KJV King James Version
Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
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Jeremiah 37:15
Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
WEB World English Bible
The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.
ASV American Standard Version
And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the heads are wroth against Jeremiah, and have smitten him, and put him in the prison-house—the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it they had made for a prison-house.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 37
12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.
13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward [was] there, whose name [was] Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
14 Then said Jeremiah, [It is] false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there [any] word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?
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וַיִּקְצְפ֧וּH7107 · qa.tsaphbe angryהַשָּׂרִ֛יםH8269 · sarrulerעַֽל־H5921 · aluponיִרְמְיָ֖הוּH3414 · yir.me.yahJeremiahוְהִכּ֣וּH5221 · na.khahto smiteאֹת֑וֹH853 · et[Obj.]וְנָתְנ֨וּH5414 · na.tanto give: giveאוֹת֜וֹH853 · et[Obj.]בֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceהָאֵס֗וּרH612 · e.surbondבֵּ֚יתH1004 · betplaceיְהוֹנָתָ֣ןH3083 · ye.ho.na.tanJonathanהַסֹּפֵ֔רH5608 · sa.pharto recountכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforאֹת֥וֹH853 · et[Obj.]עָשׂ֖וּH6213 · a.sahto make: doלְבֵ֥יתH1004 · betplaceהַכֶּֽלֶא׃H3608 · ke.leprison
Cross-references
Jeremiah 38:26Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.2 Chronicles 16:10Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for [he was] in a rage with him because of this [thing]. And Asa oppressed [some] of the people the same time.Genesis 39:20And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners [were] bound: and he was there in the prison.Jeremiah 20:1-3Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who [was] also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.Matthew 21:35And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.Jeremiah 26:16Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man [is] not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.Acts 5:18And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.2 Chronicles 18:26And say, Thus saith the king, Put this [fellow] in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.Acts 5:40And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten [them], they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.Jeremiah 37:20Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.Matthew 26:67-68Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote [him] with the palms of their hands,Acts 12:4-6And when he had apprehended him, he put [him] in prison, and delivered [him] to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.Luke 20:10-11And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent [him] away empty.Acts 23:2-3And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.Luke 22:64And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?Hebrews 11:36-38And others had trial of [cruel] mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:John 18:22And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?Acts 16:22-24And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat [them].
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