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Jeremiah 38

Jer. 38:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thenz took
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
they Jeremiah
Yirmyah (Hebrew #3414)
from 7311 and 3050; Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
KJV usage: Jeremiah.
Pronounce: yir-meh-yaw'
Origin: or Yirmyahuw {yir-meh-yaw'-hoo}
, and cast
shalak (Hebrew #7993)
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
Pronounce: shaw-lak
Origin: a primitive root
him into the dungeon
bowr (Hebrew #953)
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
KJV usage: cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
Pronounce: bore
Origin: from 952 (in the sense of 877)
of Malchiah
Malkiyah (Hebrew #4441)
from 4428 and 3050; king of (i.e. appointed by) Jah; Malkijah, the name of ten Israelites
KJV usage: Malchiah, Malchijah.
Pronounce: mal-kee-yaw'
Origin: or Malkiyahuw (Jer. 38:6), {mal-kee-yaw'-hoo}
the son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of μHammelech
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
, that was in the court
chatser (Hebrew #2691)
from 2690 in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
KJV usage: court, tower, village.
Pronounce: khaw-tsare'
Origin: (masculine and feminine)
of the prison
mattara' (Hebrew #4307)
from 5201; a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched)
KJV usage: mark, prison.
Pronounce: mat-taw-raw'
Origin: or mattarah {mat-taw-raw'}
: and they let down
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
Jeremiah
Yirmyah (Hebrew #3414)
from 7311 and 3050; Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
KJV usage: Jeremiah.
Pronounce: yir-meh-yaw'
Origin: or Yirmyahuw {yir-meh-yaw'-hoo}
with cords
chebel (Hebrew #2256)
from 2254; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin
KJV usage: band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
Pronounce: kheh'-bel
Origin: or chebel {khay'-bel}
. And in the dungeon
bowr (Hebrew #953)
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
KJV usage: cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
Pronounce: bore
Origin: from 952 (in the sense of 877)
there was no water
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
, but mire
tiyt (Hebrew #2916)
mud or clay; figuratively, calamity
KJV usage: clay, dirt, mire.
Pronounce: teet
Origin: from an unused root meaning apparently to be sticky (rath. perb. a demon. from 2894, through the idea of dirt to be swept away)
: so Jeremiah
Yirmyah (Hebrew #3414)
from 7311 and 3050; Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
KJV usage: Jeremiah.
Pronounce: yir-meh-yaw'
Origin: or Yirmyahuw {yir-meh-yaw'-hoo}
sunk
taba` (Hebrew #2883)
to sink
KJV usage: drown, fasten, settle, sink.
Pronounce: taw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root
in the mire
tiyt (Hebrew #2916)
mud or clay; figuratively, calamity
KJV usage: clay, dirt, mire.
Pronounce: teet
Origin: from an unused root meaning apparently to be sticky (rath. perb. a demon. from 2894, through the idea of dirt to be swept away)
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Jer. 37:21• 21Entonces dió orden el rey Sedechîas, y depositaron á Jeremías en el patio de la cárcel, haciéndole dar una torta de pan al día, de la plaza de los Panaderos, hasta que todo el pan de la ciudad se gastase. Y quedó Jeremías en el patio de la cárcel. (Jer. 37:21)
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Sal. 109:5• 5Y pusieron contra mí mal por bien, Y odio por amor. (Sal. 109:5)
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Lc. 3:19‑20• 19Entonces Herodes el tetrarca, siendo reprendido por él á causa de Herodías, mujer de Felipe su hermano, y de todas las maldades que había hecho Herodes,
 20Añadió también esto sobre todo, que encerró á Juan en la cárcel. (Lc. 3:19‑20)
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or, the king,
Jer. 36:26• 26Antes mandó el rey á Jerameel hijo de Amelech, y á Seraías hijo de Azriel, y á Selemías hijo de Abdeel, que prendiesen á Baruch el escribiente y á Jeremías profeta; mas Jehová los escondió. (Jer. 36:26)
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Court,
Dungeon,
Hammelech,
Jeremiah,
Malchiah; Malchijah,
Prison

Cross References

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took.
Jer. 37:21• 21Entonces dió orden el rey Sedechîas, y depositaron á Jeremías en el patio de la cárcel, haciéndole dar una torta de pan al día, de la plaza de los Panaderos, hasta que todo el pan de la ciudad se gastase. Y quedó Jeremías en el patio de la cárcel. (Jer. 37:21)
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Sal. 109:5• 5Y pusieron contra mí mal por bien, Y odio por amor. (Sal. 109:5)
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Lc. 3:19‑20• 19Entonces Herodes el tetrarca, siendo reprendido por él á causa de Herodías, mujer de Felipe su hermano, y de todas las maldades que había hecho Herodes,
 20Añadió también esto sobre todo, que encerró á Juan en la cárcel. (Lc. 3:19‑20)
into.
Jer. 37:16• 16Entró pues Jeremías en la casa de la mazmorra, y en las camarillas. Y habiendo estado allá Jeremías por muchos días, (Jer. 37:16)
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Lm. 3:55• 55Invoqué tu nombre, oh Jehová, desde la cárcel profunda. (Lm. 3:55)
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Hch. 16:24• 24El cual, recibido este mandamiento, los metió en la cárcel de más adentro; y les apretó los pies en el cepo. (Hch. 16:24)
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2 Co. 4:8‑9• 8Estando atribulados en todo, mas no angustiados; en apuros, mas no desesperamos;
 9Perseguidos, mas no desamparados; abatidos, mas no perecemos; (2 Co. 4:8‑9)
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He. 10:36• 36Porque la paciencia os es necesaria; para que, habiendo hecho la voluntad de Dios, obtengáis la promesa. (He. 10:36)
Hammelech.
or, the king.
Jer. 36:26• 26Antes mandó el rey á Jerameel hijo de Amelech, y á Seraías hijo de Azriel, y á Selemías hijo de Abdeel, que prendiesen á Baruch el escribiente y á Jeremías profeta; mas Jehová los escondió. (Jer. 36:26)
and they.
Jer. 38:11‑12• 11Y tomó Ebed-melec en su poder hombres, y entró á la casa del rey al lugar debajo de la tesorería, y tomó de allí trapos viejos, traídos, viejos, y andrajosos, y echólos á Jeremías con sogas en la mazmorra.
 12Y dijo Ebed-melec Etiope á Jeremías: Pon ahora esos trapos viejos, traídos, y rotos, bajo los sobacos de tus brazos, debajo de las sogas. Y lo hizo así Jeremías. (Jer. 38:11‑12)
And in.This dungeon, which seems to have belonged to one of Zedekiah's sons, appears to have been a most dreadful place; the horrors of which were probably augmented by the cruelty of the jailor.
"The eastern people," observes Sir J. Chardin, "have not different prisons for the different classes of criminals; the judges do not trouble themselves about where the prisoners are confined, or how they are treated, considering it merely as a place of safety; and all that they require of the jailor is, that the prisoner be forthcoming when called for.
As to the rest, he is master to do as he pleases; to treat him well or ill; to put him in irons or not; to shut him up close, or hold him in easier restraint; to admit people to him, or to suffer nobody to see him.
If the jailor and his servants have large fees, let the person be the greatest rascal in the world, he shall be lodged in the jailor's own apartment, and the best part of it; and on the contrary, if those that have imprisoned a man give the jailor greater presents, or that he has a greater regard for them, he will treat the prisoner with the greatest inhumanity."
This adds a double energy to those passages which speak of "the sighing of the prisoner," and to Jeremiah's supplicating that he might not be remanded to the dungeon of Jonathan.
(ver. 26; ch. 37:20.)
Jer. 38:22• 22Y he aquí que todas las mujeres que han quedado en casa del rey de Judá, serán sacadas á los príncipes del rey de Babilonia; y ellas mismas dirán: Te han engañado, y prevalecido contra ti tus amigos; atollaron en el cieno tus pies, se volvieron atrás. (Jer. 38:22)
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Gn. 37:24• 24Y tomáronlo, y echáronle en la cisterna; mas la cisterna estaba vacía, no había en ella agua. (Gn. 37:24)
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Sal. 40:2• 2E hízome sacar de un lago de miseria, del lodo cenagoso; Y puso mis pies sobre peña, y enderezó mis pasos. (Sal. 40:2)
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Sal. 69:2,14‑15• 2Estoy hundido en cieno profundo, donde no hay pie: He venido á abismos de aguas, y la corriente me ha anegado.
 14Sácame del lodo, y no sea yo sumergido: Sea yo libertado de los que me aborrecen, y del profundo de las aguas.
 15No me anegue el ímpetu de las aguas, Ni me suerba la hondura, Ni el pozo cierre sobre mí su boca. (Sal. 69:2,14‑15)
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Lm. 3:52‑55• 52Mis enemigos me dieron caza como á ave, sin por qué.
 53Ataron mi vida en mazmorra, pusieron piedra sobre mí.
 54Aguas de avenida vinieron sobre mi cabeza; yo dije: Muerto soy.
 55Invoqué tu nombre, oh Jehová, desde la cárcel profunda. (Lm. 3:52‑55)
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Zac. 9:11• 11Y tú también por la sangre de tu pacto serás salva; yo he sacado tus presos del aljibe en que no hay agua. (Zac. 9:11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeona of Malchijah the son of Hammelechb, which was in the court of the guard, and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

JND Translation Notes

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a
As ch. 37.16, and so throughout.
b
See Note, ch. 36.26.