Jeremiah 39:1-10
JERUSALEM TAKEN... [ Continue Reading ]
JERUSALEM TAKEN... [ Continue Reading ]
In the ninth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the tenth month, the day of the month being the tenth, 52:4; 2 Kings 25:1, CAME NEBUCHADNEZZAR, KING OF BABYLON, AND ALL HIS ARMY AGAINST JERUSALEM, AND THEY BESIEGED IT.... [ Continue Reading ]
And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up, the enemies gained an entry into the city by battering down a part of the wall. The siege thus lasted eighteen months, if we except the suspension of it caused by the coming of Pharaoh-hoph... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, the generals entering through the breach in the wall, AND SAT IN THE MIDDLE GATE, they occupied that part of the city by encamping in a gate of Zion, in the wall which separated the upper city from the lower, a position which gave them control of t... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass that, when Zedekiah, the king of Judah, saw them, and all the men of war, that is, when Zedekiah and his soldiers noted the pomp and the warlike appearance of the Chaldean generals at close range, THEN THEY FLED AND WENT FORTH OUT OF THE CITY, the upper city, where the royal pala... [ Continue Reading ]
But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, the attempt of Zedekiah and his soldiers to escape being noticed very soon and the alarm accordingly given, AND OVERTOOK ZEDEKIAH IN THE PLAINS OF JERICHO, for his intention evidently was to escape into the country of the Moabites beyond the river; AND WHE... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes, for they were guilty, with their father, of the revolt against the Babylonian supremacy; ALSO, THE KING OF BABYLON SLEW ALL THE NOBLES OF JUDAH, who really had been the chief rebels against his authority.... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover, he put out Zedekiah's eyes, commanding that he be blinded, probably by passing a heated metal rod before his open eyes, AND BOUND HIM WITH CHAINS, doubly fettered hand and foot, TO CARRY HIM TO BABYLON, in a most shameful captivity.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, the beautiful royal palace, AND THE HOUSES OF THE PEOPLE, WITH FIRE, destroying all the finer residences of the city, AND BRAKE DOWN THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM, the fortifications of the city, which, in the past, had rendered it almost impregnable.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, the commander of the royal Chaldean body-guard, one of the chief officers of Nebuchadnezzar, CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE INTO BABYLON THE REMNANT OF THE PEOPLE THAT REMAINED IN THE CITY, the few who had escaped the ravages of the sword and of famine, AND THOSE T... [ Continue Reading ]
But Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, left of the poor of the people, which had nothing in the land of Judah, no landed possessions, AND GAVE THEM VINEYARDS AND FIELDS AT THE SAME TIME, at that time, namely, when he led the others captive. They received orders to cultivate the vineyards and fi... [ Continue Reading ]
Now Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, gave charge concerning Jeremiah, whose prophecies and warning were known to him through deserters and through Jews carried to Babylon with Jeconiah, TO NEBUZAR-ADAN, THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
Concerning The Fate of Jeremiah and of Ebed-Melech.... [ Continue Reading ]
Take him and look well to him, literally, "thine eyes set upon him," in providing for, and watching over, his well-being, AND DO HIM NO HARM, the protection against the wiles of others being included in this care; BUT DO UNTO HIM EVEN AS HE SHALL SAY UNTO THEE, as he might request to safeguard his p... [ Continue Reading ]
So Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, sent, and Nebu-shasban, Bab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, that is, the chief of the magi, AND ALL THE KING OF BABYLON'S PRINCES, all the commanders of the army which made the campaign against Judah;... [ Continue Reading ]
even they sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, gave him his liberty after the shameful imprisonment which he had suffered, AND COMMITTED HIM UNTO GEDALIAH, THE SON OF AHIKAM, THE SON OF SHAPHAN, Ahikam being the man who had protected him on a former occasion, 26:24, THAT HE SHOULD... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, before the Jews of the city were taken down to Ramah and the prophet was given his liberty, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
Go and speak to Ebed-melech, the Ethiopian, who had befriended Jeremiah when his life was in the greatest danger, 38:7-14, SAYING, THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL: BEHOLD, I WILL BRING MY WORDS UPON THIS CITY FOR EVIL AND NOT FOR GOOD, Cf Daniel 9:12; AND THEY SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED I... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord, as a reward of his goodness in rescuing the Lord's prophet; AND THOU SHALT NOT BE GIVEN INTO THE HAND OF THE MEN OF WHOM THOU ART AFRAID, for the Ethiopian shared the fear of the other inhabitants of the city.... [ Continue Reading ]
For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee, a precious treasure to be carried away and safely hidden, BECAUSE THOU HAST PUT THY TRUST IN ME, SAITH THE LORD. Jehovah, the true God, is the Hope and Refuge of all those who put their... [ Continue Reading ]