“Enquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the Lord will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.”
The request that God perform wonderful deeds, make the enemy withdraw, and act according to God's wondrous works shows Zedekiah's underlying assumption: that God will intervene militarily for Jerusalem despite the nation's apostasy. The invocation of God's past wonders suggests that Zedekiah hopes for repetition of earlier miracles (like the deliverance in Hezekiah's time). The request assumes that God's faithfulness to the temple and city is unconditional and will override the judgment that Jeremiah has announced. This verse shows the false hope that grips Jerusalem even as judgment closes in.
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