THEOSISJeremiah 37:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
וַיְצַוֶּ֞ה הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֗הוּ וַיַּפְקִ֣דוּ אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָהוּ֮ בַּחֲצַ֣ר הַמַּטָּרָה֒ וְנָתֹן֩ ל֨וֹ כִכַּר־לֶ֤חֶם לַיּוֹם֙ מִח֣וּץ הָאֹפִ֔ים עַד־תֹּ֥ם כָּל־הַלֶּ֖חֶם מִן־הָעִ֑יר וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ בַּחֲצַ֖ר הַמַּטָּרָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Jer 38:13And they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and brought him forth out of the dungeon. And Jeremiah remained in the entry of the prison.
- Jer 38:28But Jeremiah remained in the entry of the prison, until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and it came to pass that Jerusalem was taken.
- Jer 38:9My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done against Jeremiah the prophet, casting him into the dungeon to die there with hunger, for there is no more bread in the city.
- Jer 32:2At that time the army of the king of Babylon besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the house of the king of Juda.
- Jer 52:6And in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a famine overpowered the city: and there was no food for the people of the land.
- Isa 33:16He shall dwell on high, the fortifications of rocks shall be his highness: bread is given him, his waters are sure.
- Job 5:20In famine he shall deliver thee from death; and in battle, from the hand of the sword.
- Ps 33 (32):18