Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jeremiah 32:3 Cross-References
Explore 16 cross-references for Jeremiah 32:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 32 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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;”
Jeremiah 32:3 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 32:3
Wherefore dost thou prophesy (מַדּוּעַ אַתָּה נִבָּא, maddua attah nibba)—Zedekiah's question drips with irony. He imprisons Jeremiah for prophesying doom, yet cannot silence him. The confrontation echoes Ahab versus Micaiah (1 Kings 22): rulers reject unwelcome truth.Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon—The prophetic hinneh (behold!) demands attention to the unthinkable: YHWH Himself gives Jerusalem (His own dwelling place!) to pagans. This is covenant lawsuit language (rib): God enforces the Deuteronomic curses (Deuteronomy 28:49-52). Yet Jeremiah's imprisonment...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 32:3
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“the God of Israel”
“the God of Israel”
“when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Yahweh had commanded him to speak to all the people”
“I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans”
“saying”
“Let this man”
“Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!”
“like a destroying lion.”
“don't your eyes look on truth? you have stricken them”
“and it is a royal house!,But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court., וּבֵית־אֵל לֹא־תוֹסִיף עוֹד לְהִנָּבֵא כִּי מִקְדַּשׁ־מֶלֶךְ הוּא וּבֵית מַמְלָכָה הוּא׃ ס ,but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.”