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The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
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God's Word Isn't Chained
Commentators like John Calvin emphasize a powerful truth from this verse's context: while Jeremiah was imprisoned, God's Word was not. The king's attempt to silence the prophet by locking him up ultimately failed. This shows that no human opposition or physical barrier can stop the advance of God's truth. As the Apostle Paul would later write, even in chains, "the word of God is not bound" (2 Timothy 2:9).
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The siege of Jerusalem began in Zedekiah’s ninth year (Jeremiah 39:1), but was temporarily raised upon the approach of an Egyptian army…
19th Century
Anglican
In the tenth year of Zedekiah ... —We are carried over a period of six years from the prophecy of Jeremiah 28:1 to 589 B.C. By thi…
Baptist
So you see that Jeremiah was imprisoned at the time mentioned here. Zedekiah, the king of Judah, had treated him very harshly because of his faithf…
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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet here declares that, though he was shut up in prison, the Word of God was not bound. He states that he himself was no less free in his c…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord
The word of prophecy, as the Targum, concerning Jeremiah's buying the…
Jeremiah, while in prison for his prophecy, purchased a piece of ground. This was to signify that although Jerusalem was besieged and the whole cou…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, he consoles them through an action.
First, he indicates the time of the prophecy by referencing the king's reign: in the…
