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Jeremiah 34:2

in Jeremiah 34

The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:

KJV

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:

This verse in Jeremiah 34

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

Nebuchadnezzar was a monarch; the kingdom of Israel had been cut off, which far exceeded in number the kingdom of Judah; and he had subdued all the neighboring nations.

This site's exposition

This is the word that came

on Jeremiah 34:1-3

Nebuchadnezzar comes with “all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations,” arrayed against one city. The word is personal: “you yourself will not escape his grasp,” and he will meet Babylon's king “eye to eye” and go to Babylon.

This site's exposition

deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon

The threat came with a record behind it. Calvin sets the burning of Jerusalem beside what Zedekiah already knew: the kingdom of Israel, far more numerous than Judah, had been cut off. Nebuchadnezzar had subdued every neighboring nation.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel,....

The words behind it

26 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כֹּֽה־thus

    koh-H3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֤רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • הָלֹךְ֙go

    halokhH1980 →1546 times

  • וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔and you will say

    veamartaH559 →5305 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּZedekiah

    tzidkiyahuH6667 →63 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֑הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וְאָמַרְתָּ֣and you will say

    veamartaH559 →5305 times

  • אֵלָ֗יוto him

    ʾelavH413 →5510 times

  • כֹּ֚הthus

    kohH3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֣רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • הִנְנִ֨יhere I

    hiniH2005 →316 times

  • נֹתֵ֜ן[am] about to give

    notenH5414 →2011 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָעִ֤ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • הַזֹּאת֙<the> this

    hazotH2063 →603 times

  • בְּיַ֣דin [the] hand of

    beyadH3027 →1618 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • בָּבֶ֔לBabylon

    bavelH894 →262 times

  • וּשְׂרָפָ֖הּand he will burn it

    userafahH8313 →117 times

  • בָּאֵֽשׁ׃with <the> fire

    baeshH784 →378 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 21:10

    For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 44:11

      Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.

    • Amos 9:4

      Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”

    • Jeremiah 44:27

      I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are…

    • Jeremiah 52:13

      He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

    • Ezekiel 15:7

      And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I…

  • Through

    Jeremiah 32:3

    For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 34:2–3

      The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this…

    • Jeremiah 21:4–7

      this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans…

  • Through

    Jeremiah 34:22

    Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 9:11

      “And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentaries; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.