Jeremiah 32:1

The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord in the tenth year of Sedecias king of Juda: the same is eighteenth year of Nabuchodonosor.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

In Context

2At that time the army of the king o Babylon besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremias the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the house of the king of Juda.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:11Sedecias was one and twenty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 27:1In the beginning of the reign of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, this word came to Jeremias from the Lord, saying:

Jeremiah 39:1In the ninth year of Sedecias king of Juda, in the tenth month, came Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and all his army to Jerusalem, and they besieged it.

Jeremiah 52:29In the eighteenth year of Nabuchodonosor, eight hundred and thirty-two souls from Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 32:1

In this chapter we have, I. Jeremiah imprisoned for foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem and the captivity of king Zedekiah, ver. 1-5 . II. We have him buying land, by divine appointment, as an assurance that in due time a happy end should be put to the present troubles, ver. 6-15 . III. We have his prayer, which he offered up to God upon that occasion, ver. 16-25 . IV. We have a message which God thereupon entrusted him to deliver to the people. 1. He must foretel the utter destruction of Judah and Jerusalem… Read the whole commentary →

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