Jeremiah 32:36

And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
saith	אָמַ֥ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֣י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
city	הָעִ֨יר ha.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
say	אֹמְרִ֗ים 'o.me.Rim	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
delivered	נִתְּנָה֙ ni.te.Nah	H5414	to give · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
hand	בְּיַ֣ד be.Yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Babylon	בָּבֶ֔ל ba.Vel	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name
sword	בַּחֶ֖רֶב ba.Che.rev	H2719	drought · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
famine	וּבָרָעָ֥ב u.va.ra.'Av	H7458	hunger (more or less extensive) · conjunction + preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
pestilence	וּבַדָּֽבֶר u.va.Da.ver	H1698	a pestilence · conjunction + preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 32:3 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 cit…
Jeremiah 32:24 Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, beca…
Jeremiah 32:28 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Bab…
Isaiah 43:24-25 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve wit…
Isaiah 57:17-18 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
Jeremiah 16:12-15 And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken…
Ezekiel 36:31-32 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquit…
Hosea 2:14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 32:26–end

We have here God's answer to Jeremiah's prayer, designed to quiet his mind and make him easy; and it is a full discovery of the purposes of God's wrath against the present generation and the purposes of his grace concerning the future generations. Jeremiah knew not how to sing both of mercy and judgment, but God here teaches to sing unto him of both. When we know not how to reconcile one word of God with another we may yet be sure that both are true, both are pure, both shall be made good, and not one iota or tittle of either shall fall to the ground. When Jeremiah was ordered to buy the field in Anathoth he was willing to hope that God was about to revoke the sentence of his wrath and to or…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 32:36

And now therefore--rather, "But now, nevertheless." Notwithstanding that their guilt deserves lasting vengeance, God, for the elect's sake and for His covenant's sake, will, contrary to all that might have been expected, restore them. ye say, It shall be delivered into . . . king of Babylon--The reprobate pass from the extreme of self-confidence to that of despair of God's fulfilling His promise of restoring them.

John Gill on Jeremiah 32:36

And now therefore thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city,.... Here begins the confirmation of the other part of the prophecy concerning the return of the Jews to their city and country, when they should again buy and possess fields and vineyards; which was thought impossible, supposing the destruction of the city; or however not easily reconcilable with it; but this is as strongly affirmed as the former; for though they had sinned so heinously, and had provoked the wrath of God to such a degree, that the destruction of their city was inevitable, of which they were now sensible themselves; "yet now, notwithstanding" (l), for so it is ushered in; and thus the words may b…

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Jeremiah 32:36

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 32:26–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 32:36

John Gill on Jeremiah 32:36

John Calvin on Jeremiah 32:36-37

Jeremiah 32:36

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 32:26–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 32:36

John Gill on Jeremiah 32:36

John Calvin on Jeremiah 32:36-37

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 32:26-37

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 32:36-44

Rashi on Jeremiah 32:33