Jer 37:21, 38:9, 52:6 | JFB | STEP | 21. court of the prison — ( ). bakers' street —Persons in the same business in cities in the East commonly reside in the same street. all the bread . . . spent —Jeremiah had bread supplied to him until he was thrown into the dungeon of Malchiah, at which time the bread in the city was spent. Compare this verse with ; that time must have been very shortly before the capture of the city ( ). God saith of His children, "In the days of famine they shall be satisfied" ( ). Honest reproof ( ), in the end often gains more favor than flattery ( ).

Jeremiah 37:21

21. court of the prison— (Jer 32:2; 38:13, 28).

bakers' street—Persons in the same business in cities in the East commonly reside in the same street.

all the bread . . . spent—Jeremiah had bread supplied to him until he was thrown into the dungeon of Malchiah, at which time the bread in the city was spent. Compare this verse with Jer 38:9; that time must have been very shortly before the capture of the city (Jer 52:6). God saith of His children, "In the days of famine they shall be satisfied" (Ps 37:19; Isa 33:16). Honest reproof (Jer 37:17), in the end often gains more favor than flattery (Pr 28:23).

Jeremiah 38:9

9. die for hunger in the place where he is; for . . . no . . . bread in . . . city—(Compare Jer 37:21). He had heretofore got a piece of bread supplied to him. "Seeing that there is the utmost want of bread in the city, so that even if he were at large, there could no more be regularly supplied to him, much less now in a place where none remember or pity him, so that he is likely to die for hunger." "No more bread," that is, no more left of the public store in the city (Jer 37:21); or, all but no bread left anywhere [MAURER].

Jeremiah 37:21

Jeremiah 38:9

Jeremiah 52:6