Jeremiah 32:1-5 ▼

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

2 At that time, the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the guard’s courtyard in the palace of the king of Judah.

3 Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying, ‘This is what the LORD says: Look, I am about to hand this city over to Babylon’s king, and he will capture it.

4 Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the Chaldeans; indeed, he will certainly be handed over to Babylon’s king. They will speak face to face and meet eye to eye.

5 He will take Zedekiah to Babylon where he will stay until I attend to him—this is the LORD’s declaration. ‘You will fight the Chaldeans, but you will not succeed?”