Jeremiah 40:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I was led away in chains along with the people of Judah and Jerusalem who were being taken to Babylonia. Nebuzaradan was the officer in charge of the guard, and when we stopped at Ramah, the LORD made him set me free.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 16:1

In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's rule, King Baasha of Israel invaded Judah and captured the town of Ramah. He started making the town stronger, and he put troops there to stop people from going in and out of Judah.

Psalm 107:16

He breaks down bronze gates and shatters iron locks.

Psalm 68:6

You find families for those who are lonely. You set prisoners free and let them prosper, but all who rebel will live in a scorching desert.

Jeremiah 31:15

In Ramah a voice is heard, crying and weeping loudly. Rachel mourns for her children and refuses to be comforted, because they are dead.

Jeremiah 39:9

Nebuzaradan, the Babylonian officer in charge of the guards, led away everyone from the city as prisoners, even those who had deserted to Nebuchadnezzar.

Jeremiah 42:7

Ten days later, the LORD gave me an answer for

Ezekiel 33:21

Twelve years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylonia, a refugee who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me on the fifth day of the tenth month. He told me that the city had fallen.

Acts 21:13

But Paul answered, “Why are you crying and breaking my heart? I am not only willing to be put in jail for the Lord Jesus. I am even willing to die for him in Jerusalem!”

Acts 28:20

I am bound by these chains because of what we people of Israel hope for. That's why I have called you here to talk about this hope of ours.

Ephesians 6:20

I was sent to do this work, and that's the reason I am in jail. So pray that I will be brave and will speak as I should.

Joshua 18:25

In the other region there were the following fourteen towns with their surrounding villages: Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, Zelah, Haeleph, Gibeah, Kiriath-Jearim, and Jerusalem, which is also called Jebusite Town. These regions are the tribal lands of Benjamin.

1 Samuel 7:17

Then he would go back to his home in Ramah and do the same thing there. He also had an altar built for the LORD at Ramah.