For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Court, at large, so that people might come to him freely. He was not chained or in prison, as chap. xxxvii. 15., and xxxviii. 6, 13. (Calmet)