Jeremiah came in and went out among the people. — The statement is made in reference to the event narrated in Jeremiah 37:15. He was free when the king’s message came to him: it was his answer to that message that led to his imprisonment.
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Jeremiah 37:4
4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.