Had shut him up. A brief and general account of the circumstances related more in full in Jeremiah 37:1-21. For the prophecies referred to, see Jeremiah 34:3-5; Jeremiah 37:17; Jeremiah 38:17-23 (the following verse is almost identical with Jeremiah 34:3).
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Jeremiah 32:3
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