Jer 32:2-3 | ESV | STEP | At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem , and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah .

b ver. 8, 12; ch. 33:1; 37:21; 38:6, 13; 39:14; [Neh. 3:25]

c ver. 25, 36, 43; ch. 21:10; 34:2; 37:17; 38:3

Jeremiah 32:2-3

2 At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet ^awas shut up in ^bthe court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah. 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying, “Why do you prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: ^cBehold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall capture it;