Bible Strands
Jeremiah 39:15
And while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text places Jeremiah confined in the courtyard of the guard as the Lord delivers a message directly to him.
The words — דְבַר יְהוָה (de.var Yah.weh) = "word of Yahweh"; עָצ֔וּר ('a.Tzur) = "shut up" or "confined."
The thread — The phrase "the word of the LORD had come to him" appears in Jeremiah 32:1 and Jeremiah 36:1 to mark direct divine communication to the prophet.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that prophetic authority originates from divine commission rather than human circumstance, requiring obedience regardless of physical confinement.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Now the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 32:1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
- Jeremiah 36:1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
- 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 39:14 had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.
- 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!