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.
Ver. 21. Then Zedekiah the king commanded.] For this courtesy of his to the prophet, God granted him a natural death, and an honourable burial in Babylon.
That they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison.] Where he might have more liberty and better accommodations, and where his friends, eum adire et audire possent, might come and hear him. See Jeremiah 22:2 .
And that they should give him daily a piece of bread.] And a piece of a cake, we say, is better than no bread. I read of a gracious woman who said that she had made many a meal's meat upon the promises when she wanted bread. But Jeremiah, besides the promises, Jer 1:8 and elsewhere was here, by a sweet providence, sustained in the prison during that extreme famine in the city, whereof we read in the Lamentations, when it was no small mercy to have a morsel of bread to keep him alive. Sic amara interdum dulcescunt. Who would not trust so good a God?