Jeremiah 40:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him; for he had been put in chains, among all the prisoners of Jerusalem and Judah who were taken away prisoners to Babylon.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 16:1

In the thirty-sixth year of the rule of Asa, Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah, building Ramah so that no one was able to go out or in to Asa, king of Judah.

Psalm 107:16

The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two.

Psalm 68:6

Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.

Jeremiah 31:15

So has the Lord said: In Ramah there is a sound of crying, weeping and bitter sorrow; Rachel weeping for her children; she will not be comforted for their loss.

Jeremiah 39:9

Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took away to Babylon as prisoners, all the rest of the workmen who were still in the town, as well as those who had given themselves up to him, and all the rest of the people.

Jeremiah 42:7

And it came about that after ten days the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.

Ezekiel 33:21

Now in the twelfth year after we had been taken away prisoners, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, one who had got away in flight from Jerusalem came to me, saying, The town has been taken.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Acts 28:20

But for this reason I sent for you, to see and have talk with you: for because of the hope of Israel I am in these chains.

Ephesians 6:20

For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.

Joshua 18:25

Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth

1 Samuel 7:17

And his base was at Ramah, where his house was; there he was judge of Israel and there he made an altar to the Lord.