Jeremiah 32:5

Jeremiah 32:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will remain until I deal with him, declares the Lord. If you fight against the Babylonians, you will not succeed.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he shall take Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall remain until I visit him, declares the Lord. Though you fight against the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed'?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)then he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall be until I visit him,” says the Lord; “though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed” ’?”

Context of Jeremiah 32:5

3King Zedekiah had put Jeremiah in prison there. He did not like the messages from God that Jeremiah was speaking. He said to Jeremiah, ‘You should stop saying these things! Do not continue to say, “The Lord will put this city under the power of the king of Babylon. The king of Babylon will take the city for himself. 4Zedekiah, king of Judah, will not escape from Babylon's army. They will take him to the king of Babylon. Zedekiah will have to stand in front of the king of Babylon and answer his questions. They will take Zedekiah away to Babylon as their prisoner. He will stay there until the Lord has punished him completely. If you continue to fight against Babylon's army, you will never win.” ’ That was the Lord's message that Jeremiah had told Zedekiah. 6While Jeremiah was in prison, the Lord said to him, 7‘Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, will come to visit you. He will say to you, “I want you to buy my field in Anathoth. The law says that I should offer it to you first, because you are my relative.” ’

Jeremiah 32:5 word by word

וּבָבֶ֞ל יוֹלִ֤ךְ אֶת־צִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ וְשָׁ֣ם יִֽהְיֶ֔ה עַד־פָּקְדִ֥י אֹת֖וֹ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֧י תִֽלָּחֲמ֛וּ אֶת־הַכַּשְׂדִּ֖ים לֹ֥א תַצְלִֽיחוּ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he shall leadיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֫הוּtsidqîyâh tsidqîyâhû · ZedekiahH6667
• to Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• and there shall he be until I visitפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: visitH6485
• him, saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• though ye fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• with the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkaώdîy kaώdîymâh · ChaldeaH3778
• ye shall not prosperצָלֵחַtsâlach tsâlêach · to prosperH6743

Cross-references for Jeremiah 32:5

• Jeremiah 27:22He has said, “King Nebuchadnezzar's men will take them away to Babylon. They will remain there until I decide to do something with them. Then I will bring them back here to Jerusalem again.” That is what the Lord says. ’
• Jeremiah 34:4But listen to the promise that the Lord makes to you, Zedekiah, king of Judah. I, the Lord, promise you that you will not die in a battle.
• Jeremiah 2:37You will come away from Egypt with your hands on your heads. You will be ashamed and upset. The Lord has turned away from those nations. You have trusted them to help you, But you will not receive any help from them.’
• Jeremiah 21:4“Your soldiers have gone outside the city to fight against the king of Babylon and his soldiers. But I will make the weapons of your soldiers useless. You will have to bring them all back into the city.
• Jeremiah 33:5to fight against Babylon's army. The Lord says, “The city's houses will be full of dead bodies. I am very angry with the people in the city and I will kill them. I will refuse to help this city because of the wicked things that its people have done.
• Jeremiah 37:10You might even win the fight against the whole army that is attacking you. There might be only a few of Babylon's soldiers who remain. You might have hurt them so much that they are lying down in their tents. But those weak men would still get up and attack this city. They would completely burn down this city.” ’
• Numbers 14:42Do not go into that land. The Lord is not with you. So your enemies will win against you.
• 2 Chronicles 13:12Listen to me! God himself is our leader. He is here to help us. His priests are ready to make a loud noise with their trumpets to start the battle against you. Israelite people, do not fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors. You will not win the battle.’
• 2 Chronicles 24:20Then God's Spirit came to Jehoiada's son Zechariah with power. Zechariah stood in front of the people and he said, ‘This is what God says: “You are not obeying the Lord's commands. So nothing will go well for you. You have turned away from the Lord, so now he has turned away from you!” ’
• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no knowledge and no advice that can win against the Lord.
• Ezekiel 17:9Then say to Israel's people, “The Almighty Lord says this: Do you think that the vine will continue to grow well? No, the first eagle will surely pull its roots out of the ground! He will destroy its grapes. All its leaves and branches will become dry and die. It would be easy to pull it out of the ground. It would not need a strong man or a large army to do that.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 32:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5I visit - In the sense of punishment. See Jeremiah 39:6-7; Jeremiah 52:11.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5Resisting the Babylonians was hopeless. It would lead to disaster for the city and for Zedekiah.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. visit him--in a good sense (Jr 27:22); referring to the honor paid Zedekiah at his death and burial (Jr 34:4, 5). Perhaps, too, before his death he was treated by Nebuchadnezzar with some favor. though ye fight ... shall not prosper--(Jr 21:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 32:5

• Prophecy
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Zedekiah

In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Zedekiah
• Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian
• Fear
• Open
• Redemption
• Agrarian Laws
• Baruch
• Jeremiah (2)
• Pentateuch

Commentaries on Jeremiah 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings