Yahweh says, ‘This city will surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will take it.’ ”
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Yahweh says, ‘This city will surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will take it.’ ”
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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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Thus saith the LORD: This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.'
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Passages linked to Jeremiah 38:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 21:10 For I have set my face on this city for evil, and not for good,” says Yahweh. “It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.” ’
- Jeremiah 32:3-5 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; and Zedekiah king of Judah won’t escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes will see his eyes; and he will bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will be there until I visit him,” says Yahweh: “though you fight with the Chaldeans, you will not prosper?” ’ ”
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain Then follows a confirmation, Given up shall be this…
Then follows a confirmation, Given up shall be this city into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and they shall take it The Prophet shews the reason why he exhorted the Jews to flee, because the city would at length be taken. This is substantially what he says.
John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jer 38:3 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall…
Jer 38:3 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it.
Ver. 3. Thus saith the Lord.] And as long as the Lord saith so, I must say so too, whatever come of it. {Jer 1:9-10}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thus saith the Lord, this city shall surely be…
Thus saith the Lord, this city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army,.... When those found in it should be put to the sword, or carried captive: this the prophet declares with the greatest certainty; and what he had often affirmed for twenty years past, and now stands to it, having had fresh assurances from the Lord that so it would be; and which he faithfully published; though he had received some favours from the court, had his liberty enlarged, and was now eating the king's bread, he was not to be bribed by these things to hold his peace; but the nearer the ruin of the city was, the more confident was he of its destruction:
which shall take it; or, "that it may take it" (o); being delivered into its hands by the Lord, without whose permission the Chaldean army could never have taken it: or "and he shall take it" (p); that is, the king of Babylon.
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(o) "ut capiat eam", Schmidt. (p) "Et capiet illam", Cocceius; "et capiet eam", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 3. This city shall surely be given] This…
Verse 3. 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.
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