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Jeremiah 37:18 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 18. 18Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?
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Role in This Section
The narrated crisis and constrained human response presses the question “Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against…” at Jeremiah 37:18 within “A Secret Royal Inquiry Moves Jeremiah to the Guard Court.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 37:16–21
Read Jeremiah 37:18 with 37:16–21. By itself, “Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: After a long dungeon stay, Zedekiah privately asks for a word; Jeremiah repeats the Babylon oracle, challenges his confinement, and obtains safer custody and bread.
Why It Needs Context
This context pointer tracks one step in Jeremiah 37:16–21: The narrated crisis and constrained human response presses the question “Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against…” at Jeremiah 37:18 within “A Secret Royal Inquiry Moves Jeremiah to the Guard Court.” Read the thought unit before assigning enduring truth or application.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Jeremiah 37:16–21 — A Secret Royal Inquiry Moves Jeremiah to the Guard CourtSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 37:16–21, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 37:16–21
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