the princes were wroth with Jeremiah] Upon the Captains mis-information. vers. 13.
and smote him] Caused him to be smitten: as Chap. 39. 6. and 52. 10. Acts 5:40. & 16. 22, 37.
put him in prison] Heb. the house of the bond. Judges 16:21. Ecclesiastes 4:14.
in the house of Jonathan] Beeing, it seemeth, a place very inconvenient. vers. 20. And this might befall the Prophet, for attempting to relinquish the place, where his Office, by Gods appointment, was principally to be performed. See Chap. 26. 20. 21.
they had made that the prison] Heb. house of restraint. Vers. 4.