Jeremiah 37:21

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

2 Kings 25:3

On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was severe in the city, and 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 shall not be ashamed in evil times, and in the days of famine they shall have abundance.

Psalm 37:3

Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and shepherd faithfulness.

Proverbs 16:7

When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Proverbs 21:1

As rivulets of water is the heart of a king in the hand of the Lord; wherever He pleases is where He directs it.

Isaiah 33:16

He shall dwell on high; his place of defense shall be the impregnable rock; his bread shall be given him, his waters shall be sure.

Jeremiah 20:2

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

Jeremiah 32:2

For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the house of the king of Judah.

Jeremiah 32:8

So Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord and said to me, “Please buy my field, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin, for the right of inheritance and the redemption is yours. Buy it for yourself.” Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.

Jeremiah 33:1

Moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying:

Jeremiah 38:13

Then they drew Jeremiah up with cords and took him up out of the cistern, and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Jeremiah 38:28

So Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was captured.

Jeremiah 38:6

Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malkijah the son of Hammelech that was in the court of the prison, and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the cistern there was no water, only mud, so Jeremiah sank in the mud.

Jeremiah 38:9

“My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet whom they have cast into the cistern. And he will die by hunger in the place where he is, for there is no more bread in the city.”

Jeremiah 52:6

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

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is hot as an oven, because of the terrible famine.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you.

Acts 12:5

So Peter was kept in prison. But the church prayed to God without ceasing for him.

Acts 24:27

But after two years Porcius Festus succeeded Felix. And Felix, desiring to do the Jews a favor, left Paul imprisoned.

Acts 28:16

When we arrived at Rome, the centurion handed the prisoners over to the captain of the guard. But Paul was allowed to remain by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

Acts 28:30

Paul remained two whole years in his own rented house. He welcomed all who came to him,

Ephesians 4:1

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called.

Ephesians 6:20

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

2 Timothy 1:8

So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, His prisoner. But share in the sufferings of the gospel by the power of God,

2 Timothy 2:9

in which I suffer trouble like a criminal, even with chains. But the word of God is not bound.