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Jeremiah 37:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
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Role in This Section
The dated report or historical recital turns or qualifies the movement with “But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of…” at Jeremiah 37:2 inside “Zedekiah Seeks Prayer while Rejecting the Message.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 37:1–10
Read Jeremiah 37:2 with 37:1–10. By itself, “But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The king installed by Babylon sends messengers to Jeremiah; Egypt's advance briefly lifts the siege, but the oracle says Babylon will return and burn Jerusalem.
Why It Needs Context
This context pointer tracks one step in Jeremiah 37:1–10: The dated report or historical recital turns or qualifies the movement with “But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of…” at Jeremiah 37:2 inside “Zedekiah Seeks Prayer while Rejecting the Message.” Read the thought unit before assigning enduring truth or application.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jeremiah 37:1–10 — Zedekiah Seeks Prayer while Rejecting the MessageSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
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 37:1–10, 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 37:1–10
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