JEREMIAH CHAPTER 43 Johanan and the commanders discredit Jeremiah's
prophecy, JEREMIAH 43:1, and, with the people, carry him and Baruch
into Egypt, JEREMIAH 43:4. He prophesieth, by a type, the conquest of
Egypt by the Babylonians, JEREMIAH 43:8. The Hebrew word which we
translate WORDS signifieth a... [ Continue Reading ]
Of JOHANAN we have before heard, but not of AZARIAH, unless under the
name of _Jezaniah_, JEREMIAH 42:1, but that is uncertain. These men
are called _proud men_, either because they were the great men, or
because their conceit of themselves led them into this fatal error.
Pride is nothing else but a... [ Continue Reading ]
BARUCH was but a clerk or secretary to Jeremiah, so not very probable
to overrule the prophet to a falsifying of his trust, and a betraying
of his countrymen into the hands of their enemies; but so fond are
wicked men of their lusts, that they will say any thing in
justification of them, rather than... [ Continue Reading ]
That is, they resolved not to obey the message God had sent them by
Jeremiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
This resolution they presently put in practice. Though it is certain
that Jeremiah and Baruch were not willing to go along with them, and
probably that many of the people were not willing, yet these
rebellious captains forced them all along with them, so as many of
them were now a kind of prisoners... [ Continue Reading ]
Of THE KING'S DAUGHTERS here mentioned, see JEREMIAH 41:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
Egypt at this time, though it was humbled by the king of Babylon, by
an inroad he had made into it, of which we read, 2 KINGS 24:7, yet it
was a distinct kingdom, and being near to Canaan, the Jews often fled
thither for sanctuary, and borrowed assistance against their enemies
from them. Of this cit... [ Continue Reading ]
No text from Poole on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
God commandeth the prophet to take these STONES, and to place them IN
THE CLAY, & c., for a sign of what we shall meet with expounded in the
next verse: it is plain from hence that the king of Egypt, called
Pharaoh, either resided, or at least had a royal palace, in Tahpanhes;
Jeremiah is directed t... [ Continue Reading ]
Now God expounds his meaning in his former command: he ordered
Jeremiah to take stones, and hide them in a place near the king of
Egypt's palace; now he tells them that this was for a sign that
Nebuchadnezzar should set his throne and spread his pavilion in that
place. This Nebuchadnezzar God calls... [ Continue Reading ]
He prophesieth the certain ruin of the Egyptians by the king of
Babylon, some of whom the king of Babylon should slay, others of them
he should lead away into captivity as prisoners of war. See the like
phrases JEREMIAH 15:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
God by his prophet declares a particular hatred to the idols of Egypt,
that he would burn up their temples, i.e. by the hands of
Nebuchadnezzar. AND CARRY THEM AWAY CAPTIVES; he shall carry away both
the idols and the inhabitants of Egypt captives. HE SHALL ARRAY
HIMSELF WITH THE LAND OF EGYPT; that... [ Continue Reading ]
BETH-SHEMESH signifies _the house of the sun_, and it is also the name
of a city in Egypt; so most take it here, as the name of a city which
had its name from a famous temple builded in it to the honour of the
sun. This idol is called _On_, GENESIS 41:45. By this it appears that
the Egyptians, as we... [ Continue Reading ]