The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,
Parallel translations
- WEB The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, “Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place;
- KJV And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
- NKJV And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him: “The Lord your God has pronounced this doom on this place.
- NASB Now the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, “The Lord your God promised this disaster against this place;
- NLT The captain of the guard called for Jeremiah and said, “The Lord your God has brought this disaster on this land,
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Quick answer
The Babylonian captain acknowledges that the LORD, Jeremiah's God, had decreed this disaster. Even a pagan officer recognizes God's hand in Judah's fall.
Overview
Nebuzaradan attributes Jerusalem's destruction directly to Yahweh, an astonishing confession from a Gentile commander. His words echo the prophets' message that the calamity was God's righteous act, not mere geopolitical fortune. This testimony from an outsider underscores that God's sovereignty over the nations is evident even to those outside the covenant.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Deut 29:24–28So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
- Jer 22:8–9And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
- 2 Chr 7:20–22then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
- Lam 2:15–17All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
- 1 Kgs 9:8–9And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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