Jeremiah 38:4

"The LORD says, ‘This city will surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will take it.’”"

Key Reflection

In Jeremiah 38:4, the Lord's declaration to Zedekiah that Jerusalem would fall to Babylon symbolizes divine judgment on unfaithfulness and rebellion. This prophecy underscores the inevitability of God’s sovereignty over history and the consequences of human disobedience.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

For thus ... -Because he makes the men of war dispirited. No doubt this was true. Jeremiah, however, did not speak as a private person, but as the representative of the government; the temporal ruler in a theocracy being responsible directly to God.

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