Jeremiah 38:28
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 38:28 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 38:28 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 38:28 — KJV
“So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.”
— Jeremiah 38:28 (KJV)
Jeremiah 38:28 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 38:28
“For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 38:28: jeremiah, court, prison
“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.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 38:28: jeremiah, court, prison
“And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. abode: Heb. was”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 38:28: abode, day, taken
“Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 38:28: abode, day, taken
“And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 38:28: abode, until, day
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