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Jeremiah 37:20 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 37 · verse 20
Therefore 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.Jeremiah 37:20 · King James Version
Jeremiah 37:20 in context
18Moreover 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?
19Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
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.
21Then 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- supplicationtᵉchinnâhgraciousnessH8467 →
- acceptednâphalto fall, in a great variety of applicationsH5307 →
- JonathanYᵉhôwnâthânJehonathan, the name of four IsraelitesH3083 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- returnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- scribeçâpharproperly, to score with a mark as a tally or recordH5608 →
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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 been very serviceable to the church, as well as their preaching and writing. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-21