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Jeremiah 37:15

The 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.

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ASV

And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.

KJV

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּקְצְפ֧וּvai.yik.tze.Fuand they were angryH7107 →
הַשָּׂרִ֛יםha.sa.Rimthe officialsH8269 →
עַֽל־'al-towardsH5921 →
יִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huJeremiahH3414 →
וְהִכּ֣וּve.hi.Kuand they struckH5221 →
אֹת֑וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853 →
וְנָתְנ֨וּve.na.te.Nuand they putH5414 →
אוֹת֜וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853 →
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
הָאֵס֗וּרha.'e.Sur<the> fetter[s]H612 →
בֵּ֚יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
יְהוֹנָתָ֣ןye.ho.na.TanJonathanH3083 →
הַסֹּפֵ֔רha.so.Ferthe scribeH5608 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
אֹת֥וֹ'o.To<obj.> itH853 →
עָשׂ֖וּ'a.Suthey had madeH6213 →
לְבֵ֥יתle.Veitinto [the] house ofH1004 →
הַכֶּֽלֶא׃ha.Ke.le'<the> imprisonmentH3608 →

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Jeremiah 38:26then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”Jeremiah 37:4Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.Jeremiah 26:16Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!”Matthew 21:35But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.Genesis 39:20So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,2 Chronicles 16:10Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.Acts 5:18and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.2 Chronicles 18:26and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”Jeremiah 20:1–3When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,Exodus 23:2You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.Matthew 23:34Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.Luke 22:64They blindfolded Him and kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”Luke 20:10–11At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.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 37:20But 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.”2 Corinthians 11:23–27Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.Acts 12:4–6He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.Acts 5:28“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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