Jeremiah 40:2

Modern

The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,

Traditional

And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.

Literal

And the captain of the guards took Jeremiah and said to him, “YHWH your God has spoken this evil against this place,

Latin

Tollens ergo princeps militiæ Jeremiam, dixit ad eum: Dominus Deus tuus locutus est malum hoc super locum istum:

Hebrew

English

The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,

The guard captain mentioned that the Lord's prediction through Jeremiah had come true.

This passage explains what happened to Jeremiah right after Jerusalem fell.

Theme notes and profiles

Deuteronomy 29:24–28
So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
Jeremiah 22:8–9
And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
Lamentations 2:15–17
All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
2 Chronicles 7:20–22
…then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
1 Kings 9:8–9
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

Jeremiah: Son of Hilkiah, the prophet during Judah's final days