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CHAPTER 38
_ 1. Jeremiah in the dungeon and his rescue (Jeremiah 38:1) _
2. Jeremiah with Zedekiah: His last appeal (Jeremiah 38:14)
Jeremiah 38:1. Jeremiah is next accused of high treason. Th
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Zedekiah asks Jeremiah about the future, swearing immunity to him,
whatever his answer (Jeremiah 38:16). Jeremiah urges him to save
himself and the city by surrender to Nebuchadrezzar's princes
(Nebuc...
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E. Interviewed by the King Jeremiah 38:14-26
TRANSLATION
(14) Zedekiah the king sent and had Jeremiah the prophet brought unto
him at the third entrance of the house of the LORD. And the king said
un...
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1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the
publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes....
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וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ לֹ֣א
יִתֵּ֑נוּ שְֽׁמַֽע...
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Under these circumstances he continued to foretell the victory of the
Chaldeans, with the result that the anger of the princes was stirred
up against him, and he was cast into a most loathsome dungeon...
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CHAPTER XXXVIII....
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This must have been a very interesting interview between the king and
the Prophet; and it is impossible but to take concern in it, and to
wish that Zedekiah had listened to the Prophet's advice. And a...
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Here again Jeremiah strengthens Zedekiah, that he might not hesitate
to make the trial, since God would yet give him pardon, so that at
least his chastisement would be paternal and light He then promi...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 AND 38.
Chapter 37 gives us Zedekiah in the same state of disobedience. A show
of religion is kept up, and, having a moment of respite which excites
some h...
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BUT JEREMIAH SAID, THEY SHALL NOT DELIVER [THEE],.... To take off the
above excuse, or remove that objection, the prophet assures the king
that the Chaldeans would never deliver him into the hands of...
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But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver [thee]. Obey, I beseech
thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be
well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.
Ver. 20. _They shall no...
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_Zedekiah said, I am afraid of the Jews_, &c. The sense seems to be,
that he was afraid lest the Chaldeans, when he had given himself up to
them, should deliver him into the hands of those Jews who ha...
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Jeremiah's Advice to the King...
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But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee,
the voice of the Lord, which I speak unto thee; so it shall be well
unto thee, and thy soul shall live....
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14-28 Jeremiah was not forward to repeat the warnings, which seemed
only to endanger his own life, and to add to the king's guilt, but
asked whether he feared to do the will of God. The less men fear...
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The Chaldeans shall not do so base an act, but deal with thee as with
a prince. Let not this therefore be a temptation to thee to disobey
the command of God, which if thou doest, thou shalt live, thou...
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Jeremiah 38:20 Jeremiah H3414 said H559 (H8799) deliver H5414 (H8799)
obey H8085 (H8798) voice H6963 LORD...
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JEREMIAH'S EXPERIENCES IN THE COURT OF THE GUARD (JEREMIAH 38:1).
But even the fact that Jeremiah was in the court of the guard did not
prevent him from further maltreatment by those who saw him as a...
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ZEDEKIAH ONCE AGAIN CONSULTS JEREMIAH AND KEEPS HIM SAFELY IN THE
COURT OF THE GUARD UNTIL JERUSALEM IS TAKEN (JEREMIAH 38:14).
This was to be Zedekiah's last consultation with Jeremiah. During it
he...
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Jeremiah 38
Ropes and rags.
I. Help always comes from above. Jeremiah found it so. It was useless
to try to climb out of the dungeon, it was only to fall deeper into
the mire. "Salvation is of the L...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's imprisonment, continued. His private conference
with the king.
CHARACTERS: Shephatiah, Gedaliah, Jucal, Pashur, Jeremiah, Zedekiah,
Malchiah, Ebed-melech, Jonathan.
CONCLUSION: G...
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Jeremiah 38:7. _Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,_ the king's chamberlain. It
seems to have been a new name given him on his promotion to office;
but God gave him long life for preserving the life of Jeremia...
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_I am afraid of the Jews._
FATAL TIMIDITY
I remember very well, when I first went out to Australia, that one
fine evening a little bird was seen to be following the ship,
evidently a land-bird driven...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 38:19 ZEDEKIAH feared displeasing people
in Jerusalem (vv. Jeremiah 38:4) and feared being turned over to...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES as on preceding
chapter.
Personal Allusions. Jeremiah 38:1. “_Shephatiah_,” never elsewhere
mentioned. “_Gedaliah_,” possibly son of “Pashur” the vio...
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CONTINUATION.
EXPOSITION
The object of the princes being frustrated (for in the "court of the
guard" Jeremiah had perfect freedom and opportunity of speech), the
princes resolve upon a more effectua...
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Now we come to the third part of the book of Jeremiah and this covers
the period of Zedekiah the king. These particular prophecies,
thirty-seven through thirty-nine, cover from the time that Zedekiah...
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2 Chronicles 20:20; 2 Corinthians 5:11; 2 Corinthians 5:20; 2
Corinthians 6:1;...