Jeremiah 32:28

28 So this is what the Lord says: I will soon hand over the city of Jerusalem to the Babylonian army and to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture 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 Lord spoke this word to Jeremiah:

27 "I am the Lord, the God of every person on the earth. Nothing is impossible for me.

28 So this is what the Lord says: I will soon hand over the city of Jerusalem to the Babylonian army and to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.

29 The Babylonian army is already attacking the city of Jerusalem. They will soon enter it and start a fire to burn down the city and its houses. The people of Jerusalem offered sacrifices to Baal on the roofsn of those same houses and poured out drink offerings to other idols to make me angry.

30 From their youth, the people of Israel and Judah have done only the things I said were wrong. They have made me angry by worshiping idols made with their own hands," says the Lord.