Jeremiah 32:1-5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Jeremiah 32. The Redemption of Land at Anathoth. A token of confidence in the future restoration. Probably not much more than Jeremiah 32:6-15 is original. This narrative, it should be noticed, is both preceded (Jeremiah 32:30 f.) and followed (Jeremiah 32:33) by restoration prophecies.

Jeremiah 32:1-5. In 587 B.C., during the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, Jeremiah was a prisoner in the guard-court, used for specially-treated prisoners (Jeremiah 37:20 f.); the explanation given is that he had prophesied (Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 37:17, etc.) defeat and captivity for Zedekiah (fulfilled as in 2 Kings 25:7). Jeremiah 32:2-5 are parenthetical, and should be placed in brackets; Jeremiah 32:6 ff. are not, as they might seem, an answer to Zedekiah's question. According to Jeremiah 37:11 ff., Jeremiah was arrested in the interval during which the Babylonians had withdrawn from the siege, for alleged desertion to the enemy; the princes were hostile to him, but Zedekiah showed him kindness.

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Jeremiah 32:1-5

1 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.

2 For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.

3 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;

4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

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 prosper.