Jeremiah 37:4

4 Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.

Jeremiah 37:4 in Other Translations

4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.

4 Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.

4 Jeremiah had not yet been imprisoned, so he could come and go among the people as he pleased.

4 Jeremiah was still moving about freely among the people in those days. This was before he had been put in jail.

4 Jeremiah was going about his daily tasks among the people, for they had not [yet] put him into the prison.

Jeremiah 37:4 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 37:4

Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people
Was at full liberty, and could go out of the city, and come in, when he pleased; or go into any part of it, and converse with the people, and prophesy to them; which he could not do in the latter part of Jehoiakim's reign, who sent persons after him and Baruch to take them, and they were obliged to hide themselves, yea, the Lord hid them, ( Jeremiah 36:19 Jeremiah 36:26 ) ; but now he was under no restraint, as least as yet: for they had not put him into prison;
not yet; they afterwards did, ( Jeremiah 37:15 ) .

Jeremiah 37:4 In-Context

2 Neither he nor his attendants nor the people of the land paid any attention to the words the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.

3 King Zedekiah, however, sent Jehukal son of Shelemiah with the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to Jeremiah the prophet with this message: “Please pray to the LORD our God for us.”

4 Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.

5 Pharaoh’s army had marched out of Egypt, and when the Babylonians who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

6 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet:

Cross References

• 1. ver 15; Jeremiah 32:2