Jeremiah 34:1 meaning and explanation
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.
Jeremiah 34:1, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah 34 opens by dating the prophet's message to a precise moment: Babylon's king Nebuchadnezzar, with his army and the many peoples under his rule, is besieging Jerusalem and the towns around it. The verse is the narrator's setting of the scene, not a speech by God.
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