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Jeremiah 34:3

Jeremiah 34:3
And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And thou shalt not escape out of his hand,.... Though he would, and did attempt to do it, Jer 52:8;

but shall surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; he was taken on the plains of Jericho, and…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 34:1-7

This prophecy concerning Zedekiah was delivered to Jeremiah, and by him to the parties concerned, before he was shut up in the prison, for we find this prediction here made the ground of his…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon Cp. Jer 32:4. There is no reason to doubt, with Du., that the blinding of Zedekiah, as related in Jer 52:11; 2Ki 25:7, after his interview with…