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Jeremiah 32:3

Jeremiah 32:3
For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up,.... In prison, at least in the court of the prison; he had given orders for his imprisonment, which were executed, and it was the same as if he had done it…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For the prophecies on which the charge was grounded see Jer 21:4-7, Jer 21:9.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 32:1-15

It appears by the date of this chapter that we are now coming very nigh to that fatal year which completed the desolations of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. God's judgments came gradually upon…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Jeremiah 32:3-5

These vv. form a parenthetical explanation, so that Jer 32:32 is to be connected immediately in sense with Jer 32:32.