Jeremiah 37:4

4 Now Jeremiah [was] coming and going out in the midst of the people and they had not put him [in] the house of imprisonment.

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 But he and his servants and the people of the land did not listen to the words of Yahweh that he spoke by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.

3 And king Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, {saying}, "Please pray for us to Yahweh our God."

4 Now Jeremiah [was] coming and going out in the midst of the people and they had not put him [in] the house of imprisonment.

5 And the army of Pharaoh had come out from Egypt, and the Chaldeans, who were laying siege to Jerusalem, heard their report and they withdrew from Jerusalem.

6 And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the prophet, {saying},