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Jer 32:1	Strong Concordance	The word [01697] that came to Jeremiah [03414] from the LORD [03068] in the tenth [06224] year [08141] of Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063], which was the eighteenth [08083] [06240] [08141] year [08141] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019].
	King James	The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
JEREMIAH, IMPRISONED FOR HIS PROPHECY AGAINST JERUSALEM, BUYS A PATRIMONIAL PROPERTY (HIS RELATIVE HANAMEEL'S), IN ORDER TO CERTIFY TO THE JEWS THEIR FUTURE RETURN FROM BABYLON. (Jer 32:1-14) tenth year--The siege of Jerusalem had already begun, in the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah (Jer 39:1; Kg2 25:1).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

JEREMIAH, IMPRISONED FOR HIS PROPHECY AGAINST JERUSALEM, BUYS A PATRIMONIAL PROPERTY (HIS RELATIVE HANAMEEL'S), IN ORDER TO CERTIFY TO THE JEWS THEIR FUTURE RETURN FROM BABYLON. (Jer 32:1-14)

tenth year--The siege of Jerusalem had already begun, in the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah (Jer 39:1; Kg2 25:1).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The siege of Jerusalem began in Zedekiah's ninth year Jer 39:1, but was temporarily raised upon the approach of an Egyptian army. See Jer. 37; 38.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The time and the circumstances of the following message from God. - The message came to Jeremiah in the tenth year of Zedekiah, i.e., in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar (cf. Jer 25:1 and Jer 52:12), when the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah was kept in confinement in the fore-court of the royal palace. These historical data are inserted (Jer 32:2-5) in the form of circumstantial clauses: 'ואז חיל וגו, "for at that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem." The siege had begun in the ninth year of Zedekiah (Jer 39:1; Jer 52:4), and was afterwards raised for a short time, in consequence of the approach of an auxiliary corps of Egyptians; but, as soon as these had been defeated, it was resumed (Jer 37:5, Jer 37:11). Jeremiah was then kept confined in the court of the prison of the royal palace (cf. Neh 3:25), "where Zedekiah, king of Judah, had imprisoned him, saying: Why dost thou prophesy, 'Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, so that he shall take it; Jer 32:4. And Zedekiah, the king of Judah, shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall assuredly be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and his mouth shall speak with his mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes; Jer 32:5. And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the Lord. Though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not succeed?'" - We have already found an utterance of like import in Jer 21:1-14, but that is not here referred to; for it was fulfilled at the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem, and did not bring on Jeremiah the consequences mentioned here. From Jer 37 we learn that Jeremiah, during the siege of Jerusalem, on till the time when it was raised through the approach of the Egyptian army, had not been imprisoned, but went freely in and out among the people (Jer 37:4.). Not till during the temporary raising of the siege, when he wanted to go out of the city into the land of Benjamin, was he seized and thrown into a dungeon, on the pretence that he intended to go over to the Chaldeans. There he remained many days, till King Zedekiah ordered him to be brought, and questioned him privately as to the issue of the conflict; when Jeremiah replied, "Thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon." On this occasion Jeremiah complained to the king of his imprisonment, and requested that he might not be sent back into the dungeon, where he must soon perish; the king then ordered him (Jer 37:11-21) to be taken into the court of the prison-house (חצר , Jer 37:21), where he remained in confinement till the city was taken (Jer 38:13, Jer 38:28; Jer 39:14). The statement in our verses as to the cause of this imprisonment does not contradict, but agrees with the notice in Jer 37, as soon as we perceive that this account contains merely a brief passing notice of the matter. The same holds true of the utterance of the prophet in Jer 32:3-5. Jeremiah, even at the beginning of the siege (Jer 21:3.), had sent a message of similar import to the king, and repeated the same afterwards: Jer 34:3-5; Jer 37:17; Jer 38:17-23. The words of our verses are taken from these repeated utterances; Jer 32:4 agrees almost verbatim with Jer 34:3; and the words, "there shall he remain עד־פּקדי אתו, till I regard him with favour," are based upon the clearer utterance as to the end of Zedekiah, Jer 34:4-5. - The circumstances under which Jeremiah received the following commission from the Lord are thus exactly stated, in order to show how little prospect the present of the kingdom of Judah offered for the future, which was portrayed by the purchase of the field. Not only must the kingdom of Judah inevitably succumb to the power of the Chaldeans, and its population go into exile, but even Jeremiah is imprisoned, in so hopeless a condition, that he is no longer sure of his life for a single day.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The time and the circumstances of the following message from God. - The message came to Jeremiah in the tenth year of Zedekiah, i.e., in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar (cf. Jer 25:1 and Jer 52:12), when the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah was kept in confinement in the fore-court of the royal palace. These historical data are inserted (Jer 32:2-5) in the form of circumstantial clauses: 'ואז חיל וגו, "for at that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem." The siege had begun in the ninth year of Zedekiah (Jer 39:1; Jer 52:4), and was afterwards raised for a short time, in consequence of the approach of an auxiliary corps of Egyptians; but, as soon as these had been defeated, it was resumed (Jer 37:5, Jer 37:11). Jeremiah was then kept confined in the court of the prison of the royal palace (cf. Neh 3:25), "where Zedekiah, king of Judah, had imprisoned him, saying: Why dost thou prophesy, 'Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, so that he shall take it; Jer 32:4. And Zedekiah, the king of Judah, shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall assuredly be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and his mouth shall speak with his mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes; Jer 32:5. And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the Lord. Though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not succeed?'" - We have already found an utterance of like import in Jer 21:1-14, but that is not here referred to; for it was fulfilled at the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem, and did not bring on Jeremiah the consequences mentioned here. From Jer 37 we learn that Jeremiah, during the siege of Jerusalem, on till the time when it was raised through the approach of the Egyptian army, had not been imprisoned, but went freely in and out among the people (Jer 37:4.). Not till during the temporary raising of the siege, when he wanted to go out of the city into the land of Benjamin, was he seized and thrown into a dungeon, on the pretence that he intended to go over to the Chaldeans. There he remained many days, till King Zedekiah ordered him to be brought, and questioned him privately as to the issue of the conflict; when Jeremiah replied, "Thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon." On this occasion Jeremiah complained to the king of his imprisonment, and requested that he might not be sent back into the dungeon, where he must soon perish; the king then ordered him (Jer 37:11-21) to be taken into the court of the prison-house (חצר , Jer 37:21), where he remained in confinement till the city was taken (Jer 38:13, Jer 38:28; Jer 39:14). The statement in our verses as to the cause of this imprisonment does not contradict, but agrees with the notice in Jer 37, as soon as we perceive that this account contains merely a brief passing notice of the matter. The same holds true of the utterance of the prophet in Jer 32:3-5. Jeremiah, even at the beginning of the siege (Jer 21:3.), had sent a message of similar import to the king, and repeated the same afterwards: Jer 34:3-5; Jer 37:17; Jer 38:17-23. The words of our verses are taken from these repeated utterances; Jer 32:4 agrees almost verbatim with Jer 34:3; and the words, "there shall he remain עד־פּקדי אתו, till I regard him with favour," are based upon the clearer utterance as to the end of Zedekiah, Jer 34:4-5. - The circumstances under which Jeremiah received the following commission from the Lord are thus exactly stated, in order to show how little prospect the present of the kingdom of Judah offered for the future, which was portrayed by the purchase of the field. Not only must the kingdom of Judah inevitably succumb to the power of the Chaldeans, and its population go into exile, but even Jeremiah is imprisoned, in so hopeless a condition, that he is no longer sure of his life for a single day.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The word that came - This prophecy bears its own date: it was delivered in the tenth year of Zedekiah, which answered to the eighteenth of Nebuchadnezzar. It appears from Kg2 25:8, that the eleventh year of Zedekiah was the nineteenth of Nebuchadnezzar; and consequently, that the eighteenth of that monarch must have been the tenth of the Jewish king.

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¹ And it came to pass in the ninth [08671] year [08141] of his reign [04427], in the tenth [06224] month [02320], in the tenth [06218] day of the month [02320], that Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] came [0935], he, and all his host [02428], against Jerusalem [03389], and pitched [02583] against it; and they built [01129] forts [01785] against it round about [05439].

¹ In the ninth [08671] year [08141] of Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063], in the tenth [06224] month [02320], came [0935] Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] and all his army [02428] against Jerusalem [03389], and they besieged [06696] it.

¹ The word [01697] that came to Jeremiah [03414] from the LORD [03068] in the tenth [06224] year [08141] of Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063], which was the eighteenth [08083] [06240] [08141] year [08141] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019].
² For then the king [04428] of Babylon's [0894] army [02428] besieged [06696] Jerusalem [03389]: and Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030] was shut up [03607] in the court [02691] of the prison [04307], which was in the king [04428] of Judah's [03063] house [01004].
³ For Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063] had shut him up [03607], saying [0559], Wherefore dost thou prophesy [05012], and say [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Behold, I will give [05414] this city [05892] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall take [03920] it;
⁴ And Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063] shall not escape [04422] out of the hand [03027] of the Chaldeans [03778], but shall surely [05414] be delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and shall speak [01696] with him mouth [06310] to mouth [06310], and his eyes [05869] shall behold [07200] his eyes [05869];
⁵ And he shall lead [03212] Zedekiah [06667] to Babylon [0894], and there shall he be until I visit [06485] him, saith [05002] the LORD [03068]: though ye fight [03898] with the Chaldeans [03778], ye shall not prosper [06743].
⁶ And Jeremiah [03414] said [0559], The word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],
⁷ Behold, Hanameel [02601] the son [01121] of Shallum [07967] thine uncle [01730] shall come [0935] unto thee, saying [0559], Buy [07069] thee my field [07704] that is in Anathoth [06068]: for the right [04941] of redemption [01353] is thine to buy [07069] it.
⁸ So Hanameel [02601] mine uncle's [01730] son [01121] came [0935] to me in the court [02691] of the prison [04307] according to the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], and said [0559] unto me, Buy [07069] my field [07704], I pray thee, that is in Anathoth [06068], which is in the country [0776] of Benjamin [01144]: for the right [04941] of inheritance [03425] is thine, and the redemption [01353] is thine; buy [07069] it for thyself. Then I knew [03045] that this was the word [01697] of the LORD [03068].
⁹ And I bought [07069] the field [07704] of Hanameel [02601] my uncle's [01730] son [01121], that was in Anathoth [06068], and weighed [08254] him the money [03701], even seventeen [07651] [06235] shekels [08255] of silver [03701].
¹⁰ And I subscribed [03789] the evidence [05612], and sealed [02856] it, and took [05749] witnesses [05707], and weighed [08254] him the money [03701] in the balances [03976].
¹¹ So I took [03947] the evidence [05612] of the purchase [04736], both that which was sealed [02856] according to the law [04687] and custom [02706], and that which was open [01540]:
¹² And I gave [05414] the evidence [05612] of the purchase [04736] unto Baruch [01263] the son [01121] of Neriah [05374], the son [01121] of Maaseiah [04271], in the sight [05869] of Hanameel [02601] mine uncle's [01730] son, and in the presence [05869] of the witnesses [05707] that subscribed [03789] the book [05612] of the purchase [04736], before [05869] all the Jews [03064] that sat [03427] in the court [02691] of the prison [04307].
¹³ And I charged [06680] Baruch [01263] before [05869] them, saying [0559],
¹⁴ Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Take [03947] these evidences [05612], this evidence [05612] of the purchase [04736], both which is sealed [02856], and this evidence [05612] which is open [01540]; and put [05414] them in an earthen [02789] vessel [03627], that they may continue [05975] many [07227] days [03117].

⁴ Yet hear [08085] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], O Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063]; Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of thee, Thou shalt not die [04191] by the sword [02719]:
⁵ But thou shalt die [04191] in peace [07965]: and with the burnings [04955] of thy fathers [01], the former [07223] kings [04428] which were before [06440] thee, so shall they burn [08313] odours for thee; and they will lament [05594] thee, saying, Ah [01945] lord [0113]! for I have pronounced [01696] the word [01697], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].

⁴ And Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063] shall not escape [04422] out of the hand [03027] of the Chaldeans [03778], but shall surely [05414] be delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and shall speak [01696] with him mouth [06310] to mouth [06310], and his eyes [05869] shall behold [07200] his eyes [05869];

¹⁷ Then said [0559] Jeremiah [03414] unto Zedekiah [06667], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; If thou wilt assuredly [03318] go forth [03318] unto the king [04428] of Babylon's [0894] princes [08269], then thy soul [05315] shall live [02421], and this city [05892] shall not be burned [08313] with fire [0784]; and thou shalt live [02421], and thine house [01004]:
¹⁸ But if thou wilt not go forth [03318] to the king [04428] of Babylon's [0894] princes [08269], then shall this city [05892] be given [05414] into the hand [03027] of the Chaldeans [03778], and they shall burn [08313] it with fire [0784], and thou shalt not escape out [04422] of their hand [03027].
¹⁹ And Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] said [0559] unto Jeremiah [03414], I am afraid [01672] of the Jews [03064] that are fallen [05307] to the Chaldeans [03778], lest they deliver [05414] me into their hand [03027], and they mock [05953] me.
²⁰ But Jeremiah [03414] said [0559], They shall not deliver [05414] thee. Obey [08085], I beseech thee, the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068], which I speak [01696] unto thee: so it shall be well [03190] unto thee, and thy soul [05315] shall live [02421].
²¹ But if thou refuse [03986] to go forth [03318], this is the word [01697] that the LORD [03068] hath shewed [07200] me:
²² And, behold, all the women [0802] that are left [07604] in the king [04428] of Judah's [03063] house [01004] shall be brought forth [03318] to the king [04428] of Babylon's [0894] princes [08269], and those women shall say [0559], Thy friends [0582] [07965] have set thee on [05496], and have prevailed [03201] against thee: thy feet [07272] are sunk [02883] in the mire [01206], and they are turned away [05472] back [0268].
²³ So they shall bring out [03318] all thy wives [0802] and thy children [01121] to the Chaldeans [03778]: and thou shalt not escape out [04422] of their hand [03027], but shalt be taken [08610] by the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894]: and thou shalt cause this city [05892] to be burned [08313] with fire [0784].

¹⁷ Then Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] sent [07971], and took him out [03947]: and the king [04428] asked [07592] him secretly [05643] in his house [01004], and said [0559], Is there any word [01697] from the LORD [03068]? And Jeremiah [03414] said [0559], There is [03426]: for, said [0559] he, thou shalt be delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894].

³ And thou shalt not escape out [04422] of his hand [03027], but shalt surely [08610] be taken [08610], and delivered [05414] into his hand [03027]; and thine eyes [05869] shall behold [07200] the eyes [05869] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall speak [01696] with thee mouth [06310] to mouth [06310], and thou shalt go [0935] to Babylon [0894].
⁴ Yet hear [08085] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], O Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063]; Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of thee, Thou shalt not die [04191] by the sword [02719]:
⁵ But thou shalt die [04191] in peace [07965]: and with the burnings [04955] of thy fathers [01], the former [07223] kings [04428] which were before [06440] thee, so shall they burn [08313] odours for thee; and they will lament [05594] thee, saying, Ah [01945] lord [0113]! for I have pronounced [01696] the word [01697], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].

³ Then said [0559] Jeremiah [03414] unto them, Thus shall ye say [0559] to Zedekiah [06667]:

³ For Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063] had shut him up [03607], saying [0559], Wherefore dost thou prophesy [05012], and say [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Behold, I will give [05414] this city [05892] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall take [03920] it;
⁴ And Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063] shall not escape [04422] out of the hand [03027] of the Chaldeans [03778], but shall surely [05414] be delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and shall speak [01696] with him mouth [06310] to mouth [06310], and his eyes [05869] shall behold [07200] his eyes [05869];
⁵ And he shall lead [03212] Zedekiah [06667] to Babylon [0894], and there shall he be until I visit [06485] him, saith [05002] the LORD [03068]: though ye fight [03898] with the Chaldeans [03778], ye shall not prosper [06743].

¹⁴ Even they sent [07971], and took [03947] Jeremiah [03414] out of the court [02691] of the prison [04307], and committed [05414] him unto Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227], that he should carry [03318] him home [01004]: so he dwelt [03427] among [08432] the people [05971].

²⁸ So Jeremiah [03414] abode [03427] in the court [02691] of the prison [04307] until the day [03117] that Jerusalem [03389] was taken [03920]: and he was there when Jerusalem [03389] was taken [03920].

¹³ So they drew up [04900] Jeremiah [03414] with cords [02256], and took him up [05927] out of the dungeon [0953]: and Jeremiah [03414] remained [03427] in the court [02691] of the prison [04307].

²¹ Then Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] commanded [06680] that they should commit [06485] Jeremiah [03414] into the court [02691] of the prison [04307], and that they should give [05414] him daily [03117] a piece [03603] of bread [03899] out of the bakers [0644] ' street [02351], until all the bread [03899] in the city [05892] were spent [08552]. Thus Jeremiah [03414] remained [03427] in the court [02691] of the prison [04307].

¹¹ And it came to pass, that when the army [02428] of the Chaldeans [03778] was broken up [05927] from Jerusalem [03389] for fear [06440] of Pharaoh's [06547] army [02428],
¹² Then Jeremiah [03414] went forth [03318] out of Jerusalem [03389] to go [03212] into the land [0776] of Benjamin [01144], to separate [02505] himself thence in the midst [08432] of the people [05971].
¹³ And when he was in the gate [08179] of Benjamin [01144], a captain [01167] of the ward [06488] was there, whose name [08034] was Irijah [03376], the son [01121] of Shelemiah [08018], the son [01121] of Hananiah [02608]; and he took [08610] Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030], saying [0559], Thou fallest away [05307] to the Chaldeans [03778].
¹⁴ Then said [0559] Jeremiah [03414], It is false [08267]; I fall not away [05307] to the Chaldeans [03778]. But he hearkened [08085] not to him: so Irijah [03376] took [08610] Jeremiah [03414], and brought [0935] him to the princes [08269].
¹⁵ Wherefore the princes [08269] were wroth [07107] with Jeremiah [03414], and smote [05221] him, and put [05414] him in prison [0612] in the house [01004] of Jonathan [03083] the scribe [05608]: for they had made [06213] that the prison [03608].
¹⁶ When Jeremiah [03414] was entered [0935] into the dungeon [01004] [0953], and into the cabins [02588], and Jeremiah [03414] had remained [03427] there many [07227] days [03117];
¹⁷ Then Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] sent [07971], and took him out [03947]: and the king [04428] asked [07592] him secretly [05643] in his house [01004], and said [0559], Is there any word [01697] from the LORD [03068]? And Jeremiah [03414] said [0559], There is [03426]: for, said [0559] he, thou shalt be delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894].
¹⁸ Moreover Jeremiah [03414] said [0559] unto king [04428] Zedekiah [06667], What have I offended [02398] against thee, or against thy servants [05650], or against this people [05971], that ye have put [05414] me in prison [01004] [03608]?
¹⁹ Where are now [0346] your prophets [05030] which prophesied [05012] unto you, saying [0559], The king [04428] of Babylon [0894] shall not come [0935] against you, nor against this land [0776]?
²⁰ Therefore hear [08085] now, I pray thee, O my lord [0113] the king [04428]: let my supplication [08467], I pray thee, be accepted [05307] before [06440] thee; that thou cause me not to return [07725] to the house [01004] of Jonathan [03083] the scribe [05608], lest I die [04191] there.
²¹ Then Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] commanded [06680] that they should commit [06485] Jeremiah [03414] into the court [02691] of the prison [04307], and that they should give [05414] him daily [03117] a piece [03603] of bread [03899] out of the bakers [0644] ' street [02351], until all the bread [03899] in the city [05892] were spent [08552]. Thus Jeremiah [03414] remained [03427] in the court [02691] of the prison [04307].

⁴ Now Jeremiah [03414] came in [0935] and went out [03318] among [08432] the people [05971]: for they had not put [05414] him into prison [01004] [03628].

¹ The word [01697] which came unto Jeremiah [03414] from the LORD [03068], when king [04428] Zedekiah [06667] sent [07971] unto him Pashur [06583] the son [01121] of Melchiah [04441], and Zephaniah [06846] the son [01121] of Maaseiah [04641] the priest [03548], saying [0559],
² Enquire [01875], I pray thee, of the LORD [03068] for us [01157]; for Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] maketh war [03898] against us; if so be that the LORD [03068] will deal [06213] with us according to all his wondrous works [06381], that he may go up [05927] from us.
³ Then said [0559] Jeremiah [03414] unto them, Thus shall ye say [0559] to Zedekiah [06667]:
⁴ Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will turn back [05437] the weapons [03627] of war [04421] that are in your hands [03027], wherewith ye fight [03898] against the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and against the Chaldeans [03778], which besiege [06696] you without [02351] the walls [02346], and I will assemble [0622] them into the midst [08432] of this city [05892].
⁵ And I myself will fight [03898] against you with an outstretched [05186] hand [03027] and with a strong [02389] arm [02220], even in anger [0639], and in fury [02534], and in great [01419] wrath [07110].
⁶ And I will smite [05221] the inhabitants [03427] of this city [05892], both man [0120] and beast [0929]: they shall die [04191] of a great [01419] pestilence [01698].
⁷ And afterward [0310], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], I will deliver [05414] Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and his servants [05650], and the people [05971], and such as are left [07604] in this city [05892] from the pestilence [01698], from the sword [02719], and from the famine [07458], into the hand [03027] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and into the hand [03027] of their enemies [0341], and into the hand [03027] of those that seek [01245] their life [05315]: and he shall smite [05221] them with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719]; he shall not spare [02347] them, neither have pity [02550], nor have mercy [07355].
⁸ And unto this people [05971] thou shalt say [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Behold, I set [05414] before [06440] you the way [01870] of life [02416], and the way [01870] of death [04194].
⁹ He that abideth [03427] in this city [05892] shall die [04191] by the sword [02719], and by the famine [07458], and by the pestilence [01698]: but he that goeth out [03318], and falleth [05307] to the Chaldeans [03778] that besiege [06696] you, he shall live [02421] [02421], and his life [05315] shall be unto him for a prey [07998].
¹⁰ For I have set [07760] my face [06440] against this city [05892] for evil [07451], and not for good [02896], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]: it shall be given [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall burn [08313] it with fire [0784].
¹¹ And touching the house [01004] of the king [04428] of Judah [03063], say, Hear [08085] ye the word [01697] of the LORD [03068];
¹² O house [01004] of David [01732], thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Execute [01777] judgment [04941] in the morning [01242], and deliver [05337] him that is spoiled [01497] out of the hand [03027] of the oppressor [06231], lest my fury [02534] go out [03318] like fire [0784], and burn [01197] that none can quench [03518] it, because [06440] of the evil [07455] of your doings [04611].
¹³ Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant [03427] of the valley [06010], and rock [06697] of the plain [04334], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]; which say [0559], Who shall come down [05181] against us? or who shall enter [0935] into our habitations [04585]?
¹⁴ But I will punish [06485] you according to the fruit [06529] of your doings [04611], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]: and I will kindle [03341] a fire [0784] in the forest [03293] thereof, and it shall devour [0398] all things round about [05439] it.

⁵ And he shall lead [03212] Zedekiah [06667] to Babylon [0894], and there shall he be until I visit [06485] him, saith [05002] the LORD [03068]: though ye fight [03898] with the Chaldeans [03778], ye shall not prosper [06743].

²⁵ Palal [06420] the son [01121] of Uzai [0186], over against the turning [04740] of the wall, and the tower [04026] which lieth out [03318] from the king's [04428] high [05945] house [01004], that was by the court [02691] of the prison [04307]. After [0310] him Pedaiah [06305] the son [01121] of Parosh [06551].

¹¹ And it came to pass, that when the army [02428] of the Chaldeans [03778] was broken up [05927] from Jerusalem [03389] for fear [06440] of Pharaoh's [06547] army [02428],

⁵ Then Pharaoh's [06547] army [02428] was come forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714]: and when the Chaldeans [03778] that besieged [06696] Jerusalem [03389] heard [08085] tidings [08088] of them, they departed [05927] from Jerusalem [03389].

⁴ And it came to pass in the ninth [08671] year [08141] of his reign [04427], in the tenth [06224] month [02320], in the tenth [06218] day of the month [02320], that Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] came [0935], he and all his army [02428], against Jerusalem [03389], and pitched [02583] against it, and built [01129] forts [01785] against it round about [05439].

² For then the king [04428] of Babylon's [0894] army [02428] besieged [06696] Jerusalem [03389]: and Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030] was shut up [03607] in the court [02691] of the prison [04307], which was in the king [04428] of Judah's [03063] house [01004].
³ For Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063] had shut him up [03607], saying [0559], Wherefore dost thou prophesy [05012], and say [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Behold, I will give [05414] this city [05892] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall take [03920] it;
⁴ And Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063] shall not escape [04422] out of the hand [03027] of the Chaldeans [03778], but shall surely [05414] be delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and shall speak [01696] with him mouth [06310] to mouth [06310], and his eyes [05869] shall behold [07200] his eyes [05869];
⁵ And he shall lead [03212] Zedekiah [06667] to Babylon [0894], and there shall he be until I visit [06485] him, saith [05002] the LORD [03068]: though ye fight [03898] with the Chaldeans [03778], ye shall not prosper [06743].

¹² Now in the fifth [02549] month [02320], in the tenth [06218] day of the month [02320], which was the nineteenth [08672] [06240] [08141] year [08141] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], came [0935] Nebuzaradan [05018], captain [07227] of the guard [02876], which served [05975] [06440] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], into Jerusalem [03389],

¹ The word [01697] that came to Jeremiah [03414] concerning all the people [05971] of Judah [03063] in the fourth [07243] year [08141] of Jehoiakim [03079] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] king [04428] of Judah [03063], that was the first [07224] year [08141] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894];

⁸ And in the fifth [02549] month [02320], on the seventh [07651] day of the month [02320], which is the nineteenth [08672] [06240] [08141] year [08141] of king [04428] Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], came [0935] Nebuzaradan [05018], captain [07227] of the guard [02876], a servant [05650] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], unto Jerusalem [03389]: