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Jeremiah Is Imprisoned

32 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem. Jeremiah the prophet was confined in the courtyard of the guard in the palace of the king of Judah. Zedekiah king of Judah had confined him there.

Zedekiah had said, “Why do you prophesy and say that the Lord says that he will certainly give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and that he will capture it? Why do you say that Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and that he will speak with him face-to-face and see him eye-to-eye? Why do you say that he will bring Zedekiah to Babylon, to remain there until the Lord deals with him? declares the Lord. And that even though I fight with the Chaldeans, I will not succeed?”

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Jeremiah Buys a Field

32 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth year of Zedekiah the king of Judah, that was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. Now at that time the army of the king of Babylon was laying siege to Jerusalem and Jeremiah the prophet was confined in the courtyard of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah, where Zedekiah, the king of Judah, had confined him, saying,[a] “Why are you prophesying, saying,[b] ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Look, I am going to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it, and Zedekiah, the king of Judah, will not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but surely he will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will speak face to face with him[c] and he will see him eye to eye,[d] and to Babylon he will bring Zedekiah, and there he will be until my attending to him,” declares[e] Yahweh. “If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not be successful”’?”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 32:3 Literally “to say”
  2. Jeremiah 32:3 Literally “to say”
  3. Jeremiah 32:4 Literally “his mouth shall speak with his mouth”
  4. Jeremiah 32:4 Literally “his eyes shall see his eyes”
  5. Jeremiah 32:5 Literally “a declaration of”