Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsNow Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
And Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people, (and they have not put him in the prison-house),
And Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile