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Jeremiah 34:4

Literal Fulfillment Prophecy Fulfilled Literally Prophetic Methods of Communication

“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:”

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:

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.

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:

But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the Lord.

Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,

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Literal Fulfillment

While the prophecy states Zedekiah will not die by the sword, it doesn't explicitly detail the *manner* of his death, leaving a slight ambiguity that could be interpreted less literally regarding the precise circumstances.

Prophecy Fulfilled Literally

This verse describes a specific prediction about an individual's death, not a broad promise to Israel, and therefore does not address the concept of literal fulfillment of Old Testament promises to the nation. The fulfillment of this prophecy would be a personal event, not a national or geographical one.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

This verse describes a message being delivered to a king, but it does not explicitly detail the *method* by which Jeremiah received this message from the Lord. It only states that the message is from the Lord, not how it was communicated to the prophet.

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Related Verses

Jeremiah 32:4

“And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;”

Jeremiah 34:6

“Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,”

Jeremiah 38:24

“Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.”

Jeremiah 34:5

“But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the Lord.”

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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