job 5:20 : 20 In famine{H7458} he shall redeem{H6299}{(H8804)} thee from death{H4194}: and in war{H4421} from the power{H3027} of the sword{H2719}.
  • Ps 33:18-19 : 18 Behold, the eye{H5869} of the LORD{H3068} is upon them that fear{H3373} him, upon them that hope{H3176}{(H8764)} in his mercy{H2617}; 19 To deliver{H5337}{(H8687)} their soul{H5315} from death{H4194}, and to keep them alive{H2421}{(H8763)} in famine{H7458}.
  • Ps 34:9-9 : 9 O fear{H3372}{(H8798)} the LORD{H3068}, ye his saints{H6918}: for there is no want{H4270} to them that fear{H3373} him. 10 The young lions{H3715} do lack{H7326}{(H8804)}, and suffer hunger{H7456}{(H8804)}: but they that seek{H1875}{(H8802)} the LORD{H3068} shall not want{H2637}{(H8799)} any good{H2896} thing.
  • Ps 37:3 : 3 Trust{H982}{(H8798)} in the LORD{H3068}, and do{H6213}{H8798)} good{H2896}; so shalt thou dwell{H7931}{H8798)} in the land{H776}, and verily{H530} thou shalt be fed{H7462}{H8798)}.
  • Ps 37:19 : 19 They shall not be ashamed{H954}{(H8799)} in the evil{H7451} time{H6256}: and in the days{H3117} of famine{H7459} they shall be satisfied{H7646}{H8799)}.
  • Prov 16:7 : 7 When a man's{H376} ways{H1870} please{H7521}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068}, he maketh even his enemies{H341}{(H8802)} to be at peace{H7999}{(H8686)} with him.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's{H4428} heart{H3820} is in the hand{H3027} of the LORD{H3068}, as the rivers{H6388} of water{H4325}: he turneth{H5186}{(H8686)} it whithersoever he will{H2654}{(H8799)}.
  • Jer 39:14-15 : 14 Even they sent{H7971}{(H8799)}, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} Jeremiah{H3414} out of the court{H2691} of the prison{H4307}, and committed{H5414}{(H8799)} him unto Gedaliah{H1436} the son{H1121} of Ahikam{H296} the son{H1121} of Shaphan{H8227}, that he should carry{H3318}{(H8687)} him home{H1004}: so he dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} among{H8432} the people{H5971}. 15 Now the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} came unto Jeremiah{H3414}, while he was shut up{H6113}{(H8803)} in the court{H2691} of the prison{H4307}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},
  • Jer 32:8 : 8 So Hanameel{H2601} mine uncle's{H1730} son{H1121} came{H935}{(H8799)} to me in the court{H2691} of the prison{H4307} according to the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, Buy{H7069}{(H8798)} my field{H7704}, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth{H6068}, which is in the country{H776} of Benjamin{H1144}: for the right{H4941} of inheritance{H3425} is thine, and the redemption{H1353} is thine; buy{H7069}{(H8798)} it for thyself. Then I knew{H3045}{(H8799)} that this was the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}.
  • Deut 28:52-57 : 52 And he shall besiege{H6887}{(H8689)} thee in all thy gates{H8179}, until thy high{H1364} and fenced{H1219}{(H8803)} walls{H2346} come down{H3381}{(H8800)}, wherein{H2004} thou trustedst{H982}{(H8802)}, throughout all thy land{H776}: and he shall besiege{H6887}{(H8689)} thee in all thy gates{H8179} throughout all thy land{H776}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} thee. 53 And thou shalt eat{H398}{(H8804)} the fruit{H6529} of thine own body{H990}, the flesh{H1320} of thy sons{H1121} and of thy daughters{H1323}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} thee, in the siege{H4692}, and in the straitness{H4689}, wherewith thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)} shall distress{H6693}{(H8686)} thee: 54 So that the man{H376} that is tender{H7390} among you, and very{H3966} delicate{H6028}, his eye{H5869} shall be evil{H3415}{(H8799)} toward his brother{H251}, and toward the wife{H802} of his bosom{H2436}, and toward the remnant{H3499} of his children{H1121} which he shall leave{H3498}{(H8686)}: 55 So that he will not give{H5414}{(H8800)} to any{H259} of them of the flesh{H1320} of his children{H1121} whom he shall eat{H398}{(H8799)}: because he hath nothing left{H7604}{(H8689)} him in the siege{H4692}, and in the straitness{H4689}, wherewith thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)} shall distress{H6693}{(H8686)} thee in all thy gates{H8179}. 56 The tender{H7390} and delicate{H6028} woman among you, which would not adventure{H5254}{(H8765)} to set{H3322}{(H8687)} the sole{H3709} of her foot{H7272} upon the ground{H776} for delicateness{H6026}{(H8692)} and tenderness{H7391}, her eye{H5869} shall be evil{H3415}{(H8799)} toward the husband{H376} of her bosom{H2436}, and toward her son{H1121}, and toward her daughter{H1323}, 57 And toward her young one{H7988} that cometh out{H3318}{(H8802)} from between her feet{H7272}, and toward her children{H1121} which she shall bear{H3205}{(H8799)}: for she shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} them for want{H2640} of all things secretly{H5643} in the siege{H4692} and straitness{H4689}, wherewith thine enemy{H341}{(H8802)} shall distress{H6693}{(H8686)} thee in thy gates{H8179}.
  • 1 Kgs 17:4-6 : 4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink{H8354}{(H8799)} of the brook{H5158}; and I have commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} the ravens{H6158} to feed{H3557}{(H8771)} thee there. 5 So he went{H3212}{(H8799)} and did{H6213}{(H8799)} according unto the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}: for he went{H3212}{(H8799)} and dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} by the brook{H5158} Cherith{H3747}, that is before{H6440} Jordan{H3383}. 6 And the ravens{H6158} brought{H935}{(H8688)} him bread{H3899} and flesh{H1320} in the morning{H1242}, and bread{H3899} and flesh{H1320} in the evening{H6153}; and he drank{H8354}{(H8799)} of the brook{H5158}.
  • Lam 2:11-12 : 11 Mine eyes{H5869} do fail{H3615}{(H8804)} with tears{H1832}, my bowels{H4578} are troubled{H2560}{(H8777)}, my liver{H3516} is poured{H8210}{(H8738)} upon the earth{H776}, for the destruction{H7667} of the daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971}; because the children{H5768} and the sucklings{H3243}{(H8802)} swoon{H5848}{(H8736)} in the streets{H7339} of the city{H7151}. 12 They say{H559}{(H8799)} to their mothers{H517}, Where is corn{H1715} and wine{H3196}? when they swooned{H5848}{(H8692)} as the wounded{H2491} in the streets{H7339} of the city{H5892}, when their soul{H5315} was poured out{H8210}{(H8692)} into their mothers{H517}' bosom{H2436}.
  • Lam 2:19-20 : 19 Arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, cry out{H7442}{(H8798)} in the night{H3915}: in the beginning{H7218} of the watches{H821} pour out{H8210}{(H8798)} thine heart{H3820} like water{H4325} before{H5227} the face{H6440} of the Lord{H136}: lift up{H5375}{(H8798)} thy hands{H3709} toward him for the life{H5315} of thy young children{H5768}, that faint{H5848}{(H8803)} for hunger{H7458} in the top{H7218} of every street{H2351}. 20 Behold{H7200}{(H8798)}, O LORD{H3068}, and consider{H5027}{(H8685)} to whom thou hast done{H5953}{(H8782)} this{H3541}. Shall the women{H802} eat{H398}{(H8799)} their fruit{H6529}, and children{H5768} of a span long{H2949}? shall the priest{H3548} and the prophet{H5030} be slain{H2026}{(H8735)} in the sanctuary{H4720} of the Lord{H136}?
  • Lam 4:4-5 : 4 The tongue{H3956} of the sucking child{H3243}{(H8802)} cleaveth{H1692}{(H8804)} to the roof of his mouth{H2441} for thirst{H6772}: the young children{H5768} ask{H7592}{(H8804)} bread{H3899}, and no man breaketh{H6566}{(H8802)} it unto them. 5 They that did feed{H398}{(H8802)} delicately{H4574} are desolate{H8074}{(H8738)} in the streets{H2351}: they that were brought up{H539}{(H8803)} in scarlet{H8438} embrace{H2263}{(H8765)} dunghills{H830}.
  • Lam 4:9-9 : 9 They that be slain{H2491} with the sword{H2719} are better{H2896} than they that be slain{H2491} with hunger{H7458}: for these{H1992} pine away{H2100}{(H8799)}, stricken{H1856}{(H8794)} through for want of the fruits{H8570} of the field{H7704}. 10 The hands{H3027} of the pitiful{H7362} women{H802} have sodden{H1310}{(H8765)} their own children{H3206}: they were their meat{H1262}{(H8763)} in the destruction{H7667} of the daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971}.
  • Lam 5:10 : 10 Our skin{H5785} was black{H3648}{(H8738)} like an oven{H8574} because{H6440} of the terrible{H2152} famine{H7458}.
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But{G1161} seek ye{G2212}{(G5720)} first{G4412} the kingdom{G932} of God{G2316}, and{G2532} his{G846} righteousness{G1343}; and{G2532} all{G3956} these things{G5023} shall be added{G4369}{(G5701)} unto you{G5213}.
  • Acts 12:5 : 5 Peter{G4074}{G3303} therefore{G3767} was kept{G5083}{(G5712)} in{G1722} prison{G5438}: but{G1161} prayer{G4335} was{G2258}{(G5713)} made{G1096}{(G5740)} without ceasing{G1618} of{G5259} the church{G1577} unto{G4314} God{G2316} for{G5228} him{G846}.
  • Acts 24:27 : 27 But{G1161} after{G4137}{(G5685)} two years{G1333} Porcius{G4201} Festus{G5347} came{G2983}{(G5627)} into Felix{G5344}' room{G1240}: and{G5037} Felix{G5344}, willing{G2309}{(G5723)} to shew{G2698}{(G5641)} the Jews{G2453} a pleasure{G5485}, left{G2641}{(G5627)} Paul{G3972} bound{G1210}{(G5772)}.
  • Acts 28:16 : 16 And{G1161} when{G3753} we came{G2064}{(G5627)} to{G1519} Rome{G4516}, the centurion{G1543} delivered{G3860}{(G5656)} the prisoners{G1198} to the captain of the guard{G4759}: but{G1161} Paul{G3972} was suffered{G2010}{(G5681)} to dwell{G3306}{(G5721)} by{G2596} himself{G1438} with{G4862} a soldier{G4757} that kept{G5442}{(G5723)} him{G846}.
  • Acts 28:30 : 30 And{G1161} Paul{G3972} dwelt{G3306}{(G5656)} two{G1333} whole{G3650} years{G1333} in{G1722} his own{G2398} hired house{G3410}, and{G2532} received{G588}{(G5711)} all{G3956} that came in{G1531}{(G5740)} unto{G4314} him{G846},
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 I{G1473} therefore{G3767}, the prisoner{G1198} of{G1722} the Lord{G2962}, beseech{G3870}{(G5719)} you{G5209} that ye walk{G4043}{(G5658)} worthy{G516} of the vocation{G2821} wherewith{G3739} ye are called{G2564}{(G5681)},
  • Eph 6:20 : 20 For{G5228} which{G3739} I am an ambassador{G4243}{(G5719)} in{G1722} bonds{G254}: that{G2443} therein{G1722}{G846} I may speak boldly{G3955}{(G5667)}, as{G5613} I{G3165} ought{G1163}{(G5748)} to speak{G2980}{(G5658)}.
  • 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 Be{G1870} not{G3361} thou{G1870} therefore{G3767} ashamed{G1870}{(G5680)} of the testimony{G3142} of our{G2257} Lord{G2962}, nor{G3366} of me{G1691} his{G846} prisoner{G1198}: but{G235} be thou partaker of the afflictions{G4777}{(G5657)} of the gospel{G2098} according to{G2596} the power{G1411} of God{G2316};
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 Wherein{G1722}{G3739} I suffer trouble{G2553}{(G5719)}, as{G5613} an evil doer{G2557}, even unto{G3360} bonds{G1199}; but{G235} the word{G3056} of God{G2316} is{G1210} not{G3756} bound{G1210}{(G5769)}.