Jeremias 37:15

15 Eles ficaram furiosos com Jeremias, espancaram-no e o prenderam na casa do secretário Jônatas, que tinham transformado numa prisão.

Jeremias 37:15 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 37:15

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah
For attempting to depart the city, and go off to the Chaldeans, as Irijah had suggested to them, and to whom they hearkened; and perhaps would not hear what the prophet had to say for himself; and if they did, it had no weight with them: and smote him;
either with their fists, or with rods, or a scourge; perhaps he underwent the punishment of forty stripes save one, according to the law; and they may be said to smite or beat him, because they ordered it to be done: and put him in prison, in the house of Jonathan the scribe;
or secretary of state; such an one as Elishama was in Jehoiakim's time, who had a house or apartment at court as he had, who was now dead or removed, ( Jeremiah 36:12 ) ; for they had made that the prison;
which had not used to be; but by the courtiers, and with the consent of this scribe, secretary, or chancellor, it was made a prison; not for common malefactors, but for state prisoners; and a bad prison it seems it was. Very probably this scribe was a very cruel wicked man, who used those very ill that were his prisoners; and indeed, if he had not been of such a character, he would scarcely have suffered his house to have been made a prison.

Jeremias 37:15 In-Context

13 Mas, quando chegou à porta de Benjamim, o capitão da guarda, cujo nome era Jerias, filho de Selemias, filho de Hananias, o prendeu e disse: “Você está desertando para o lado dos babilônios!”

14 “Isso não é verdade!”, disse Jeremias. “Não estou passando para o lado dos babilônios”. Mas Jerias não quis ouvi-lo; e, prendendo Jeremias, o levou aos líderes.

15 Eles ficaram furiosos com Jeremias, espancaram-no e o prenderam na casa do secretário Jônatas, que tinham transformado numa prisão.

16 Jeremias foi posto numa cela subterrânea da prisão, onde ficou por muito tempo.

17 Então o rei mandou buscá-lo, e Jeremias foi trazido ao palácio. E, secretamente, o rei lhe perguntou: “Há alguma palavra da parte do SENHOR?”“Há”, respondeu Jeremias, “você será entregue nas mãos do rei da Babilônia”.