Jeremiah 32:3

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲשֶׁ֣ר כְּלָא֔וֹ צִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר מַדּוּעַ֩ אַתָּ֨ה נִבָּ֜א לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְנִ֨י נֹתֵ֜ן אֶת־הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֛את בְּיַ֥ד מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל וּלְכָדָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

Whom kĕlā'ô ṣidqîyāhû meleḵ-yĕhûdāh lē'mōr why you nibbā' lē'mōr thus 'āmar YHWH behold me nōtēn 'et-the 'îr the this in yad meleḵ-bābel and he will capture it.

Grammar Details

• *kĕlā'ô*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - he imprisoned him
• *ṣidqîyāhû*: proper noun, masculine - Zedekiah
• *meleḵ*: noun, masculine, singular construct - king of
• *yĕhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
• *lē'mōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying
• *nibbā'*: verb, niphal participle, masculine singular - prophesying
• *'āmar*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD/Yahweh
• *nōtēn*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - giving/about to give
• *'îr*: noun, feminine, singular - city
• *yad*: noun, feminine, singular construct - hand of
• *bābel*: proper noun - Babylon
• *ûlĕḵādāh*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - and he will capture it

Word Meanings

• *kĕlā'ô*: imprisoned him/confined him/restrained him
• *lē'mōr*: saying/declaring [speech marker]
• *nibbā'*: prophesying/proclaiming as a prophet
• *hinnēnî*: behold me/here I am [presentative particle]
• *nōtēn*: giving/delivering/placing

Referenced Verses

• Jer 34:2-3 : 2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: 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.
• Jer 21:4-7 : 4 Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city. 5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. 6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. 7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
• Jer 26:8-9 : 8 Now it came to pass, when emiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. 9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against emiah in the house of the LORD.
• Jer 32:28-29 : 28 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: 29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.
• Jer 27:8 : 8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
• Jer 37:6-9 : 6 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet emiah, saying, 7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. 8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. 9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
• Jer 38:4 : 4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
• Jer 38:8 : 8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,
• Amos 7:13 : 13 But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.
• Luke 20:2 : 2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
• Acts 6:12-14 : 12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council, 13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy ple, and the law: 14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this ple, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
• Exod 5:4 : 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
• 2 Kgs 6:31-32 : 31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. 32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
• 2 Chr 28:22 : 22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
• Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
• Jer 5:3 : 3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.