Jeremías 37:21

21 Entonces dio orden el rey Sedequías, y depositaron a Jeremías en el patio de la guarda, haciéndole dar una torta de pan al día, de la plaza de los Panaderos, hasta que todo el pan de la ciudad se gastara. Y quedó Jeremías en el patio de la guarda

Jeremías 37:21 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 37:21

Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit
Jeremiah into the court of the prison
He did not think fit to discharge him entirely, lest it should give offence to the princes, who had committed him; but he ordered him to be put in a court belonging to the prison, where he might breathe in a freer air, and have liberty of walking to and fro, where his friends might be admitted to come and see him: and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers'
street;
it seems there was a street in Jerusalem so called, where the bakers lived; and perhaps the king's bakers; who had orders to deliver to the prophet every day a piece or loaf of bread, as much as was sufficient for a man; or, however, as much as the scarcity of provisions in a siege would allow. Kimchi makes mention of a Midrash, which interprets this of bread made of bran, which was sold without the palace; as if it was coarser bread than what was eaten at court: until all the bread in the city was spent;
that is, as long as there was any. These were the king's orders: thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison:
until the city was taken; unless a small time that he was in the dungeon of Malchiah, out of which he was taken again, and restored to the court of the prison, and there continued; see ( Jeremiah 38:6 Jeremiah 38:13 Jeremiah 38:28 ) .

Jeremías 37:21 In-Context

19 ¿Y dónde están vuestros profetas que os profetizaban, diciendo: No vendrá el rey de Babilonia contra vosotros, ni contra esta tierra

20 Ahora pues, oye, te ruego, mi señor el rey; caiga ahora mi súplica delante de ti, y no me hagas volver a casa de Jonatán escriba, para que no me muera allí

21 Entonces dio orden el rey Sedequías, y depositaron a Jeremías en el patio de la guarda, haciéndole dar una torta de pan al día, de la plaza de los Panaderos, hasta que todo el pan de la ciudad se gastara. Y quedó Jeremías en el patio de la guarda