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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 32:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 32:5 |
Strong Concordance |
And he shall lead [03212] Zedekiah [06667] to Babylon [0894], and there shall he be until I visit [06485] him, saith [05002] the LORD [03068]: though ye fight [03898] with the Chaldeans [03778], ye shall not prosper [06743]. |
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King James |
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. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
visit him--in a good sense (Jer 27:22); referring to the honor paid Zedekiah at his death and burial (Jer 34:4-5). Perhaps, too, before his death he was treated by Nebuchadnezzar with some favor.
though ye fight . . . shall not prosper-- (Jer 21:4). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| I visit - In the sense of punishment. See Jer 39:6-7; Jer 52:11. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Until I visit him - Perhaps in mercy; it is certain Zedekiah was not put to death, only carried to Babylon, where some think he afterward found favour with the king of Babylon. |
4 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will turn back [05437] the weapons [03627] of war [04421] that are in your hands [03027], wherewith ye fight [03898] against the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and against the Chaldeans [03778], which besiege [06696] you without [02351] the walls [02346], and I will assemble [0622] them into the midst [08432] of this city [05892].
4 Yet hear [08085] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], O Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063]; Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of thee, Thou shalt not die [04191] by the sword [02719]:
5 But thou shalt die [04191] in peace [07965]: and with the burnings [04955] of thy fathers [01], the former [07223] kings [04428] which were before [06440] thee, so shall they burn [08313] odours for thee; and they will lament [05594] thee, saying, Ah [01945] lord [0113]! for I have pronounced [01696] the word [01697], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
22 They shall be carried [0935] to Babylon [0894], and there shall they be until the day [03117] that I visit [06485] them, saith [05002] the LORD [03068]; then will I bring [05927] them up, and restore [07725] them to this place [04725].
11 Then he put out [05786] the eyes [05869] of Zedekiah [06667]; and the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] bound [0631] him in chains [05178], and carried [0935] him to Babylon [0894], and put [05414] him in prison [01004] [06486] till the day [03117] of his death [04194].
6 Then the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] slew [07819] the sons [01121] of Zedekiah [06667] in Riblah [07247] before his eyes [05869]: also the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] slew [07819] all the nobles [02715] of Judah [03063].
7 Moreover he put out [05786] Zedekiah's [06667] eyes [05869], and bound [0631] him with chains [05178], to carry [0935] him to Babylon [0894].