Jeremiah 32:3-5

Jeremiah 32:3-5

[3] For Zedekiah  king  of Judah  had shut him up,  saying,  Wherefore dost thou prophesy,  and say,  the LORD,  Behold, I will give  this city  into the hand  of the king  of Babylon,  and he shall take  [4] And Zedekiah  king  of Judah  shall not escape  out of the hand  of the Chaldeans,  but shall surely  into the hand  of the king  of Babylon,  and shall speak  with him mouth  and his eyes  shall behold  his eyes;  [5] Zedekiah  to Babylon,  and there shall he be until I visit  him, saith  the LORD:  though ye fight  with the Chaldeans,  ye shall not prosper. 

What does Jeremiah 32:3-5 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

King Zedekiah had imprisoned Jeremiah for preaching, in the Lord"s name, that Yahweh was about to turn Jerusalem over to Nebuchadnezzar who would take possession of it. Zedekiah would not escape, Jeremiah had said, but would face Nebuchadnezzar who would take him captive to Babylon (cf. 2 Kings 25:4-7). There he would remain until the Lord visited him, evidently with death. Jeremiah had preached that fighting against the Chaldeans would be fruitless, which sounded like treason.