E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 37:21
prison = guard-house. Not the same word as in Jeremiah 37:15 . piece = a cake. Compare Jeremiah 52:6 . Three were reckoned as a meal (Luke 11:5 ); a soldier's ration at that time. read more
エレミヤ書 37:21 Jc
E.W. Bullinger
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 37:21
Jeremiah 37:21. A piece of bread out of the bakers' street— Though among the easterns an oven was designed only to serve a single family, and to bake for them no more than the bread of one day, in ancient times;—a circumstance which ought to be recollected in order to enter into the force of Lev 26:26 and which is a usage still continued in some places of the east;—yet it should seem that there were anciently, as there now are, some public bake-houses. Thus we read of the bakers' street in the... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 37:21
21. court of the prison— (Jeremiah 32:2; Jeremiah 38:13; Jeremiah 38:28). bakers' street—Persons in the same business in cities in the East commonly reside in the same street. all the bread . . . spent—Jeremiah had bread supplied to him until he was thrown into the dungeon of Malchiah, at which time the bread in the city was spent. Compare this verse with Jeremiah 38:28- :; that time must have been very shortly before the capture of the city (Jeremiah 52:6). God saith of His children, "In the... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 37:11-21
Jeremiah’s arrest and imprisonment 37:11-21The text records five steps in Jeremiah’s prison experiences. First, he was arrested in the gate and committed to a dungeon on a false charge of treason (Jeremiah 37:11-15). Second, he was released from the dungeon but restricted to the courtyard of the prison (Jeremiah 37:16-21). Third, he was imprisoned in Malchijah’s miry dungeon in the prison courtyard (Jeremiah 38:6). Fourth, he was released from this dungeon but restricted to the prison courtyard... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 37:17-21
The consequences of his arrest and imprisonment 37:17-21 read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 37:21
Zedekiah conceded and sent him to a better place of confinement, the court of the guard (cf. Jeremiah 32:2; Nehemiah 3:25). It was in this place that his cousin Hanamel visited Jeremiah (Jeremiah 34:1-15). The king also ordered that the prophet receive bread regularly as long as there was bread in the city (cf. Romans 8:28). This is the only place in Scripture where the name of a street in Jerusalem appears: Baker Street. Had Zedekiah not feared his nobles, this vacillating king might have... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:1-21
1-5. The general position.1. Coniah] see on Jeremiah 22:24. Whom] referring to Zedekiah. 3. Zephaniah] see on Jeremiah 21:1.5. This refers to the temporary raising of the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonians on the approach of an Egyptian army under Pharaoh-Hophra. He either retired or was defeated, for the siege was soon renewed.6-10. The return of the Chaldeans foretold.11-15. Jeremiah imprisoned.12. To separate himself thence] RV ’to receive his portion there,’probably referring to an... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:1-28
Events during the Siege of Jerusalem (Reign of Zedekiah)Here after two parenthetical chapters (35, 36) concerning the time of Jehoiakim, we revert to the narrative (beginning in Jeremiah 32) of the last two years of Zedekiah. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 37:21
(21) Into the court of the prison . . .—This was obviously a concession to Jeremiah’s request, and here he remained (see Jeremiah 32:2; Jeremiah 33:1), with one brief exception (Jeremiah 38:6), till the capture of the city. It was “in the king’s house,” above ground, with free access for light and air, and it was therefore in his power to see that the prophet was treated with respect, and not left to starve.A piece of bread out of the bakers’ street.—The locality is not mentioned elsewhere, but... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 37:1-21
Jeremiah imprisoned (37:1-21)Having dealt with events in the reign of Jehoiakim in the previous two chapters, the story now returns to the reign of Zedekiah. As in the case of Jehoiakim, Zedekiah ignored the warnings of God’s prophets (37:1-2).During Babylon’s final great siege of Jerusalem, Egypt sent an army to help the Jerusalemites. When the Egyptians approached, the Babylonians lifted the siege and went to deal with the new threat elsewhere. Zedekiah sent a message to Jeremiah, asking him... read more