Jeremiah 32:3

3 because Zedekiah king of Judah had ¹shut him up, saying, "Why do you ²prophesy, saying, '³Thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am about to ⁴give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will take it;

Jeremiah 32:3 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 32:3

For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up
In prison, at least in the court of the prison; he had given orders for his imprisonment, which were executed, and it was the same as if he had done it himself; the reason of which was, as follows: 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?
meaning the city of Jerusalem, now besieged by the king of Babylon. This prophecy stands in ( Jeremiah 34:1-3 ) ; the prophecies of this book not being put together in proper order of time.

Jeremiah 32:3 In-Context

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 Nebuchadnezzar.

2 Now at that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the house of the king of Judah,

3 because Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, "Why do you prophesy, saying, 'Thus says the LORD , "Behold, I am about to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will take it;

4 and Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye;

5 and he will take Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will be there until I visit him," declares the LORD . "If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed "'?"

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 6:32
• 2. Jeremiah 26:8, 9
• 3. Jeremiah 21:3-7; Jeremiah 34:2, 3
• 4. Jeremiah 21:4-7; Jeremiah 32:28, 29; Jeremiah 34:2, 3