Jeremiah 37:15

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

Wherefore the princes {H8269} were wroth {H7107} with Jeremiah {H3414}, and smote {H5221} him, and put {H5414} him in prison {H612} in the house {H1004} of Jonathan {H3083} the scribe {H5608}: for they had made {H6213} that the prison {H3608}.

The officials, furious with Yirmeyahu, had him beaten and jailed in the house of Y'honatan the secretary, which had been made over into a prison.

The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.

And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 38:26 (4 votes)

    Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

  • 2 Chronicles 16:10 (3 votes)

    Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for [he was] in a rage with him because of this [thing]. And Asa oppressed [some] of the people the same time.

  • 2 Chronicles 18:26 (3 votes)

    And say, Thus saith the king, Put this [fellow] in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

  • Acts 5:18 (3 votes)

    And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

  • Jeremiah 20:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who [was] also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.

  • Jeremiah 20:3 (3 votes)

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib.

  • Genesis 39:20 (3 votes)

    And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners [were] bound: and he was there in the prison.