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Jeremiah 33:1
While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks directly to Jeremiah while the prophet remains confined in the courtyard of the guard. This communication occurs during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem.
The words — The Hebrew phrase דְבַר־יְהוָה (de.var-Yah.weh) literally means "the word of Yahweh." The term שֵׁנִית (she.Nit) explicitly marks this message as a second occurrence.
The thread — Jeremiah's imprisonment in the courtyard of the guard is recorded in Jeremiah 32:2 and Jeremiah 37:21, and extends until Jerusalem's capture in Jeremiah 38:28. The pattern of repeated divine speech follows the prophetic structure established in the surrounding chapters.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that divine communication persists despite physical restriction. It demands attention to the continuity of God's message during periods of confinement.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 32:2 At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 37:21 So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
- Jeremiah 38:28 And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
- Jeremiah 32:8 Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
- 2 Timothy 2:9 for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!