Jeremiah 32:1

“The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, etc.] The word of prophecy, as the Targum, concerning Jeremiah’s buying the field of his uncle’s son, (<243206>Jeremiah 32:6); and concerning the delivery of the city of Jerusalem into the hands of the Chaldeans, (<243226>Jeremiah 32:26); and the return of the captivity, (<243236>Jeremiah 32:36); in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which [was] the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar; the same with Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, a year before the taking of the city by him; for that was in the eleventh of Zedekiah, and the nineteenth of Nebuchadnezzar; (see <245201>Jeremiah 52:1,5,12).”

“JEREMIAH, IMPRISONED FOR HIS PROPHECY AGAINST JERUSALEM, BUYS A PATRIMONIAL PROPERTY (HIS RELATIVE HANAMEEL'S), IN ORDER TO CERTIFY TO THE JEWS THEIR FUTURE RETURN FROM BABYLON. (Jer 32:1-14) tenth year--The siege of Jerusalem had already begun, in the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah (Jer 39:1; Kg2 25:1).”

“The siege of Jerusalem began in Zedekiah’s ninth year Jeremiah 39:1, but was temporarily raised upon the approach of an Egyptian army. See Jeremiah 37:0; Jeremiah 38:0. return to 'Top of Page'”

“am 3415, bc 589 in the: Jer 39:1, Jer 39:2, Jer 52:4, Jer 52:5; Kg2 25:1, Kg2 25:2; Ch2 36:11 the eighteenth: Jer 25:1 Jeremiah 32:2”

“The time and the circumstances of the following message from God. - The message came to Jeremiah in the tenth year of Zedekiah, i.e., in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar (cf. Jer 25:1 and Jer 52:12), when the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah was kept in confinement in the fore-court of the royal palace. These historical data are inserted ( Jer 32:2-5) in the form of circumstantial clauses: 'ואז חיל וגו, "for at that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem." The siege had begun in the ninth year of Zedekiah ( Jer 39:1; Jer 52:4), and was afterwards raised for a short time, in consequence of the approach of an auxiliary corps of…”