Jeremiah 32:1-5 - Exposition

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 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 Jeremiah 38:1 . Jeremiah 38:2-5 are parenthetical (see on Jeremiah 38:6 ).