SUPERSCRIPTION. ‘The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who dwelt in the land of Egypt, who dwelt at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph (Memphis), and in the country of Pathros, saying, This is the opening superscription to this new prophecy, separating it from what has gone bef... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WORD OF YHWH COMES AGAINST ALL HIS PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN REFUGE IN EGYPT IN THE PAST BECAUSE INSTEAD OF LEARNING THEIR LESSON FROM WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM THEY HAVE TURNED TO OTHER GODS, SOMETHING WHICH THEY BRAZENLY BOAST ABOUT. THEREFORE BECAUSE OF THIS YHWH'S JUDGMENT WILL COME ON EGYP... [ Continue Reading ]
1). YHWH'S WORD AGAINST HIS PEOPLE WARNING OF HIS COMING JUDGMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT HEEDED WHAT HE HAS DONE AGAINST JERUSALEM. THE REMNANT WHO HAVE ESCAPED TO EGYPT WILL BE DESTROYED (2-14). These words were seemingly delivered in the land of Pathros, where Jeremiah was apparently visiting the J... [ Continue Reading ]
2). THE PEOPLE'S DEFENCE TO THE CHARGE AND THEIR RESPONSE TO JEREMIAH'S WORDS (15-19). The people's defence is now blatantly stated, and confirms all that Jeremiah has said. As far as they were concerned their ways had prospered when they had worshipped ‘meleketh hashamayim' (the queen of heaven or... [ Continue Reading ]
3). JEREMIAH'S MAKES AN IMMEDIATE REPLY BY REMINDING THEM THAT YHWH HAD SEEN WHAT THEY AND THEIR FATHERS HAD DONE AND HAD ACTED IN JUDGMENT ON THEM FOR THAT REASON BY DESOLATING THEIR LAND AND MAKING IT A SPECTACLE TO THE WORLD (20-23). Jeremiah's reply was to point out that it was the very fact th... [ Continue Reading ]
4). A FURTHER WORD CONFIRMING YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON ALL JEWS LIVING IN EGYPT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TURNED TO OTHER GODS AND ARE TRUSTING IN PHARAOH HOPHRA AS THEIR DELIVERER (24-39). We have here the last prophetic words of Jeremiah of which we are aware, and they are as severe an indictment of the Judean... [ Continue Reading ]