Jeremiah 37:4

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Contextual Overview

¹Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon named Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim. ²He and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet. ³Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, "Please pray for us to the LORD our God!" ⁴Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him into the prison.⁵Pharaoh's army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem. ⁶Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet: ⁷"This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Tell the king of Judah, who is sending you to inquire of Me, 'Behold, Pharaoh's army, which has marched out to help you, is going back to its own land of Egypt. ⁸Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.' ⁹This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, 'The Chaldeans will go away for good,' for they will not! ¹⁰Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down."

Bible Verse Review
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for: Jeremiah 37:15, Jeremiah 32:2, Jeremiah 32:3

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 38:1 - Jucal

Cross-References

Genesis 4:5
but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.

Genesis 27:41
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart: "The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob."

Genesis 37:3
Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.

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 37:12
Some time later, Joseph's brothers had gone to pasture their father's flocks near Shechem.

Genesis 37:13
Israel said to him, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them." "I am ready," Joseph replied.

Genesis 37:18
Now Joseph's brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

Genesis 37:19
"Here comes that dreamer!" they said to one another.

Genesis 37:24
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people,.... Was at full liberty, and could go out of the city, and come in, when he pleased; or go into any part of it, and converse with the people, and prophesy to them; which he could not do in the latter part of Jehoiakim's reign, who sent persons after him and Baruch to take them, and they were obliged to hide themselves, yea, the Lord hid them,

Jeremiah 36:19; but now he was under no restraint, as least as yet:

for they had not put him into prison; not yet; they afterwards did,

Jeremiah 37:15.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 37:4. Now Jeremiah came in and went out — After the siege was raised, he had a measure of liberty; he was not closely confined, as he afterwards was. See Jeremiah 37:16.