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Jeremiah 37:16

So Jeremiah came into the hole of the prison, under the arches, and was there for a long time.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Criminals;   Jeremiah;   Minister, Christian;   Zedekiah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prisons;   Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Zedekiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Cabins;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cabin;   Jeremiah;   Prison, Prisoners;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Cabin;   Government;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jonathan;   Pharaoh;   Prison;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Cabin;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cabin;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Imprisonment;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and stayed there many days.
Hebrew Names Version
When Yirmeyahu was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Yirmeyahu had remained there many days;
King James Version
When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
English Standard Version
When Jeremiah had come to the dungeon cells and remained there many days,
New American Standard Bible
For Jeremiah had come into the dungeon, that is, the vaulted cell; and Jeremiah stayed there many days.
New Century Version
So those people put Jeremiah into a cell in a dungeon, and Jeremiah was there for a long time.
Amplified Bible
When Jeremiah had come into the vaulted cell in the dungeon and had remained there many days,
World English Bible
When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
Geneva Bible (1587)
When Ieremiah was entred into the dungeon, and into the prisons, & had remained there a long time,
Legacy Standard Bible
For Jeremiah had come into the pit, that is, the vaulted cell; and Jeremiah stayed there many days.
Berean Standard Bible
So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
Complete Jewish Bible
The cistern had been made into a dungeon, and Yirmeyahu was put in one of its cells; there he remained for a long time.
Darby Translation
When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon and into the vaults, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
Easy-to-Read Version
They put Jeremiah into a cell under the house of Jonathan. The cell was in a dungeon under the ground. Jeremiah was there for a long time.
George Lamsa Translation
And they lowered Jeremiah from the opening of the well into its depths, and Jeremiah remained there many days;
Good News Translation
I was put in an underground cell and kept there a long time.
Lexham English Bible
So Jeremiah came to the dungeon, even to the vaulted cells, and Jeremiah stayed there many days.
Literal Translation
When Jeremiah had gone into the house of the pit, and into the cells, then Jeremiah remained there many days.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus was Ieremy put in to the dongeon & preson, and so laye there a longe tyme.
American Standard Version
When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
King James Version (1611)
When Ieremiah was entred into the dungeon, and into the cabbins, and Ieremiah had remained there many dayes:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus was Hieremie put into a dungeon and prison, and so lay there a long tyme.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they that spoil thee shall become a spoil, and I will give up to be plundered all that have plundered thee.
English Revised Version
When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Jeremye entride in to the hous of the lake, and in to the prisoun of trauel; and Jeremye sat there manye daies.
Update Bible Version
When Jeremiah came into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
Webster's Bible Translation
When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
New English Translation
So Jeremiah was put in prison in a cell in the dungeon in Jonathan's house. He was kept there for a long time.
New King James Version
When Jeremiah entered the dungeon and the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
New Living Translation
Jeremiah was put into a dungeon cell, where he remained for many days.
New Life Bible
After Jeremiah had been in an under-ground prison many days,
New Revised Standard
Thus Jeremiah was put in the cistern house, in the cells, and remained there many days.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon-house and into the cells, and Jeremiah, had remained there many days,
Douay-Rheims Bible
(37-15) So Jeremias went into the house of the prison, and into the dungeon: and Jeremias remained there many days.
Revised Standard Version
When Jeremiah had come to the dungeon cells, and remained there many days,
Young's Literal Translation
When Jeremiah hath entered into the house of the dungeon, and unto the cells, then Jeremiah dwelleth there many days,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For Jeremiah had come into the dungeon, that is, the vaulted cell; and Jeremiah stayed there many days.

Contextual Overview

11 And it came about that when the Chaldaean army outside Jerusalem had gone away for fear of Pharaoh's army, 12 Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, with the purpose of taking up his heritage there among the people. 13 But when he was at the Benjamin door, a captain of the watch named Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, who was stationed there, put his hand on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are going to give yourself up to the Chaldaeans. 14 Then Jeremiah said, That is not true; I am not going to the Chaldaeans. But he would not give ear to him: so Irijah made him prisoner and took him to the rulers. 15 And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah, and gave him blows and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. 16 So Jeremiah came into the hole of the prison, under the arches, and was there for a long time. 17 Then King Zedekiah sent and got him out: and the king, questioning him secretly in his house, said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is. Then he said, You will be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon. 18 Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, What has been my sin against you or against your servants or against this people, that you have put me in prison? 19 Where now are your prophets who said to you, The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land? 20 And now be pleased to give ear, O my lord the king; let my prayer for help come before you, and do not make me go back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, for fear that I may come to my death there.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3415, bc 589

into the dungeon: Jeremiah 38:6, Jeremiah 38:10-13, Genesis 40:15, Lamentations 3:53, Lamentations 3:55

cabins: or, cells

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 6:31 - if the head Isaiah 51:14 - die Jeremiah 20:2 - smote Lamentations 3:52 - chased Mark 12:3 - they Luke 4:28 - were Luke 20:10 - beat Acts 16:24 - the inner 2 Corinthians 6:5 - imprisonments

Cross-References

Song of Solomon 1:7
Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends?
Luke 19:10
For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon,.... Or, "into the house of the pit" l; a dungeon, like a pit or ditch, dark, dirty, or dismal:

and into the cabins; or "cells" m; into a place more inward than the cells, as the Targum; into the innermost and worst part in all the prison, where a man could not well lie, sit, nor stand:

and Jeremiah had remained there many days; in this very uncomfortable condition; very probably till the Chaldean army returned to Jerusalem, as he foretold it should.

l אל בית הבור "in, [vel] ad domum laci", Pagninus, Montanus; "in domum foveae", Schmidt. m ואל החניות "et in cellulas illius", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "et ad cellas", Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Dungeon - literally, house of a cistern or pit, and evidently underground. In this cistern-like excavation were several cells or arched vaults, in one of which with little light and less ventilation Jeremiah remained a long time.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 37:16. Entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins — The dungeon was probably a deep pit; and the cabins or cells, niches in the sides, where different malefactors were confined. See Blayney.


 
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