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Jeremiah 37 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 37, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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preachers & commentators

Jeremiah 37 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יִרְמְיָה Yirmᵉyâh H3414 15 Jirmejah
כַּשְׂדִּי Kasdîy H3778 7 Kasdite
צִדְקִיָּה Tsidqîyâh H6667 5 Tsidkijah
חַיִל chayil H2428 5 force, army
נָבִיא nâbîyʼ H5030 5 prophet, inspired man
נָתַן nâthan H5414 5 give, put
יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם Yᵉrûwshâlaim H3389 4 Jerushalaim, Jerushalem

How preachers through history handled this text

15 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 37, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 11 Alexander MacLaren 2 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“21. 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. 21. Et praecepit rex Zedechias, et posuerunt Jeremiam in atrio custodiae, et dederunt ei frustum panis quotidie e platea pistorum, usque dum consumptus esset totus panis ex urbe; et habitavit Jeremias in atrio custodiae. …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 4, on Jeremiah 37:21–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Babylon 1 — Jer 37:1
  • Chaldea — Jer 37:10
  • Jerusalem — Jer 37:11
  • Benjamin Gate — Jer 37:13

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