7 This statement anticipates v. 15. Verses 3–4 are parenthetical to the narrative thread which is picked up in v. 5. They provide background information necessary for understanding the situation at the time the delegation comes to Jeremiah.
8 The words “as he pleased” are not in the text but are implicit in the idiom both in Hebrew and in English. They have been supplied in the translation for clarity and the sake of English idiom.

In other versions

Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.

Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.

Jeremiah was going about his daily tasks among the people, for he had not yet been put into the prison.

Jeremiah had not yet been imprisoned, so he could come and go among the people as he pleased.

Now Jeremiah was coming and going out in the midst of the people and they had not put him in the house of imprisonment.

Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.

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