Jeremiah 32:28

28 Therefore thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am about to ¹give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will take it.

Jeremiah 32:28 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 32:28

Therefore thus saith the Lord, behold, I will give this city
into the hand of the Chaldeans
As he had foretold by the prophet, and was just now going to be fulfilled. Here the Lord repeats and confirms the first of the two things which seemed contradictory; the destruction of the city by the Chaldeans, who were now besieging it, and into whose hands it would certainly come: and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
who was now before it with his army: and he shall take it;
and become master of it: or, "I will give [it to him], that he may take it" ^F6; which he could not do, notwithstanding his powerful army, had not the Lord delivered it into his hands.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (hdklw) "ut capiat eam", Junius & Tremellius, Schmidt.

Jeremiah 32:28 In-Context

26 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,

27 "Behold, I am the LORD , the God of all flesh; is anything too difficult for Me?"

28 Therefore thus says the LORD , "Behold, I am about to give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will take it.

29 "The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will enter and set this city on fire and burn it, with the houses where people have offered incense to Baal on their roofs and poured out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.

30 "Indeed the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have been doing only evil in My sight from their youth; for the sons of Israel have been only provoking Me to anger by the work of their hands," declares the LORD .

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 25:11; 2 Chronicles 36:17-21; Jeremiah 19:7-12; Jeremiah 32:3, 24, 36; Jeremiah 34:2, 3