Jeremiah 32:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 32:2

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1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord ^ain the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

2 For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up ^ain the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.

3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you ^aprophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: ^b“Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

4 and Zedekiah king of Judah ^ashall not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him¹ face to face, and see him ^beye to eye;

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 32:2

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American Standard Version
Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.

Amplified® Bible
For the king of Babylon's army was then besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the house of the king of Judah.

Contemporary English Version
At that time, the Babylonian army had surrounded Jerusalem, and I was in the prison at the courtyard of the palace guards.

Darby English Version
And the king of Babylon's army was then besieging Jerusalem; and the prophet Jeremiah was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.

Good News Bible
At that time the army of the king of Babylonia was attacking Jerusalem, and I was locked up in the courtyard of the royal palace.

King James Version
For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.

New American Standard Bible
Now at that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which {was in} the house of the king of Judah,

New International Version
The army of the king of Babylon was then besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined in the courtyard of the guard in the royal palace of Judah.

New King James Version
For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now at that time the army of the king of Babylon beseiged Jerusalem, and he shut up Jeremiah the prophet in the court of the guard, which stood in the house of the king of Judah,

Revised Standard Version
At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard which was in the palace of the king of Judah.

Young's Literal Translation
And then the forces of the king of Babylon are laying siege against Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet hath been shut up in the court of the prison that `is' in the house of the king of Judah,

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