When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
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When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
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When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
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When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
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- Jeremiah 38:6 Then they took Jeremiah and threw him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard. They let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
- Jeremiah 38:10-13 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, “Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies.” So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Now put these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the cords.” Jeremiah did so. So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
- Genesis 40:15 For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.”
- Lamentations 3:53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.
- Lamentations 3:55 I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain The particle כי, ki, is to be taken here…
The particle כי, ki, is to be taken here as an adverb of time, as I think, though interpreters have not observed this, When Jeremiah, he says, came into the house of the pit or dungeon, or of the prison. The word בור means also sometimes the grave, but is to be taken here for a pit or a deep place: he means that it was a dark and filthy prison. And he adds, and to the dwellings I know not why some have rendered it, “victualling houses;” for the word החניות, echeniot, means narrow prisons, which we call at this day cachots: he was therefore cast into a dungeon, where there were narrow places, that, the holy man had no space either freely to rise or to stand or to sit down, or to he down. Then the Prophet shews that he was so confined by the straitness of the place, that he could hardly sit or lay down or stand erect.; and he says that he was there many days.
We must notice the circumstances of the case: It was a thing cruel enough in itself, that an innocent man, after having been beaten, should be thrust into prison: but when a dark and deep prison was chosen, and when he was confined to a narrow place, as though he was in fetters, it was a great addition to the indignity offered to him. Since then the holy Prophet was so atrociously treated, let us not think it strange, when the same thing at this day is endured by God’s children, and for the same cause, even for bearing testimony to celestial truth. When the length of time is added, it increased the evil; for he was not retained in prison for a few days or for a month, but until the city was taken; not indeed in that prison, for the king, as we shall presently see, removed him into the ccurt of the prison. He was, however, the second time cast into a filthy prison, as though he was destined to die; thence he was afterwards removed also by the order of the king. But the Prophet says, that he was in that dungeon many days. It now follows —
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jer 37:16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon,…
Jer 37:16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
Ver. 16. When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon.] {a} Heb., Into a place or house of the pit or hole, where the prophet could neither walk nor handsomely lie down, when worse men a great deal had what liberty they listed.
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And into the cabins.] Or, Cells, where they scarce put any but traitors, and similar foul offenders. Such they had at Athens, called barathrum, the infernal region, at Rome, tullianum, underground execution chamber, or profundum maris, &c., deep sea into which whosoever was put could hardly be put to more misery.
And Jeremiah had remained there many days.] Till the return of the Chaldees likely. Canes lingunt ulcera Lazari. Dogs licked the sores of Lazarus.
{a} In domum cisternae.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The Hebrew words which we translate
The Hebrew words which we translate
dungeon signify the house of the lake; they certainly signify some pit, or deep hole, or place in the prison, where were some cells or apartments, in which they were wont to keep those whom they judged great malefactors, or against whom they had some special anger; how many days the prophet was forced to abide in this miserable place it is not said, but it should seem by Jer 37:9, that it was until the Chaldean army was returned to the siege.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon,.... Or, "into…
When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon,.... Or, "into the house of the pit" (l); a dungeon, like a pit or ditch, dark, dirty, or dismal:
and into the cabins; or "cells" (m); into a place more inward than the cells, as the Targum; into the innermost and worst part in all the prison, where a man could not well lie, sit, nor stand:
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and Jeremiah had remained there many days; in this very uncomfortable condition; very probably till the Chaldean army returned to Jerusalem, as he foretold it should.
(l) "in, vel ad domum laci", Pagninus, Montanus; "in domum foveae", Schmidt. (m) "et in cellulas illius", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "et ad cellas", Schmidt.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The dungeon - The Hebrew words signify some pit,…
The dungeon - The Hebrew words signify some pit, or deep hole, where were some cells or apartments, in which they were wont to keep those whom they judged great malefactors.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 16. Entered into the dungeon, and into the…
Verse 16. Entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins] The dungeon was probably a deep pit; and the cabins or cells, niches in the sides, where different malefactors were confined. See Blayney.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jer 37:16. When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon…
Jer 37:16. When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon — Hebrew אל בית הבור, into the house of the pit, ditch, or lake; and into the cabins — Or, cells, as החניות signifies. “From comparing this place with chap. Jer 38:6, it seems likely that this dungeon was a deep pit, sunk perpendicularly like a well, in the middle court or quadrangle, around which the great houses were built; and that in the sides of it, near the bottom, were scooped niches, like the cabins of a ship, for the separate lodgment of the unfortunate persons who were let down there. Hence also it may be, that the same word here rendered dungeon is frequently put for the grave; the ancient repositories of the dead being often constructed with niches, in the same manner in which the bodies were placed, separately. Accordingly we read, Isa 14:15, Yet thou shalt be brought down to the grave, to the sides of the pit, אל ירכתי בור. How long Jeremiah was forced to remain in this miserable place is not said, but it seems from Jer 37:19. that it was until the Chaldean army was returned to the siege.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Dungeon - literally, house of a cistern or pit,…
Dungeon - literally, house of a cistern or pit, and evidently underground. In this cistern-like excavation were several cells or arched vaults, in one of which with little light and less ventilation Jeremiah remained a long time.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain dungeon . . . cabins--The prison consisted of a…
dungeon . . . cabins--The prison consisted of a pit (the "dungeon") with vaulted cells round the sides of it. The "cabins," from a root, "to bend one's self."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain JEREMIAH’S INTERVIEW WITH THE KING, Jer_37:16-21.
JEREMIAH’S INTERVIEW WITH THE KING, Jer_37:16-21.
16. Cabins — Vaults. The mention of them indicates that Jeremiah’s imprisonment began with the extreme rigour of cruelty. The word is found nowhere else.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. dungeon house] lit. as mg. house of the…
16. dungeon house] lit. as mg. house of the pit. Cp. Jer_38:6.
cells] The Heb. word is found here only and seems to denote a room with a vaulted roof.
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many days] during which time the Chaldaeans resumed the siege and the danger became so pressing that Zedekiah was induced to send for the prophet, and ask him for some intimation of the future.
16–21. See introd. summary to ch.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Into the dungeon, and into the cabins. The former…
Into the dungeon, and into the cabins. The former word undoubtedly implies an underground excavation. The latter is of more uncertain signification. It most probably means "vaults;" but it may mean "curved posts something analogous to stocks. (see on Jer_20:2)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Jeremiah was put into an underground cell
Jeremiah was put into an underground cell
This can be stated in active form. AT: "the officials put Jeremiah into a room that was under the ground" (See: Active or Passive)
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brought him
"brought Jeremiah"
his house
the palace of King Zedekiah
You will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon
The word "hand" is a metonym for the power or control that the hand exercises. This can be translated in active form. See how you translated similar words in Jeremiah 32:4. AT: "I will certainly put you under the control of the king of Babylon" or "I will certainly allow the king of Babylon to do whatever he wants with you" (See: Metonymy and Active or Passive)
translationWords
Jeremiah
day
king
Zedekiah
send
palace
house
word
Yahweh
hand
Babylon
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