The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, Ver. 1. _The word that came unto Jeremiah from the Lord._] This history is here set down out of course; _a_ for Jerusalem was not besie... [ Continue Reading ]
Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us. Ver. 2. _Inquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us._] He seeketh now to the Lord, whom in his p... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: Ver. 3. _Then said Jeremiah unto them._] He answereth them modestly, and without insultation; but freely and boldly, as a man of a heroic spirit, and the messenger of the King of kings.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that [are] in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and [against] the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city. Ver. 4. _Behold, I will tu... [ Continue Reading ]
And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. Ver. 5. _And I myself will fight against you._] This was heavy tidings to Zedekiah and his courtiers. _Optassent sibi prophetas qui dixissent laeta,_ saith Oecolampad... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. Ver. 6. _They shall die of a great pestilence._] See Jeremiah 16:4; Jeremiah 18:21. Hippocrates calleth the pestilence το θειον, the divine disease; because there is much of God's hand in it, li... [ Continue Reading ]
_And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand... [ Continue Reading ]
And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. Ver. 8. _Behold, I will set before you the way of life and the way of death._] They should have their option, but a very sad one. Saved they could not be from their enemies but... [ Continue Reading ]
He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. Ver. 9. _His life shall be unto him for a prey._] And lawful prey or booty i... [ Continue Reading ]
For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. Ver. 10. _For I have set my face against this city._] I have looked this city to destruction. I have decreed it, and will do i... [ Continue Reading ]
And touching the house of the king of Judah, [say], Hear ye the word of the LORD; Ver. 11. _And touching the house of the king of Judah, say,_] _i.e., _ His courtiers and his counsellors. which probably were now as bad or worse than they had been in his father Josiah's days. "Her princes within her... [ Continue Reading ]
O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver [him that is] spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench [it], because of the evil of your doings. Ver. 12. _O house of David._] But much degenerated from... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I [am] against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, [and] rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations? Ver. 13. _Behold, I am against thee._] I, who alone am a whole army of men, van and rear both, Isa 52:12 and may bett... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it. Ver. 14. _But I will punish you._] _a_ And if I take you once to do, you are sure of your full payment. Heb., I will visit upon... [ Continue Reading ]