Jeremiah 38:3
in Jeremiah 38This is what the LORD says: This city will surely be delivered into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thus saith Jehovah, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.
KJV
Thus saith the Lord, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it.
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This verse in Jeremiah 38
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people
on Jeremiah 38:1-6
Four officials say, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors.” Zedekiah answers, “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.” They lower Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern of Malchiah, “which had no water but only mud.”
This site's exposition
This city will surely be delivered
The second saying turns from the people to the city. Adam Clarke says Jeremiah bore this word constantly and never wavered. The officials had heard it before, and Jeremiah had already been beaten and imprisoned in the house of Jonathan for it (37:15).
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Thus saith the Lord, this city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
This city shall surely be given - This was a testimony that be constantly bore: he had the authority of God for it. He knew it was true, and he never wavered nor equivocated.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֖ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הִנָּתֹ֨ן | hinaton | certainly <to be given> | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| תִּנָּתֵ֜ן | tinaten | it will be given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| הָעִ֣יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הַזֹּ֗את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| בְּיַ֛ד | beyad | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| חֵ֥יל | cheil | [the] army of | H2428 → | 246 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בָּבֶ֖ל | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| וּלְכָדָֽהּ׃ | ulekhadah | and he will capture it | H3920 → | 121 times |
כֹּ֖הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
הִנָּתֹ֨ןcertainly <to be given>
hinatonH5414 →2011 times
תִּנָּתֵ֜ןit will be given
tinatenH5414 →2011 times
הָעִ֣ירthe city
hairH5892 →1090 times
הַזֹּ֗את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
בְּיַ֛דin [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
חֵ֥יל[the] army of
cheilH2428 →246 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
בָּבֶ֖לBabylon
bavelH894 →262 times
וּלְכָדָֽהּ׃and he will capture it
ulekhadahH3920 →121 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach 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 21:10For 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…
- Jeremiah 44:11
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.