Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Jeremiah 37:21
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Jeremiah37:21
21. court of the prison--(Jr 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 Jr 38:9; that time must have been very shortly before the capture of the city (Jr 52:6). God saith of His children, "In the days of famine they shall be satisfied" (Psa 37:19; Is 33:16). Honest reproof (Jr 37:17), in the end often gains more favor than flattery (Pr 28:23).
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