For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which [was] in the king of Judah's house.
Ver. 2. And Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison.] Where he had some liberty more than at some other times. Jeremiah 37:16 ; Jer 37:20-21 So had Paul at Rome, Acts 28:16 ; Act 28:30 Bradford in the counter, &c.; this was a mercy, and so they esteemed it. Good people were suffered to come about them; and they made use of that opportunity to do what good they could.