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Jeremiah 32:36 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 36. 36And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Jeremiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It…” at Jeremiah 32:36 as part of “Gathering, One Heart, and an Everlasting Covenant Answer Siege.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 32:36–41
Read Jeremiah 32:36 with 32:36–41. By itself, “And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The city handed to Babylon is promised regathering, secure dwelling, shared orientation, durable covenant good, and wholehearted replanting.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Jeremiah 32:36–41. The prophetic word through Jeremiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It…” at Jeremiah 32:36 as part of “Gathering, One Heart, and an Everlasting Covenant Answer Siege.” The literary form and this limit govern it: One heart does not require forced uniformity, erase dissent, or make a modern political order unquestionable.
Continue in Context
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Read Jeremiah 32:36–41 — Gathering, One Heart, and an Everlasting Covenant Answer SiegeSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 32:36–41, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 32:36–41
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