Jeremiah 34:22

34:22 For I, the Lord, affirm that ¹  I will soon give the order and bring them back to this city. They will fight against it and capture it and burn it down. I will also make the towns of Judah desolate so that there will be no one living in them.”’”

Jeremiah 37:17

37:17 Then King Zedekiah had him brought to the palace. There he questioned him privately and asked him, ²  “Is there any message from the Lord?” Jeremiah answered, “Yes, there is.” Then he announced, ³  “You will be handed over to the king of Babylon.” ⁴ 

Jeremiah 38:27

38:27 All the officials did indeed come and question Jeremiah. ⁵  He told them exactly what the king had instructed him to say. ⁶  They stopped questioning him any further because no one had actually heard their conversation. ⁷ 

[34:22]  ¹ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[37:17]  ² tn Heb “Then King Zedekiah sent and brought him and the king asked him privately [or more literally, in secret] and said.”

[37:17]  ³ tn Heb “Then he said.”

[37:17]  ⁴ sn Jeremiah’s answer even under duress was the same that he had given Zedekiah earlier. (See Jer 34:3 and see the study note on 34:1 for the relative timing of these two incidents.)

[38:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “All the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him.”

[38:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “And he reported to them according to all these words which the king had commanded.”

[38:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “And they were silent from him because the word/matter [i.e., the conversation between Jeremiah and the king] had not been heard.” According to BDB 578 s.v. מִן 1.a the preposition “from” is significant in this construction, implying a verb of motion. I.e., “they were [fell] silent [and turned away] from him.”