Jeremiah 37:19

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."

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Where: Jeremiah 2:28, Deuteronomy 32:36, Deuteronomy 32:37, 2 Kings 3:13

your: Jeremiah 6:14, Jeremiah 8:11, Jeremiah 14:13-15, Jeremiah 23:17, Jeremiah 27:14-18, Jeremiah 28:1-5, Jeremiah 28:10-17, Jeremiah 29:31, Lamentations 2:14, Ezekiel 13:10-16

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 4:9 - and the priests Jeremiah 14:14 - The prophets Ezekiel 13:2 - prophesy against Ezekiel 13:6 - made Ezekiel 13:12 - Where Ezekiel 22:28 - Thus saith the Lord Hosea 7:3 - General Zechariah 10:2 - they comfort 2 Timothy 3:9 - their 2 Peter 2:1 - there were

Cross-References

Genesis 28:12
And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God's angels were going up and down the ladder.

Genesis 37:5
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.

Genesis 37:11
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

Genesis 49:23
The archers attacked him with bitterness, and aimed in hostility.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Where [are] now your prophets that prophesied unto you,.... Your false prophets, as the Targum; what is become of their prophecies? where is the truth of them, to which general credit has been given? where are they? let them appear and defend themselves, if they can, from the charge of lying, and of being false prophets? or where are they? tacitly suggesting the different circumstances of him and them; he, who was a true prophet, was laid in a prison; they, who were false prophets, were caressed in the palaces of the king and his nobles, and in favour with the people in general:

saying, the king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? gave out that the king of Babylon would never invade the land of Judea, or besiege the city of Jerusalem, which proved false; and still they had the front to say, that when the siege was raised, he would never come again; whereas he was then returned to it, and was now besieging it; so that here were notorious falsehoods delivered out by them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 37:19. Where are now your prophets — They told you that the Chaldeans should not come; I told you they would. According to my word the Chaldeans are come, and are departed only for a short time.