Jeremiah 26:1
_Beginning, after Joakim had reigned some time, ver. 21._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Beginning, after Joakim had reigned some time, ver. 21._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Word. This example all pastors should follow, in the midst of dangers. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_If. God is not ignorant, (Calmet) but he preserves man's free-will. (St. Jerome) --- He threatens conditionally, if people persist in evil. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Silo. Chap. vii. 12. (Calmet) --- Curse. No greater punishment could be threatened or endured in this world. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Death. The pretext was plausible, as God seemed to have promised the temple an eternal duration, 3 Kings ix. 3. The Jews accused Christ of the like crime, Matthew xxvi. 61. Such questions were brought before the sanhedrim and priests, chap. xxvi. 57. But the latter are here (Calmet) the chief accus... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sent me. This was a complete justification. (Calmet) --- None could deny but Jeremias had all the characters of a true prophet, ver. 16. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_All. The populace easily changes either for better or for worse. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ancients. They declare what happened about 100 years before, respecting Micheas iii. 12. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Mountain. Sion, on which the house of the Lord was built. Conquerors have sometimes ploughed up cities. (Calmet) --- Jam seges est ubi Troja fuit. (Ovid, ep. i.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_There was. The adversaries make this reply, or the others contrast the conduct of Joakim with the piety of Ezechias._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Egypt, as a seditious person....Joakim was tributary to Pharao._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ahicam. A man employed under Josias, (4 Kings xxii. 12.) and father of Godolias, who was also the protector of Jeremias, chap. xxxix. 14., and 4 Kings xxv. 22. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XXVI.... [ Continue Reading ]