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Verse Jeremiah 37:3. _ZEDEKIAH - TO THE PROPHET JEREMIAH_] He was
willing to hear a message from the Lord, provided it were according to
his own mind. He did not fully trust in his own prophets....
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This embassy is not to be confounded with that Jeremiah 21:1 which
took place when Nebuchadnezzar was just marching upon Jerusalem; this
was in the brief interval of hope occasioned by the approach of...
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JEREMIAH AND ZEDEKIAH AND THE FALL OF JERUSALEM (37-39)
CHAPTER 37
_ 1. Jeremiah's warning (Jeremiah 37:1) _
2. Jeremiah's arrest (Jeremiah 37:11)
Jeremiah 37:1. To understand more fully
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JEREMIAH 37, 38. FORTUNES OF JEREMIAH DURING THE SIEGE (588- 586).
JEREMIAH 37:1. Zedekiah, made vassal-king in place of his nephew,
Jehoiachin (in 597) sends Jehucal (Jeremiah 38:1) and Zephaniah
(J...
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_And Zedekiah the king sent_ This mission took place later than that
related in ch. Jeremiah 21:1, which was sent when Nebuchadnezzar's
army was approaching Jerusalem. In this case on the contrary the...
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I. THE PROPHET CONSULTED Jeremiah 37:3-10
In 589 B.C. Zedekiah foolishly rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar his
overlord. Jerusalem had to pay the inevitable consequences. In 588
B.C. the armies of Babyl...
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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 ......
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1-5. The general position....
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ZEPHANIAH] see on Jeremiah 21:1....
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AND ZEDEKIAH THE KING SENT JEHUCAL... — The time and, probably,
occasion of the mission is given in Jeremiah 37:5. The Chaldæans had
raised the siege of Jerusalem on hearing of the approach of the
Egy...
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וַ יִּשְׁלַח֩ הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ
צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ אֶת ־
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CHAPTER XI
A BROKEN COVENANT
Jeremiah 21:1, Jeremiah 34:1, Jeremiah 37:1
"All the princes and peoplechanged their minds and reduced to bondage
again all the slaves whom they had set free....
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This and the two following Chapter s contain the history of the siege
up to the fall of the city. In the first part of this chapter Jeremiah
was free. Zedekiah occupied the throne, but was disobedient...
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And Zedekiah the king (c) sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and
Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah,
saying, Pray now to the LORD our God for us.
(c) Because he was afrai...
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Reader! is it not strange, that the ungodly should willfully persist
in their transgressions, and yet seek an interest in the prayers of
the faithful. Is not this a testimony to God's truth. Precious...
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Jeremiah had briefly explained what was the state of the city and the
land, that though they had been already severely chastised by God’s
scourges, they yet remained obstinate in their wickedness. He...
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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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AND ZEDEKIAH THE KING SENT JEHUCAL THE SON OF SHELEMIAH, AND ZEPHANIAH
THE SON OF MAASEIAH THE PRIEST,.... That is, Zephaniah the priest, as
the accents shaw; though his father Maaseiah was doubtless...
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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.
Ver. 3. _Pray now unto the...
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_Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah_ This man came in the
place of Pashur, who, together with Zephaniah, brought the former
message from Zedekiah; _saying, Pray now unto the Lord our God for u...
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A PROPHECY CONCERNING THE OUTCOME OF THE SIEGE...
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And Zedekiah, the king, sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, one of his
high officers, AND ZEPHANIAH, THE SON OF MAASEIAH, THE PRIEST, the
highest church dignitary of the land at that time, Jeremiah 21...
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1-10 Numbers witness the fatal effects of other men's sins, yet
heedlessly step into their places, and follow the same destructive
course. When in distress, we ought to desire the prayers of minister...
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This was apparently in the time of the siege; for, JEREMIAH 37:5, we
read of Pharaoh's army being come to relieve the besieged, whether it
was before the Babylonians were departed, or no, is uncertain...
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Jeremiah 37:3 Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 sent H7971 (H8799) Jehucal
H3081 son H1121 Shelemiah H8018 Zephaniah H6846
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THE DISOBEDIENCE OF JUDAH AND ITS KING IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THEIR
TREATMENT OF THE PROPHET OF YHWH (JEREMIAH 37:1 TO JEREMIAH 38:28).
These events once again took place during the reign of Zedekiah, the...
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A SUMMARY OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION AT THIS STAGE (JEREMIAH 37:1).
The political situation at this stage can be summed up in a few words.
Jerusalem was under siege because Zedekiah, Jehoiakim's uncle...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's imprisonment in the days of Zedekiah.
CHARACTERS: Zedekiah, Coniah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah, Jehucal,
Zephaniah, Jonathan, Irijah.
CONCLUSION: It is no new thing for those who h...
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Jeremiah 37:5. _Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt._ The
Chaldeans were afraid of them, and raised the siege. But this joy to
Jerusalem was of short continuance; the Chaldeans returned after t...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. In the
tenth and eleventh year of Zedekiah. Later than chap. 21, for that
embassy was sent when Nebuchadnezzar was marching against Jerusal...
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EXPOSITION
Nothing worthy of relation appears to have happened to Jeremiah till
the latter period of the reign of Zedekiah. The first two verses of
this chapter form the transition. The embassy to Je...
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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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1 Kings 13:6; 1 Samuel 12:19; Acts 8:24; Exodus 10:17; Exodus 8:28;...