Jeremiah 40:1

New American Bible - revised edition

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after Nebuzaradan, captain of the bodyguard, had released him in Ramah, where he found him a prisoner in chains among the captives of Jerusalem and Judah being exiled to Babylon.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 16:1

In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha, king of Israel, attacked Judah and fortified Ramah to block all movement for Asa, king of Judah.

Psalm 107:16

For he broke down the gates of bronze and snapped the bars of iron.

Psalm 68:6

Father of the fatherless, defender of widows— God in his holy abode,

Jeremiah 31:15

Thus says the Lord: In Ramah is heard the sound of sobbing, bitter weeping! Rachel mourns for her children, she refuses to be consoled for her children—they are no more!

Jeremiah 39:9

Nebuzaradan, captain of the bodyguard, deported to Babylon the rest of the people left in the city, those who had deserted to him, and the rest of the workers.

Jeremiah 42:7

Ten days passed before the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.

Ezekiel 33:21

On the fifth day of the tenth month, in the twelfth year of our exile, the survivor came to me from Jerusalem and said, “The city is taken!”

Acts 21:13

Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? I am prepared not only to be bound but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Acts 28:20

This is the reason, then, I have requested to see you and to speak with you, for it is on account of the hope of Israel that I wear these chains.”

Ephesians 6:20

for which I am an ambassador in chains, so that I may have the courage to speak as I must. A Final Message.

Joshua 18:25

Also Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

1 Samuel 7:17

Then he used to return to Ramah, for that was his home. There, too, he judged Israel and built an altar to the Lord.