Geremia 32:2

2 L’esercito del re di Babilonia assediava allora Gerusalemme, e il profeta Geremia era rinchiuso nel cortile della prigione ch’era nella casa del re di Giuda.

Geremia 32:2 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 32:2

For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem
And had done so for some time; for the siege began in the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, ( Jeremiah 52:4 ) ; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which
[was] in the king of Judah's house;
which showed great stupidity and hardness of heart in the king, and his courtiers, and in the people, to imprison a prophet of the Lord, when surrounded by an enemy's army, and that according to the prediction of the prophet; by which it appeared that he was a true prophet; and they might reasonably expect that the rest of his predictions, which related to the taking of their city, and carrying them captive, would be fulfilled. It is true, indeed, he was in a better prison than before, more honourable, being within the limits of the king's house; and, besides, was not closely confined, but allowed to walk in the court of the prison; and so had a free air to breathe in, and more company to converse with, and could exercise himself by walking about; perhaps he was placed here to keep him from prophesying to the people to their discouragement, and the more to awe him, as he was under the eye of the king and his ministry. Of this prison and its court mention is made in ( Nehemiah 3:25 ) ; it seems to have been for state prisoners.

Geremia 32:2 In-Context

1 La parola che fu rivolta a Geremia dall’Eterno nel decimo anno di Sedekia, re di Giuda, che fu l’anno diciottesimo di Nebucadnetsar.

2 L’esercito del re di Babilonia assediava allora Gerusalemme, e il profeta Geremia era rinchiuso nel cortile della prigione ch’era nella casa del re di Giuda.

3 Ve l’aveva fatto rinchiudere Sedekia, re di Giuda, col dirgli: "Perché vai tu profetizzando dicendo: Così parla l’Eterno: Ecco, io do questa città in man del re di Babilonia, ed ei la prenderà;

4 e Sedekia, re di Giuda, non scamperà dalle mani de’ Caldei, ma sarà per certo dato in man del re di Babilonia, e parlerà con lui bocca a bocca, e lo vedrà faccia a faccia;

5 e Nebucadnetsar menerà Sedekia a Babilonia, ed egli resterà quivi finch’io lo visiti, dice l’Eterno; se combattete contro i Caldei voi non riuscirete a nulla".