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King Zedekiah of Judah will not escape from the Babylonians.[a] He will certainly be handed over to the king of Babylon. He must answer personally to the king of Babylon and confront him face to face.[b]

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  1. Jeremiah 32:4 tn Heb “The Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for further explanation.
  2. Jeremiah 32:4 tn Heb “his [Zedekiah’s] mouth will speak with his [Nebuchadnezzar’s] mouth, and his eyes will see his eyes.” The verbs here are an obligatory imperfect and its vav consecutive perfect equivalent. (See IBHS 508-9 §31.4g for discussion and examples of the former and IBHS 528 §32.2.1d, n. 16, for the latter.)

Zedekiah(A) king of Judah will not escape(B) the Babylonians[a](C) but will certainly be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him with his own eyes.

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  1. Jeremiah 32:4 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 5, 24, 25, 28, 29 and 43