Jeremiah 37:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guard, and a loaf of bread was given him daily from the bakers’ street, until all the bread of the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guard, and a round loaf of bread from the bakers' street was given to him daily until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained [imprisoned] in the court of the guard.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

Common English Bible

²¹ So King Zedekiah gave orders that Jeremiah be held in the prison quarters and that he receive a loaf of bread daily from the street vendors—until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the prison quarters.

Jeremiah 37:21 Cross References

2 Kings 25:3

On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine became so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

Job 5:20

In famine he will redeem you from death and in war from the power of the sword.

Psalm 37:19

they are not put to shame in evil times; in the days of famine they have abundance.

Psalm 37:3

Trust in the Lord and do good; live in the land and enjoy security.

Proverbs 16:7

When the ways of people please the Lord, he causes even their enemies to be at peace with them.

Proverbs 21:1

The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.

Isaiah 33:16

they will live on the heights; their refuge will be the fortresses of rocks; their food will be supplied, their water assured.

Jeremiah 20:2

Then Pashhur struck the prophet Jeremiah and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the Lord.

Jeremiah 32:2

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

Jeremiah 32:8

Then my cousin Hanamel came to me in the court of the guard, in accordance with the word of the Lord, and said to me, “Buy my field that is at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession and redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.” Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.

Jeremiah 33:1

The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time while he was still confined in the court of the guard:

Jeremiah 38:13

Then they drew Jeremiah up by the ropes and pulled him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

Jeremiah 38:28

And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.

Jeremiah 38:6

So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. Now there was no water in the cistern but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

Jeremiah 38:9

“My lord king, these men have acted wickedly in all they did to the prophet Jeremiah by throwing him into the cistern to die there of hunger, for there is no bread left in the city.”

Jeremiah 52:6

On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine became so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is black as an oven from the scorching heat of famine.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Acts 12:5

While Peter was kept in prison, the church prayed fervently to God for him.

Acts 24:27

After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and since he wanted to grant the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

Acts 28:16

When we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.

Acts 28:30

He lived there two whole years at his own expense and welcomed all who came to him,

Ephesians 4:1

I, therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

Ephesians 6:20

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.

2 Timothy 1:8

Do not be ashamed, then, of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel, in the power of God,

2 Timothy 2:9

for which I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.