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Because of the sword, famine and plague, the city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians who are attacking it. What you said has happened, as you now see. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/32.htm">New Living Translation</a> “See how the siege ramps have been built against the city walls! Through war, famine, and disease, the city will be handed over to the Babylonians, who will conquer it. Everything has happened just as you said. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/32.htm">English Standard Version</a> Behold, the siege mounds have come up to the city to take it, and because of sword and famine and pestilence the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you spoke has come to pass, and behold, you see it. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see! <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/32.htm">King James Bible</a> Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/32.htm">New King James Version</a> ‘Look, the siege mounds! They have come to the city to take it; and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword and famine and pestilence. What You have spoken has happened; there You see it! <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/32.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Behold, the assault ramps have reached the city to take it; and the city has been handed over to the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, the famine, and the plague; and what You have spoken has come to pass; and behold, You see it. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/32.htm">NASB 1995</a> Behold, the siege ramps have reached the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, the famine and the pestilence; and what You have spoken has come to pass; and behold, You see it. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/32.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Behold, the siege mounds have reached the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, the famine, and the pestilence; and what Thou hast spoken has come to pass; and, behold, Thou seest it. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Behold, the siege ramps have come to the city to capture it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, who fight against it, because of the sword, the famine, and the pestilence; and what You have spoken has happened; and behold, You see it. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/32.htm">Amplified Bible</a> See the siege ramps [of mounded earth that the enemy has built against the walls]; they have come up to the city to capture it. And the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans [of Babylon] who fight against it, because of the sword, the famine and the virulent disease [that have overcome the people]. What You have spoken has come to pass, and behold, You see it. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/32.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Look! Siege ramps have come against the city to capture it, and the city, as a result of the sword, famine, and plague, has been handed over to the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you have spoken has happened. Look, you can see it! <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Look! Siege ramps have come against the city to capture it, and the city, as a result of the sword, famine, and plague, has been handed over to the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened. Look, You can see it! <a href="/asv/jeremiah/32.htm">American Standard Version</a> Behold, the mounds, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence; and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/32.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Jerusalem is under attack, and we suffer from hunger and disease. The Babylonians have already built dirt ramps up to the walls of our city, and you can see that Jerusalem will be captured just as you said. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/32.htm">English Revised Version</a> Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/32.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> " 'See how the dirt ramps have been built up around the city to capture it! Because of wars, famines, and plagues, the city will be handed over to the Babylonians who are attacking it. What you have threatened to do has happened, as you can see. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/32.htm">Good News Translation</a> "The Babylonians have built siege mounds around the city to capture it, and they are attacking. War, starvation, and disease will make the city fall into their hands. You can see that all you have said has come true. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/32.htm">International Standard Version</a> Look, the siege ramps have reached the city to take it. Because of the sword, famine, and plague, the city has been given over to the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you said has happened, and you are watching it occur! <a href="/net/jeremiah/32.htm">NET Bible</a> Even now siege ramps have been built up around the city in order to capture it. War, starvation, and disease are sure to make the city fall into the hands of the Babylonians who are attacking it. LORD, you threatened that this would happen. Now you can see that it is already taking place. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/32.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Look, the mounds, they have come to the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence; and what you have spoken has happened; and look, you see it. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/32.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Behold the mounts, they are come to the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and behold, thou seest it.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/jeremiah/32.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see! <a href="/web/jeremiah/32.htm">World English Bible</a> “Behold, siege ramps have been built against the city to take it. The city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, of the famine, and of the pestilence. What you have spoken has happened. Behold, you see it. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/32.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Behold, the [siege] mounds have come to the city to capture it, and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it, because of the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence; and that which You have spoken has come to pass, and behold, You are seeing. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/32.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'Lo, the mounts -- they have come in to the city to capture it, and the city hath been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it, because of the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence; and that which Thou hast spoken hath come to pass, and lo, Thou art seeing; <a href="/slt/jeremiah/32.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Behold the mounds, they came to the city to take it; and the city was given into the hand of the Chaldees warring against it from the face of the sword, and the famine, and the death; and it was what thou spakest; and behold thee seeing.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/32.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Behold works are built up against the city to take it: and the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans, who fight against it, by the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken, is all come to pass, as thou thyself seest. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/32.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Behold, fortifications were built against the city, so as to capture it. And the city was given into the hands of the Chaldeans, who fight against it, before the face of the sword, and of famine, and of pestilence. And what you have spoken has occurred, just as you yourself discern. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/32.htm">New American Bible</a> See, the siegeworks have arrived at this city to capture it; the city is handed over to the Chaldeans who are attacking it, with sword, starvation, and disease. What you threatened has happened—you can see it for yourself. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/32.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> See, the siege ramps have been cast up against the city to take it, and the city, faced with sword, famine, and pestilence, has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you spoke has happened, as you yourself can see.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/32.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Behold the siege ramparts are come against this city to take it; and because of sword and of famine and of pestilence the city is delivered into the hand of the Chaldeans, who are fighting against it; and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, I see it. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/32.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Behold, the ambushes came against this city to seize it, and the city was handed over into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, before the sword and famine and plagues. And the thing that you said has happened, and behold I have seen it!<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/32.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> behold the mounds, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence; and what Thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, Thou seest it. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/32.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Behold, a multitude is come against the city to take it; and the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans that fight against it, by the power of the sword, and the famine: as thou hast spoken, so has it happened. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/32-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=9931" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Jeremiah's Prayer</a> …23They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster. 24<a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">See how</a> <a href="/hebrew/5550.htm" title="5550: has·sō·lə·lō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- A mound. Or cowllah; active participle feminine of calal, but used passively; a military mound, i.e. Rampart of besiegers.">the siege ramps</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">are mounted</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">against the city</a> <a href="/hebrew/3920.htm" title="3920: lə·lā·ḵə·ḏāh (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3fs) -- To capture, seize, take. A primitive root; to catch; generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose; figuratively, to cohere.">to capture it.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê (Prep-m:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">And by</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ha·ḥe·reḇ (Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/7458.htm" title="7458: wə·hā·rā·‘āḇ (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- Famine, hunger. From ra'eb; hunger.">and famine</a> <a href="/hebrew/1698.htm" title="1698: wə·had·dā·ḇer (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- Pestilence. From dabar; a pestilence.">and plague,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: wə·hā·‘îr (Conj-w, Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">the city</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nit·tə·nāh (V-Nifal-Perf-3fs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">has been given</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yaḏ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">into the hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/3778.htm" title="3778: hak·kaś·dîm (Art:: N-proper-mp) -- A region of S. Bab. and its inhab. (occasionally with enclitic) Kasdiymah; towards the Kasdites.">of the Chaldeans</a> <a href="/hebrew/3898.htm" title="3898: han·nil·ḥā·mîm (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To feed on, to consume, to battle. A primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle.">who are fighting</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against it.</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: wa·’ă·šer (Conj-w:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">What</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·bar·tā (V-Piel-Perf-2ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">You have spoken</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">has happened,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: wə·hin·nə·ḵā (Conj-w:: Interjection:: 2ms) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">as You</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: rō·’eh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">now see!</a> 25Yet You, O Lord GOD, have said to me, ‘Buy for yourself the field with silver and call in witnesses, even though the city has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans!’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/25-1.htm">2 Kings 25:1-4</a> So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it. / And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year. / By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. ... <a href="/ezekiel/21-22.htm">Ezekiel 21:22</a> In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall. <a href="/lamentations/2-7.htm">Lamentations 2:7-9</a> The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast. / The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away. / Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/39-6.htm">Isaiah 39:6-7</a> The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. / And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” <a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">2 Chronicles 36:17-19</a> So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, / who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials. / Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value. <a href="/daniel/9-12.htm">Daniel 9:12-14</a> You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem. / Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth. / Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice. <a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26-27</a> But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies. <a href="/ezekiel/24-2.htm">Ezekiel 24:2</a> “Son of man, write down today’s date, for on this very day the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem. <a href="/habakkuk/1-6.htm">Habakkuk 1:6-10</a> For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own. / They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty. / Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour. ... <a href="/zechariah/7-13.htm">Zechariah 7:13-14</a> And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts. / But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.” <a href="/matthew/24-2.htm">Matthew 24:2</a> “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” <a href="/luke/19-43.htm">Luke 19:43-44</a> For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. / They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.” <a href="/mark/13-2.htm">Mark 13:2</a> “Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” <a href="/luke/21-20.htm">Luke 21:20-24</a> But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. / Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. / For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. ... <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Behold the mounts, they are come to the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what you have spoken is come to pass; and, behold, you see it.mounts.<a href="/jeremiah/33-4.htm">Jeremiah 33:4</a> For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;<a href="/ezekiel/21-22.htm">Ezekiel 21:22</a> At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.<a href="/2_samuel/20-15.htm">2 Samuel 20:15</a> And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.the city is.<a href="/jeremiah/32-3.htm">Jeremiah 32:3,25,36</a> For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, 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; … <a href="/jeremiah/21-4.htm">Jeremiah 21:4-7</a> Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city… <a href="/jeremiah/37-6.htm">Jeremiah 37:6-10</a> Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, … because.<a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Jeremiah 14:12-14</a> When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence… <a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">Jeremiah 14:1-3</a> The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth… <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Jeremiah 16:4</a> They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.what.<a href="/deuteronomy/4-26.htm">Deuteronomy 4:26</a> I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.<a href="/deuteronomy/31-15.htm">Deuteronomy 31:15,17</a> And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle… <a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24,25</a> They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/32-5.htm">Chaldeans</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-3.htm">City</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-5.htm">Fight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-21.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/joshua/11-13.htm">Mounds</a> <a href="/job/39-27.htm">Mounts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">Ramps</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-3.htm">Seest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-2.htm">Siege</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-2.htm">Sword</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/32-25.htm">Chaldeans</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-25.htm">City</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-36.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-29.htm">Fight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-25.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-4.htm">Mounds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-4.htm">Mounts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-36.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-4.htm">Ramps</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-6.htm">Seest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-4.htm">Siege</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-36.htm">Sword</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 32</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/32-1.htm">Jeremiah, being imprisoned by Zedekiah for his prophecy,</a> 6. <a href="/jeremiah/32-6.htm">buys Hanameel's field.</a> 13. <a href="/jeremiah/32-13.htm">Baruch must preserve the evidences, as tokens of the people's return.</a> 16. <a href="/jeremiah/32-16.htm">Jeremiah in his prayer complains to God.</a> 26. <a href="/jeremiah/32-26.htm">God confirms the captivity for their sins;</a> 36. <a href="/jeremiah/32-36.htm">and promises a gracious return.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The phrase refers to the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, a historical event that took place around 588-586 BC. Siege ramps were a common military tactic used in ancient warfare to breach city walls. The Babylonians, known for their military prowess, employed these methods effectively. This imagery underscores the dire situation facing Jerusalem, fulfilling the warnings given by prophets like Jeremiah. The siege ramps symbolize the inevitability of God's judgment due to the people's persistent disobedience and idolatry.And by sword and famine and plague, These three calamities—sword, famine, and plague—are often mentioned together in the Bible as instruments of divine judgment (e.g., <a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm">Ezekiel 5:12</a>, <a href="/revelation/6-8.htm">Revelation 6:8</a>). The sword represents warfare and violence, famine indicates severe food shortages, and plague suggests disease outbreaks. These were common consequences of prolonged sieges in the ancient world, leading to immense suffering. Theologically, they reflect the covenant curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a> for Israel's unfaithfulness.the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. The Chaldeans, another name for the Babylonians, were the dominant power in the region under King Nebuchadnezzar II. This phrase highlights the fulfillment of God's prophetic word through Jeremiah, who had long warned of Babylon's rise as an instrument of divine judgment against Judah. The phrase "given into the hands" indicates God's sovereign control over historical events, using even foreign nations to accomplish His purposes.What You have spoken has happened, as You now see! This statement acknowledges the fulfillment of God's prophetic word, emphasizing His faithfulness and omniscience. Jeremiah's prophecies, though initially met with skepticism, were now visibly realized. This serves as a reminder of the reliability of God's word and His ultimate authority over history. It also points to the broader biblical theme of prophecy fulfillment, which finds its ultimate expression in the coming of Jesus Christ, who fulfills the law and the prophets (<a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> The prophet who is delivering God's message to the people of Judah. He is known for his warnings of impending judgment and his call for repentance. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city under siege by the Chaldeans (Babylonians). It is the central place of worship and the political heart of Judah. 3. <a href="/topical/c/chaldeans.htm">Chaldeans (Babylonians)</a> The empire led by King Nebuchadnezzar, who is besieging Jerusalem as part of God's judgment against Judah for their disobedience. 4. <a href="/topical/s/siege_ramps.htm">Siege Ramps</a> These are the physical structures built by the Chaldeans to breach the walls of Jerusalem, symbolizing the imminent capture and destruction of the city. 5. <a href="/topical/s/sword,_famine,_and_plague.htm">Sword, Famine, and Plague</a> The threefold judgment that God has brought upon Jerusalem as a consequence of their persistent sin and rebellion.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a> God is in control of nations and events. The siege of Jerusalem was not merely a political or military event but a fulfillment of God's word. Believers should recognize God's hand in world events and trust His ultimate plan. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> Persistent sin leads to judgment. Just as Judah faced consequences for their rebellion, individuals and nations today must heed God's warnings and turn from sin. <a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_word.htm">The Certainty of God's Word</a> What God has spoken will come to pass. Believers can have confidence in the reliability of Scripture and should live in accordance with its truths. <a href="/topical/h/hope_amidst_judgment.htm">Hope Amidst Judgment</a> Even in judgment, God provides hope. Jeremiah later speaks of restoration and a new covenant, reminding us that God's discipline is meant to bring us back to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_32.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 32</a> <a href="/q/bible_events'_chronological_order.htm">What is the chronological order of events in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/do_findings_confirm_ezekiel_14_13-21.htm">Are there any archaeological findings that confirm the severe judgments (famine, wild beasts, sword, plague) predicted in Ezekiel 14:13-21?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_jeremiah's_land_purchase_verified.htm">Jeremiah 32:9-15: How can the account of Jeremiah purchasing land during a siege be historically or archaeologically verified if the city was on the brink of destruction?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'ceremonially_unclean'_mean.htm">Can the Lord do everything?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/32.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24) Behold the mounts . . .--The mounts (better, mounds) are (as in <a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm" title="For thus has the LORD of hosts said, Hew you down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the middle of her.">Jeremiah 6:6</a>, where see Note) the banks or towers of wood which formed the chief part of ancient siege operations. What the prophet had then predicted had now come to pass, and Jerusalem was now exposed to the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, which were its inevitable accompaniments. And it was at such a time as this, when the darkness was thickest, that a ray of hope for the future was given by the command to buy the field at Anathoth. And yet the command was so strange, and the hope so apparently against all probabilities, that the prophet ends his prayer by leaving the whole matter in the hands of Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/32.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 24. - Behold the mounts (see as <a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">Jeremiah 6:6</a>). Is given. Resistance being hopeless, Jerusalem was virtually in the hands of its besiegers. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/32-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>See how הִנֵּ֣ה (hin·nêh) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! the siege ramps הַסֹּלְל֗וֹת (has·sō·lə·lō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5550.htm">Strong's 5550: </a> A military mound, rampart of besiegers are mounted בָּ֣אוּ (bā·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go against the city הָעִיר֮ (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement to capture it. לְלָכְדָהּ֒ (lə·lā·ḵə·ḏāh) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3920.htm">Strong's 3920: </a> To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere And by מִפְּנֵ֛י (mip·pə·nê) Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face sword, הַחֶ֥רֶב (ha·ḥe·reḇ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword famine, וְהָרָעָ֖ב (wə·hā·rā·‘āḇ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7458.htm">Strong's 7458: </a> Famine, hunger and plague, וְהַדָּ֑בֶר (wə·had·dā·ḇer) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1698.htm">Strong's 1698: </a> A pestilence the city וְהָעִ֣יר (wə·hā·‘îr) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement has been given נִתְּנָ֗ה (nit·tə·nāh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set into the hand בְּיַ֤ד (bə·yaḏ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand of the Chaldeans הַכַּשְׂדִּים֙ (hak·kaś·dîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> Chaldeans -- a region of southern Babylon and its inhab who are fighting הַנִּלְחָמִ֣ים (han·nil·ḥā·mîm) Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3898.htm">Strong's 3898: </a> To feed on, to consume, to battle against it. עָלֶ֔יהָ (‘ā·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against What וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (wa·’ă·šer) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that You have spoken דִּבַּ֛רְתָּ (dib·bar·tā) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue has happened, הָיָ֖ה (hā·yāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be as You וְהִנְּךָ֥ (wə·hin·nə·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Interjection | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> Lo! behold! now see! רֹאֶֽה׃ (rō·’eh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/32-24.htm">Jeremiah 32:24 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/32-24.htm">Jeremiah 32:24 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/32-24.htm">Jeremiah 32:24 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/32-24.htm">Jeremiah 32:24 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/32-24.htm">Jeremiah 32:24 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/32-24.htm">Jeremiah 32:24 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/32-24.htm">Jeremiah 32:24 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/32-24.htm">Jeremiah 32:24 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/32-24.htm">Jeremiah 32:24 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/32-24.htm">Jeremiah 32:24 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-24.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 32:24 Behold the mounds they are come (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/32-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 32:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 32:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/32-25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 32:25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 32:25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>