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Jeremiah 37 — Sermon Preparation
With the Babylonian army temporarily withdrawn, Jeremiah tries to leave Jerusalem and is arrested for allegedly defecting, then detained in a dungeon. 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.
- 21
- verses
- 331 / 131
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 15
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- 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.
“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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