Jeremiah 32:2

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-15

It appears by the date of this chapter that we are now coming very nigh to that fatal year which completed the desolations of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. God's judgments came gradually upon them, but, they not meeting him by repentance in the way of his judgments, he proceeded in his controversy till all was laid waste, which was in the eleventh year of Zedekiah; now what is here recorded happened in the tenth. The king of Babylon's army had now invested Jerusalem and was carrying on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:2

For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem ,.... And had done so for some time; for the siege began in the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Jeremiah 52:4 ; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house ; which showed great stupidity and hardness of heart in the king, and his courtiers, and in the people, to imprison a prophet of the Lord, when surrounded by an enemy's army, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:2

Then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem - The siege had commenced the year before, and continued a year after ending in the fifth month of the following year; consequently, the siege must have lasted about eighteen months and twenty-seven days. See 2 Kings 25:18 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:2

Verse 2 He points out then the circumstances of that time, and not without reason, when he says, that he was then shut up in prison, and also mentions the year, even the tenth of Zedekiah and the eighteenth of king Nebuchadnezar. (59) It was about the end of the ninth year that the army of Nebuchadnezar came up to Jerusalem; the city was besieged for two months in that year. The tenth year followed, in which this vision was given to the Prophet. The siege continued for a year and a half; but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-5

Time and circumstances of the following revelation. It took place in the tenth year of Zedekiah, the eighteenth of Nebuchadnezzar (comp. Jeremiah 25:1 ; Jeremiah 52:12 ). The siege of Jerusalem had Begun in the preceding year ( Jeremiah 39:1 ), but had been temporarily raised on the approach of an Egyptian army ( Jeremiah 37:5 , Jeremiah 37:11 ). Jeremiah, who had declared resistance hopeless, had been accused of treason, and imprisoned ( Jeremiah 37:13 ), and in prison he remained... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-5

Silencing a prophet. A short time before an attempt was made upon his life; now it is imagined that the prophet will yield to harsh treatment and intimidation. The natural heart of man is so foolish that it cannot but credit man with the authorship of Divine truth, and suppose that he can control and modify the inspired messages of God. Nay, the sinner is often so left to himself as to suppose that his own precautions will prevent the communications of God's Spirit, or at least the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-44

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-44

A story of God's sustaining grace. This whole chapter may be summed up under some such heading as this. For it begins with showing us God's servant Jeremiah in a position in which he sorely needed sustaining grace, and then it proceeds to narrate the threefold process by which this grace was communicated to him. The manner in which God sustained Jeremiah is very much akin to that in which he will sustain all his servants who may be in similar need. If any be so now, let them give heed to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:2

In the court of the prison; or, the court of the guard, which adjoined the royal palace ( Nehemiah 3:25 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 32:2

The prison - Or, the guard, a part of the king’s palace, probably where the royal guard had its quarters. read more

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