Jeremiah 32:3

For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up ,.... In prison, at least in the court of the prison; he had given orders for his imprisonment, which were executed, and it was the same as if he had done it himself; the reason of which was, as follows:

saying, wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, thus saith the Lord ,

behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it ? meaning the city of Jerusalem, now besieged by the king of Babylon. This prophecy stands in Jeremiah 34:1 ; the prophecies of this book not being put together in proper order of time.