Jer 39:3 | MHM | STEP | v. 3 : The Babylonian princes took their places at the middle gate of the city. These leaders had foreign names, showing how things had changed. Where Israel’s leaders once sat, now the rulers of Babylon were in charge. This fulfilled Jeremiah’s prophecy that the kings of the north would set their thrones at the gates of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 1:15 ).

‏ Jeremiah 39:3

v. 3: The Babylonian princes took their places at the middle gate of the city. These leaders had foreign names, showing how things had changed. Where Israel’s leaders once sat, now the rulers of Babylon were in charge. This fulfilled Jeremiah’s prophecy that the kings of the north would set their thrones at the gates of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 1:15 ^a).