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Jeremiah 37:20-21
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 37:20-21
Contemporary English Version
20 Please, don't send me back to that prison at Jonathan's house. If you do, I will die there.”
21 King Zedekiah had me taken to the prison cells in the courtyard of the palace guards. He told the soldiers to give me a loaf of bread[a] from one of the bakeries every day until the city ran out of grain.
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- 37.21 a loaf of bread: Bread was the main food of the Israelites. During this time of emergency in Jerusalem, everyone probably received the same amount each day.
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