Reference

Jeremiah 34:2

Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
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The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,

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Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:

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And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.

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Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:

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Literal Fulfillment

While the verse speaks of a literal burning, the "giving of the city into the hand of the king of Babylon" could be interpreted metaphorically as a loss of divine protection rather than a direct physical transfer.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

The verse describes a message being delivered by a prophet, but it does not explicitly detail the *method* by which God communicated that message to Jeremiah himself, only that Jeremiah is to speak it.