Jeremiah 37:17

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹¹When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, ¹²Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people. ¹³But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, "You are deserting to the Chaldeans!" ¹⁴"That is a lie," Jeremiah replied. "I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!" But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials. ¹⁵The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison. ¹⁶So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time. ¹⁷Later, King Zedekiah sent for him and received him, and in his palace he privately asked, "Is there a word from the LORD?" "There is," Jeremiah replied. "You will be handed over to the king of Babylon."¹⁸Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, "How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison? ¹⁹Where are your prophets, who prophesied to you, claiming, 'The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land'? ²⁰But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there."

Bible Verse Review
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asked: Jeremiah 38:5, Jeremiah 38:14-16, Jeremiah 38:24-27, 1 Kings 14:1-4

Is there: Jeremiah 37:3, Jeremiah 21:1, Jeremiah 21:2, 1 Kings 22:16, 2 Kings 3:11-13, Mark 6:20

thou shalt: Jeremiah 21:7, Jeremiah 24:8, Jeremiah 29:16-18, Jeremiah 32:3-5, Jeremiah 34:21, Jeremiah 34:22, Jeremiah 39:6, Jeremiah 39:7, Ezekiel 12:12, Ezekiel 12:13, Ezekiel 17:19-21, Ezekiel 21:25-27

Reciprocal: Numbers 23:17 - What 2 Kings 22:13 - inquire Isaiah 21:11 - what Jeremiah 32:4 - General Jeremiah 34:3 - And thou Jeremiah 38:16 - sware Lamentations 1:14 - delivered Ezekiel 7:26 - then Ezekiel 14:7 - and cometh Ezekiel 20:1 - that certain Acts 24:25 - Go

Cross-References

2 Kings 6:13
So the king said, "Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him." On receiving the report, "Elisha is in Dothan,"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Zedekiah the king sent and took him out,.... After Jeremiah had been in prison for some time; and the Chaldean army being returned, and having renewed their siege, the king is frightened; and knowing the prophet was in prison, sends a messenger to take him out from thence, and bring him to him; which was accordingly done:

and the king asked him secretly in his house; he took him into some private apartment, and there alone conferred with him, for fear of his princes and courtiers; who he knew bore no good will to the prophet, and would be ready to charge him with timidity;

and said unto him,

is there [any] word from the Lord? he means any particular word of prophecy, any late one, and what concerned their present circumstances, showing what would be the issue of the return of the Chaldean army; for prophecy did not come at all times, nor even according to the will of man, but always according to the will of God, and when he thought fit; this the king knew very well, and he wanted a comfortable word, some good news of the failure of the present attempt:

and Jeremiah said, there is; but not such an one as he wanted; it was of the same strain with the former, and confirmed all that the prophet had from time to time told him and his predecessor what would certainly be the case:

for, said he, thou shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon; which was boldly and faithfully said, to be said to the face of the king himself, risking his life in so doing; or, at least, exposing himself to severer treatment, if severer could be used.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 37:17. Is there any word from the Lord? — Is there any farther revelation?

There is: - thou shalt be delivered — What bold faithfulness! And to a king, in whose hands his life now lay.