Jeremiah 32:6
4 Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.
5 He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’”
Jeremiah replied, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
7 Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’
8 Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Jeremiah replied, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
- KJV
- And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
- WEB
- Jeremiah said, “The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
- ASV
- And Jeremiah said, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
- DARBY
- And Jeremiah said, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
- BLB
- And Jeremiah said: “The word of YHWH came to me, saying:
- ÅB
- Og Jeremias sa: Herrens ord er kommet til meg, og det lød så:
- OTB
- Jeremias sa: “Budskapet fra Herren kom til meg og sa,
- B1930
- Og Jeremias sa: Herrens ord er kommet til mig, og det lød så: