Jeremiah 40:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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 from Jerusalem and Judah, who were taken as exiles to Babylon.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹ Jeremiah received the LORD’s word after Nebuzaradan the captain of the special guard had released him from Ramah. He had been bound in chains there along with all the other detainees from Jerusalem and Judah who were being sent off to Babylon.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, had released him from Ramah, where he had taken him, bound in chains, along with all those who were being carried away from Jerusalem and from Judah, and were being led to Babylon.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, after that Nabuzardan the general had let him go from Rama, when he had taken him, being bound with chains, among all them that were carried away from Jerusalem and Juda, and were carried to Babylon.

Jeremiah 40:1 Cross References

2 Chronicles 16:1

In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

Psalm 107:16

For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.

Psalm 68:6

God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity: But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

Jeremiah 31:15

Thus saith the LORD: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuseth to be comforted for her children, because they are not.

Jeremiah 39:9

Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the residue of the people that remained in the city, the deserters also, that fell away to him, and the residue of the people that remained.

Jeremiah 42:7

And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.

Ezekiel 33:21

And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Acts 28:20

For this cause therefore did I entreat you to see and to speak with me: for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

Ephesians 6:20

for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

Joshua 18:25

Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth;

1 Samuel 7:17

And his return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar unto the LORD.