Jeremiah 32:3

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Summary

For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

Zedekiah

Wherefore

Behold

General references

Jeremiah 38:3

Bible References

Zedekiah

"It did no good for me to punish your people. They did not respond to such correction. You slaughtered your prophets like a voracious lion."

Lord, I know you look for faithfulness. But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. They refuse to change their ways.

Then he said, "May God judge me severely if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!"

During his time of trouble King Ahaz was even more unfaithful to the Lord.

Wherefore

Jeremiah had just barely finished saying all the Lord had commanded him to say to all the people. All at once some of the priests, the prophets, and the people grabbed him and shouted, "You deserve to die!

So these officials said to the king, "This man must be put to death. For he is demoralizing the soldiers who are left in the city as well as all the other people there by these things he is saying. This man is not seeking to help these people but is trying to harm them."

The king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you cause the people to refrain from their work? Return to your labor!"

Don't prophesy at Bethel any longer, for a royal temple and palace are here!"

and said to him, "Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things? Or who it is who gave you this authority?"

They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

Behold

Therefore I, the Lord, say: 'I will indeed hand this city over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Babylonian army. They will capture it.

that the Lord, the God of Israel, says, 'The forces at your disposal are now outside the walls fighting against King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Babylonians who have you under siege. I will gather those forces back inside the city.

But suppose a nation or a kingdom will not be subject to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Suppose it will not submit to the yoke of servitude to him. I, the Lord, affirm that I will punish that nation. I will use the king of Babylon to punish it with war, starvation, and disease until I have destroyed it.

The Lord God of Israel told Jeremiah to go and give King Zedekiah of Judah a message. He told Jeremiah to tell him, "The Lord says, 'I am going to hand this city over to the king of Babylon and he will burn it down.

The Lord gave the prophet Jeremiah a message for them. He told him to tell them,

Ebed Melech departed the palace and went to speak to the king. He said to him,

General references

They had also heard him say, "The Lord says, 'This city will certainly be handed over to the army of the king of Babylon. They will capture it.'"