Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
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Gill's Exposition
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison,.... He did not think fit to discharge him entirely, lest it should give offence to the princes, who had…
Barnes' Notes
The prison - the watch (marginal reference). Piece - literally, a circle, i. e., a round cake. The bakers’ street - It is usual in oriental towns for each trade to have a special place set apart for…
We have here a further account concerning Jeremiah, who relates more passages concerning himself than any other of the prophets; for the histories of the lives and sufferings of God's ministers have…
Cambridge Bible
court of the guard See on Jer 32:2.
a loaf of bread a flat round cake, not unlike a flat stone in shape and appearance (Mat 7:9, cp. Jer 4:3), about nine inches in diameter and an inch thick. One of…
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