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Jeremiah 39:5 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 5. 5But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Jeremiah turns or qualifies the movement with “But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho” at Jeremiah 39:5 inside “Jerusalem Falls and Zedekiah Is Captured.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 39:1–7
Begin with Jeremiah 39:1–7's complete movement: The siege dates, breached city, royal flight, capture, sons' deaths, officials' deaths, blinding, and chains narrate the regime's violent end. At verse 39:5, The prophetic word through Jeremiah turns or qualifies the movement with “But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho” at Jeremiah 39:5 inside “Jerusalem Falls and Zedekiah Is Captured.”
Why It Needs Context
The prophetic word through Jeremiah turns or qualifies the movement with “But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho” at Jeremiah 39:5 inside “Jerusalem Falls and Zedekiah Is Captured.” Because nearby lines develop or qualify it, Jeremiah 39:1–7 supplies the minimum responsible context.
Continue in Context
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Read Jeremiah 39:1–7 — Jerusalem Falls and Zedekiah Is CapturedSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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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.
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Exact location: Jeremiah 39:1–7, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
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