Jeremiah 32:2

New American Bible - revised edition

At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, while Jeremiah the prophet was confined to the court of the guard, in the house of the king of Judah.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:1

In the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and his whole army advanced against Jerusalem, encamped around it, and built siege walls on every side.

Nehemiah 3:25

After him, Palal, son of Uzai, carried out the work of repair opposite the Corner and the tower projecting from the Upper Palace at the quarters of the guard. After him, Pedaiah, son of Parosh, carried out the work of repair

Psalm 88:8

Your wrath lies heavy upon me; all your waves crash over me. Selah

Jeremiah 32:3

Zedekiah, king of Judah, had confined him there, saying: “How dare you prophesy: Thus says the Lord: I am handing this city over to the king of Babylon that he may capture it.

Jeremiah 32:8

And, just as the Lord had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the court of the guard and said, “Please purchase my field in Anathoth, in the territory of Benjamin; as nearest relative, you have the first right of possession—purchase it for yourself.” Then I knew 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 34:1

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord while Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and all his army and all the earth’s kingdoms under his rule, and all the peoples were attacking Jerusalem and all her cities:

Jeremiah 36:5

Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch: “I cannot enter the house of the Lord; I am barred from it.

Jeremiah 37:15

The princes were enraged at Jeremiah and had Jeremiah beaten and imprisoned in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they were using it as a jail.

Jeremiah 37:21

So King Zedekiah ordered that Jeremiah be confined in the court of the guard and given a ration of bread every day from the bakers’ street until all the bread in the city was eaten up. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

Jeremiah 37:4

At this time Jeremiah still came and went freely among the people; he had not yet been put into prison.

Jeremiah 38:13

and they pulled him up by rope out of the cistern. But Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

Jeremiah 38:6

And so they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Prince Malchiah, in the court of the guard, letting him down by rope. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

Matthew 5:12

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven. Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you. The Similes of Salt and Light.