What Does Jeremiah 32:3 Mean?

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“had shut him up”

to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit)

“For Zedekiah”

tsidkijah, the name of six israelites

“king”

a king

“of Judah”

jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

“Thus saith”

to say (used with great latitude)

what (is) known?; i.e., (by implication) (adverbially) why?

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“Wherefore dost thou prophesy”

to prophesy, i.e., speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)

“Thus saith”

to say (used with great latitude)

properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now

“Thus saith”

to say (used with great latitude)

“the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if

“Behold I will give”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“this city”

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

this (often used adverb)

“into the hand”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

“king”

a king

“of Babylon”

babel (i.e., babylon), including babylonia and the babylonian empire

“and he shall take”

to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere