Jeremiah 40:1

New Century Version

The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah after Nebuzaradan, commander of the guards, had set Jeremiah free at the city of Ramah. He had found Jeremiah in Ramah bound in chains with all the captives from Jerusalem and Judah who were being taken away to Babylon.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 16:1

In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s rule, Baasha king of Israel attacked Judah. He made the town of Ramah strong so he could keep people from leaving or entering Judah, Asa’s country.

Psalm 107:16

He breaks down bronze gates and cuts apart iron bars.

Psalm 68:6

God gives the lonely a home. He leads prisoners out with joy, but those who turn against God will live in a dry land.

Jeremiah 31:15

This is what the Lord says: “A voice was heard in Ramah of painful crying and deep sadness: Rachel crying for her children. She refused to be comforted, because her children are dead!”

Jeremiah 39:9

Nebuzaradan, commander of the king’s special guards, took the people left in Jerusalem, those captives who had surrendered to him earlier, and the rest of the people of Jerusalem, and he took them all away to Babylon.

Jeremiah 42:7

Ten days later the Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah.

Ezekiel 33:21

It was in the twelfth year of our captivity, on the fifth day of the tenth month. A person who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, “Jerusalem has been captured.”

Acts 21:13

But he said, “Why are you crying and making me so sad? I am not only ready to be tied up in Jerusalem, I am ready to die for the Lord Jesus!”

Acts 28:20

That is why I wanted to see you and talk with you. I am bound with this chain because I believe in the hope of Israel.”

Ephesians 6:20

I have been sent to preach this Good News, and I am doing that now, here in prison. Pray that when I preach the Good News I will speak without fear, as I should.

Joshua 18:25

The tribe of Benjamin also received Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

1 Samuel 7:17

But Samuel always went back to Ramah, where his home was. There he judged Israel and built an altar to the Lord.