Jeremiah 32:1-3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Jeremiah’s Land Purchase

32 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of King Zedekiah^(A) of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.^{(B) 2} At that time, the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem,^(C) and the prophet Jeremiah was imprisoned in the guard’s courtyard^(D) in the palace of the king of Judah. ³ King Zedekiah of Judah had imprisoned him, saying, ‘Why are you prophesying as you do? You say, “This is what the Lord says: Look, I am about to hand this city over to Babylon’s king, and he will capture it.