Jeremiah 38:13

Translations

Modern

…and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

Traditional

So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Literal

And they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and they lifted him from the cistern; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

Latin

…et extraxerunt Jeremiam funibus, et eduxerunt eum de lacu: mansit autem Jeremias in vestibulo carceris.

Original

Hebrew

English

…and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

Notes

Jeremiah 38:1–13

Jeremiah could talk to people while in the prison courtyard. He shared the Lord's judgments, which angered some government officials. Zedekiah showed cowardice by allowing these men to put Jeremiah in a muddy cistern. However, the king showed courage when he let a palace servant rescue Jeremiah and bring him back to the palace prison.

Jeremiah 37:1–38:28

The focus now returns to Zedekiah, who became king of Judah after his nephew Jehoiachin. These chapters describe meetings between Zedekiah and Jeremiah, highlighting Zedekiah’s struggle to fully commit to God's word (compare Deuteronomy 10:12–13). Zedekiah is a classic example of a person with divided loyalty (James 1:6–8).

Theme notes and profiles

Jeremiah David's Response to Unfriendly Leaders God Protects His Servant Persecution The Righteous Suffer

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

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.
Acts 28:16
When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
Acts 28:30
Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.
Acts 23:35
…he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.
Acts 24:23–26
He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.
Jeremiah 38:28
And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
Jeremiah 38:6
So 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 39:14–18
…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.
1 Kings 22:27
…and 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.’”

People

Jeremiah: Son of Hilkiah, the prophet during Judah's final days

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Courts and Trials Ebed-Melech Guard, Courtyard of the Jehoiachin

Topics

Christian Minister: Kindness to Ebed-Melech to Jeremiah, Ebed-Melech: Jeremiah Rescued By Ethiopia: Treats Jeremiah Kindly Eunuch: Influential Court officials God in Rescuing Jeremiah Intercession: Ebed-Melech for Jeremiah Jeremiah: The Prophet: Ebed-Melech, the Egyptian, Intercedes to the King for Him, and Secures his Release Jeremiah: The Prophet: Imprisoned by Zedekiah Prisoners: Jeremiah Prisoners: Kindness To by the Prison Guard to Jeremiah Zedekiah: Made King of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar: Imprisons Jeremiah on Account of his Denunciations

Jeremiah 38:13

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