Jeremiah 32:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 32:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 32:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy, and say, ‘Yahweh says, “Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will take it;”
Jeremiah 32:3 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 32:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; ”
Jeremiah 32:3 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 32:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Where Zedekiah king of Judah hath shut him up, saying, `Wherefore art thou prophesying, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he hath captured it;”
Jeremiah 32:3 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 32:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why dost thou prophesy and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; ”
Jeremiah 32:3 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 32:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For Zedekiah King of Iudah had shut him vp, saying, Wherefore doest thou prophesie, and say, Thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I will giue this citie into the handes of the King of Babel, and he shall take it?”
Jeremiah 32:3 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 32:3 in Context — Jeremiah 32
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
2 For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.
3 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;
4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;
5 And he shall lead 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 Mean?
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