Jeremiah 32:1

Jeremiah's Land Purchase

1 [This is] the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah^[a] king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.^[b]

Jeremiah 32:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 32:1

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord
The word of prophecy, as the Targum, concerning Jeremiah's buying the field of his uncle's son, ( Jeremiah 32:6 ) ; and concerning the delivery of the city of Jerusalem into the hands of the Chaldeans, ( Jeremiah 32:26 ) ; and the return of the captivity, ( Jeremiah 32:36 ) ; in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which [was] the eighteenth
year of Nebuchadrezzar;
the same with Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, a year before the taking of the city by him; for that was in the eleventh of Zedekiah, and the nineteenth of Nebuchadnezzar; see ( Jeremiah 52:1 Jeremiah 52:5 Jeremiah 52:12 ) .

Jeremiah 32:1 In-Context

1 [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.

2 At that time, the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the guard's courtyard in the palace of the king of Judah.

3 Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: "Why are you prophesying, 'This is what the Lord says: Look, I am about to hand this city over to Babylon's king, and he will capture it.

4 Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the Chaldeans; indeed, he will certainly be handed over to Babylon's king. They will speak face to face and meet eye to eye.

5 He will take Zedekiah to Babylon where he will stay until I attend to him'-[this is] the Lord's declaration. 'You will fight the Chaldeans, but you will not succeed'?"

Footnotes

• [a] Jr 27:1-11; 2 Kg 24:17-20; 2 Ch 36:10-12
• [b] Jr 29:1