Jeremiah 37
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Book of Jeremiah in Hebrew Bible, MS Sassoon 1053, images 283-315. | |
| Book | Book of Jeremiah |
| Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 24 |
| Category | Nevi'im |
Jeremiah 37 is the thirty-seventh chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It is numbered as Jeremiah 44 in Septuagint. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, and is a part of the Books of the Prophets.[1] This chapter records king Zedekiah's request for prayer, Jeremiah 37:1-5; Jeremiah's reply to the king, Jeremiah 37:6-10.; Jeremiah's arrest and imprisonment, Jeremiah 37:11-21.[2][3]
Text
- The original text is written in Hebrew language.
- This chapter is divided into 21 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
- Masoretic Text
- Codex Cairensis (895 CE)
- Aleppo Codex (10th century)
- Leningrad Codex (1008-1009)
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
- Septuagint (3rd century BC; different verse numbering)
- Theodotion version (~AD 180)
Structure
NKJV groups this chapter into:
- Jeremiah 37:1-10 = Zedekiah’s Vain Hope
- Jeremiah 37:11-21 = Jeremiah Imprisoned
Verse 1
- Now King Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. (NKJV)[4]
Verse 3
- And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “Pray now to the Lord our God for us.” (NKJV)[7]
- "Jehucal the son of Shelemiah": During the excavations in the ruins of the City of David conducted by the Ir David Foundation in 2005 a bulla was discovered with the inscription "belonging to Jehucal son of Shelemiah (Shelemyahu) son of Shovi" which is thought to point to the person mentioned here.[8]
Verse numbering
The order of chapters and verses of the Book of Jeremiah in the English Bibles, Masoretic Text (Hebrew), and Vulgate (Latin), in some places differs from that in Septuagint (LXX, the Greek Bible used in the Eastern Orthodox Church and others) according to Rahlfs or Brenton. The following table is taken with minor adjustments from Brenton's Septuagint, page 971.[9]
The order of CATSS based on Alfred Rahlfs' Septuaginta (1935), differs in some details from Joseph Ziegler's critical edition (1957) in Göttingen LXX. Swete's Introduction mostly agrees with Rahlfs edition (=CATSS).[9]
| Hebrew, Vulgate, English | Rahlfs'LXX (CATSS) |
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| 37:1-21 | 44:1-21 |
| 30:1-9,12-14,16-21,23-24 | 37:1-9,12-14.16-21,23-24 |
| 30:10,15,22 | none |
See also
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- Related Bible part: 2 Kings 19, 2 Kings 24, 2 Chronicles 36, Jeremiah 21, Jeremiah 29, Ezekiel 17
Notes and references
- ↑ Therodore Hiebert, et.al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume: VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
- ↑ Huey 1993, p. 327-332.
- ↑ Ryle 2009.
- ↑ Jeremiah 37:1
- ↑ The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Augmented Third Edition, New Revised Standard Version, Indexed. Michael D. Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol A. Newsom, Editors. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2007. pp. 1137-1138 Hebrew Bible. ISBN 978-0195288810
- ↑ Huey 1993, p. 327.
- ↑ Jeremiah 37:3
- ↑ Rossner, Rena (January 26, 2006). "The once and future city". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
- 1 2 CCEL - Brenton Jeremiah Appendix
Bibliography
- Ryle, Herbert Edward (2009). The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Paperback. BiblioBazaar. ISBN 9781117708690.
- Huey, F. B. (1993). The New American Commentary - Jeremiah, Lamentations: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture, NIV Text. B&H Publishing Group. ISBN 9780805401165.
- The Nelson Study Bible. Thomas Nelson, Inc. 1997. ISBN 9780840715999.