_AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHEN JEREMIAH HAD MADE AN END OF SPEAKING UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE WORDS OF THE LORD THEIR GOD, FOR WHICH THE LORD THEIR GOD HAD SENT HIM TO THEM, EVEN ALL THESE WORDS,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: AZARIAH - the author of the project of going into Egypt. A very different man... [ Continue Reading ]
But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. BARUCH - he being the younger, spake out the revelations which he received from Jeremiah more vehemently. From this... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO JOHANAN THE SON OF KAREAH, AND ALL THE CAPTAINS OF THE FORCES, AND ALL THE PEOPLE, OBEYED NOT THE VOICE OF THE LORD, TO DWELL IN THE LAND OF JUDAH._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah; REMNANT ... RETURNED FROM ALL NATIONS - (Jeremiah 40:11).... [ Continue Reading ]
Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. THE KING'S DAUGHTERS - Zedekiah's ().... [ Continue Reading ]
So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes. TAHPANHES - (, note) Daphne, on the Tantitic branch of the Nile, near Pelusium. They naturally came to it first, being on the frontier of Egypt toward Palestine.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN CAME THE WORD OF THE LORD UNTO JEREMIAH IN TAHPANHES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; TAKE GREAT STONES - to be laid as the foundation beneath Nebuchadnezzar's throne (). CLAY - mortar. BRICK-KILN. Bricks in that... [ Continue Reading ]
And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them. NEBUCHADNEZZAR, MY SERVANT. God often make... [ Continue Reading ]
And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword. SUCH AS ARE FOR DEATH, TO DEATH - i:e., the deadly plague. Some he shall cause to die by the plague arising fr... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace. HOUSES OF ... GODS - he shall not spare even the... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall break also the images of Beth-she'mesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire. IMAGES - statues or obelisks. BETH-SHEMESH - i:e., the house of the sun, in Hebrew; called by the Greeks Heliopolis; by the Egyptians, On (); east... [ Continue Reading ]