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Jeremiah 32:28
Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord speaks through Jeremiah to the Judean leadership during the Babylonian siege. The declaration is delivered while Jeremiah is imprisoned for prophesying the city’s imminent fall.
The words — The Hebrew לָ/כֵ֕ן (la./Khen) translates literally as "therefore," anchoring the prophecy to preceding events. The verb נֹתֵן (no.Ten) means "am about to give," marking the divine action as imminent and certain.
The thread — This declaration echoes the siege warnings in Jeremiah 32:24 and the judgment pronouncement in Jeremiah 19:7. It also connects to the context of Jeremiah’s imprisonment for speaking this exact message in Jeremiah 32:3.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that human siege operations are subordinate to divine decree. It requires readers to accept that God’s spoken word directly orchestrates historical events rather than merely predicting them.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 32:3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.
- Jeremiah 19:7 And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
- Jeremiah 32:24 See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!
- Jeremiah 32:36 Now therefore, about this city of which you say, ‘It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword and famine and plague,’ this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says:
- 2 Chronicles 36:17 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
- Jeremiah 20:5 I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.