Jeremiah 32:4
ContextNETBible | King Zedekiah of Judah will not escape from the Babylonians. 1 He will certainly be handed over to the king of Babylon. He must answer personally to the king of Babylon and confront him face to face. 2 |
XREF | 2Ki 25:4-7; Jer 37:17; Jer 38:18,23; Jer 39:4-7; Jer 52:8-11; Eze 12:12,13; Eze 17:13-21; Eze 21:25,26 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “The Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for further explanation. 2 tn Heb “his [Zedekiah’s] mouth will speak with his [Nebuchadnezzar’s] mouth and his eyes will see his eyes.” The verbs here are an obligatory imperfect and its vav consecutive perfect equivalent. (See IBHS 508-9 §31.4g for discussion and examples of the former and IBHS 528 §32.2.1d, n. 16, for the latter.) |