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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.

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ASV

Now at that time the king of Babylon’s army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah’s house.

KJV

For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאָ֗זve.'Azand thenH227 →
חֵ֚ילcheil[the] army ofH2428 →
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428 →
בָּבֶ֔לba.VelBabylonH894 →
צָרִ֖יםtza.Rim[were] laying siegeH6696 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →
וְיִרְמְיָ֣הוּve.yir.me.Ya.huand JeremiahH3414 →
הַנָּבִ֗יאha.na.Vi'the prophetH5030 →
הָיָ֤הha.Yahhe wasH1961 →
כָלוּא֙kha.Lu'shut upH3607 →
בַּחֲצַ֣רba.cha.Tzarin [the] courtyard ofH2691 →
הַמַּטָּרָ֔הha.ma.ta.Rahthe guardH4307 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
בֵּֽית־beit-[was] [the] house ofH1004 →
מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428 →
יְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →

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Jeremiah 37:21So 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.Nehemiah 3:25and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of ParoshJeremiah 33:1While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.Jeremiah 32:8Then, 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.Psalms 88:8You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.Jeremiah 34:1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.Jeremiah 36:5Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;Matthew 5:12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.Jeremiah 39:13–15So Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the captains of the king of BabylonNehemiah 12:39over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.1 Kings 8:37When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,Jeremiah 32:3For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.

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