Jeremiah 37:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins,f and Jeremiah had remained there many days; ”

Jeremiah 37:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Dungeon - literally, house of a cistern or pit, and evidently underground. In this cistern-like excavation were several cells or arched vaults, in one of which with little light and less ventilat...
Jeremiah 37:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah, during the interval in the siege, is leaving the city by a northern gate on private business (perhaps connected with the earlier incident of Jeremiah 32:6 ff.), when he is arrested by the...
Jeremiah 37:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

When, &c. . For Jeremiah [actually] entered, &c, dungeon . house of the pit. Hebrew. bor. See notes on Genesis 21:19 ("well"). Isaiah 14:19 ("pit"). cabins . cells. remained . ab...
Jeremiah 37:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The particle כי, ki, is to be taken here as an adverb of time, as I think, though interpreters have not observed this, When Jeremiah, he says, came into the house of the pit or dungeon...
Jeremiah 37:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; Entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins - The dungeon was probably a deep pit; and th...
Jeremiah 37:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When Jeremiah was entered, &c.— But Jeremiah was brought into a deep and secret dungeon. Houbigant. From comparing this place with ch. Jeremiah 38:6 it seems likely that the dungeon was a...
Jeremiah 37:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; The dungeon ... the cabins. The prison consisted of a pit (the "dungeon") with vaul...
Jeremiah 37:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-5. The general position.
Jeremiah 37:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XII JEREMIAH'S IMPRISONMENT Jeremiah 37:11-21 , Jeremiah 38:1-28 , Jeremiah 39:15-18 "Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken."- Jeremiah 38:...
Jeremiah 37:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This and the two following Chapter s contain the history of the siege up to the fall of the city. In the first part of this chapter Jeremiah was free. Zedekiah occupied the throne, but was disobedien...
Jeremiah 37:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We have here a most interesting relation, in which Jeremiah appears most delightful indeed. Neither stripes, nor prisons, can make the faithful servants of the Lord less faithful: yea the exercises o...
Jeremiah 37:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon ,.... Or, "into the house of the pit" l; a dungeon, like a pit or ditch, dark, dirty, or dismal: and into the cabins ; or "cells" m; into a place more in...
Jeremiah 37:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; Ver. 16. When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon. ] a Heb., Into a place or house...
Jeremiah 37:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon Hebrew אל בית הבור, into the house of the pit, ditch , or lake; and into the cabins Or, cells , as החניות signifies. “From comparing this place with c...
Jeremiah 37:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah Attempts to Quit Jerusalem; Jeremiah Imprisoned; Jeremiah Favoured by the King. B. C. 589....
Jeremiah 37:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Hebrew words which we translate dungeon signify the house of the lake ; they certainly signify some pit, or deep hole, or place in the prison, where were some cells or apartments, in which the...
Jeremiah 37:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Disobedience Of Judah And Its King Is Highlighted By Their Treatment Of The Prophet Of YHWH ( Jeremiah 37:1 to Jeremiah 38:28 ). These events once again took place during the reign of Zedeki...
Jeremiah 37:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter . In the tenth and eleventh year of Zedekiah. Later than chap. 21, for that embassy was sent when Nebuchadnezzar was marching against Jeru...
Jeremiah 37:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 37:5 . Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt. The Chaldeans were afraid of them, and raised the siege. But this joy to Jerusalem was of short continuance; the Chaldeans returned afte...
Jeremiah 37:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem. Jeremiah persecuted After the captivity and death of Jehoiakim, his brother Zedekiah, another son of Josia...
Jeremiah 37:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Nothing worthy of relation appears to have happened to Jeremiah till the latter period of the reign of Zedekiah. The first two verses of this chapter form the transition. The embassy...
Jeremiah 37:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah's Arrest and Imprisonment
Jeremiah 37:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 40:15 ; Jeremiah 38:10-13 ; Jeremiah 38:6 ; Lamentations 3:53 ; Lamentations 3:55
Jeremiah 37:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The dungeon — The Hebrew words signify some pit, or deep hole, where were some cells or apartments, in which they were wont to keep those whom they judged great malefactors.

Jeremiah 37:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 37:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 37:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 37:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 37:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 37:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 37:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 37:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 37:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 37:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 37:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 37:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 37:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 37:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 37:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 37:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 37:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 37:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 37:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 37:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 37:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 37:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 37:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 37:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes