Jeremiah 37:21

The Passion Translation

So King Zedekiah gave orders to confine me to the palace guardhouse. Each day a loaf of bread from the bakery was given to me until all the bread of the city was gone. So I remained there in the palace courtyard.

Cross References

Psalm 37:19

Even in a time of disaster he will watch over them, and they will always have more than enough no matter what happens.

Psalm 37:3

Keep trusting in the Lord and do what is right in his eyes. Fix your heart on the promises of God, and you will dwell in the land, feasting on his faithfulness.

Proverbs 16:7

When the Lord is pleased with the decisions you’ve made, he activates grace to turn enemies into friends.

Proverbs 21:1

It’s as easy for God to steer a king’s heart for his purposes as it is for him to direct the course of a stream.

Isaiah 33:16

they will live safely on the heights and make their safe place the mountain strongholds, with bread in steady supply and water assured.”

Jeremiah 20:2

So he arrested Jeremiah, beat him, and put him in stocks at the upper Benjamin Gate of Yahweh’s temple.

Jeremiah 32:2

At that time, the Babylonian army was attacking Jerusalem, and I was confined in the king’s palace guardhouse.

Jeremiah 32:8

And it happened just as Yahweh had said. My cousin Hanamel came to me in the palace guardhouse and said, “Buy my field at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. As my nearest relative, you have the right of possession and redemption, so buy it.” Then I knew that this was Yahweh’s plan.

Jeremiah 33:1

Jeremiah was still confined to the palace guardhouse when the word of Yahweh came to him a second time, saying:

Jeremiah 38:13

So they hauled me up from the cistern and pulled me out, and I remained in confinement in the palace guardhouse.

Jeremiah 38:28

And so, I remained confined in the palace guardhouse until the tragic day Jerusalem was captured.

Jeremiah 38:6

So they took me and put me into the muddy cistern of the king’s son Malchiah in the palace courtyard. There was little water in the cistern, only mud. They lowered me down with ropes, and I sank down deep into the mud.

Jeremiah 38:9

“My lord the king,” he said, “these evil men were wrong to throw the prophet Jeremiah into a muddy cistern. He will starve to death there since there is no more food left in the city.”

Jeremiah 52:6

On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine was so severe in the city that there was nothing left to eat.

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is scorched from the heat of famine.

Matthew 6:33

“So above all, constantly seek God’s kingdom and his righteousness, then all these less important things will be given to you abundantly.

Acts 12:5

The church went into a season of intense intercession, asking God to free him.

Acts 24:27

Two years later, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. Before he left office he decided to leave Paul in prison as a political favor to the Jews.

Acts 28:16

When we finally entered Rome, Paul was turned over to the authorities and was allowed to live where he pleased, with one soldier assigned to guard him.

Acts 28:30

Paul lived two more years in Rome, in his own rented quarters, welcoming all who came to visit.

Ephesians 4:1

As a prisoner of the Lord, I plead with you to walk holy, in a way that is suitable to your high rank, given to you in your divine calling.

Ephesians 6:20

Yes, pray that I may preach the wonderful news of God’s kingdom with bold freedom at every opportunity. Even though I am chained as a prisoner, I am his ambassador.

2 Timothy 1:8

So never be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor be embarrassed over my imprisonment, but overcome every evil by the revelation of the power of God!

2 Timothy 2:9

This is the reason I am persecuted and imprisoned by evildoers, enduring the suffering of these chains—but the Word of God can never be chained!