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Jeremiah 32:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 32:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Time and circumstances of the following revelation. It took place in the tenth year of Zedekiah, the eighteenth of Nebuchadnezzar (comp. ; ). The siege of Jerusalem had Begun in the preceding year (), but had been temporarily raised on the approach of an Egyptian army (, ).

Jeremiah, who had declared resistance hopeless, had been accused of treason, and imprisoned (), and in prison he remained till the close of the siege. Like St. Paul at Rome, however, he was allowed free communication with visitors, as appears from verse 8 and .

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