And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. CONIAH - curtailed from Jeconiah by way of reproach. WHOM - referring to Zedekiah, not to Coniah ().... [ Continue Reading ]
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. BUT NEITHER HE, NOR HIS SERVANTS, NOR THE PEOPLE ... DID HEARKEN UNTO THE WORDS OR THE LORD ... BY ... JEREMIAH. Amazing stupidity, that they were not adm... [ Continue Reading ]
And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us. ZEDEKIAH ... SENT TO ... JEREMIAH, SAYING, PRAY NOW UNTO THE LORD OUR GOD FOR US. Zedekiah's reason for applying to Jeremiah... [ Continue Reading ]
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison. JEREMIAH ... THEY HAD NOT PUT HIM INTO PRISON. He was no longer in the prison court, as he had been (; ); which passages refer to the beginning of the siege, not to the time when the Chaldeans renewed the s... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem. PHARAOH'S ARMY WAS COME FORTH OUT OF EGYPT, AND ... THE CHALDEANS THAT BESIEGED JERUSALEM ... DEPARTED. After this temporary diversion caused by Pha... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN CAME THE WORD OF THE LORD UNTO THE PROPHET JEREMIAH, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. PHARAOH'S ARMY, WHICH IS COME FORTH TO HELP YOU, SHALL RETURN - without acco... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. THE CHALDEANS SHALL COME AGAIN - ().... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. DECEIVE NOT YOURSELVES - Hebrew, 'your souls.'... [ Continue Reading ]
For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. THOUGH YE HAD SMITTEN THE WHOLE ARMY OF THE CHALDEANS ... AND THERE REMAINED BUT WOUNDED M... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, WHEN THE ARMY OF THE CHALDEANS WAS BROKEN UP - `gone up.'... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. JEREMIAH WENT FORTH ... TO GO INTO ... BENJAMIN - to his own town, Anathoth. TO SEPARATE HIMSELF -- margin translates, 'to slip away' [lachªliq], from a Hebrew root... [ Continue Reading ]
And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. A CAPTAIN OF THE WARD - i:e., a captain of the guard or watch. THE SON OF SHE... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID JEREMIAH, IT IS FALSE; I FALL NOT AWAY TO THE CHALDEANS. BUT HE HEARKENED NOT TO HIM: SO IRIJAH TOOK JEREMIAH, AND BROUGHT HIM TO THE PRINCES._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. THE PRINCES ... PUT HIM IN PRISON IN THE HOUSE OF JONATHAN THE SCRIBE - one of the court secretaries. Often in the East part of the private... [ Continue Reading ]
When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; THE DUNGEON ... THE CABINS. The prison consisted of a pit (the "dungeon") with vaulted cells round the sides of it. [ Hachªnuyowt (H2588), the Hebrew for "cabins," comes from a root, chaan... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. THE KING ASKED HIM SECRETLY. Zedekiah was ashamed to be... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? WHAT - in what respect have I offended?... [ Continue Reading ]
Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? WHERE ARE NOW YOUR PROPHETS? The event has shown them to be liars; and as surely as the King of Babylon has come already, notwithstanding their prophecy, so surel... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. LET MY SUPPLICATION BE ACCEPTED - rather, 'let my supplication be humbly presented' (, note). (H... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. ZEDEKIAH COMMANDED THAT T... [ Continue Reading ]