The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, Ver. 1. _The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: Ver. 2. _Go and speak unto Zedekiah._] Tell him plainly what shall become of him and... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon. Ver. 3. _And thou shalt not escape._] Whatever vain hopes thou m... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: Ver. 4. _Yet hear the word of the Lord._] A word of comfort. The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works. Psa 145:9 Out of his philanthropy he giveth thi... [ Continue Reading ]
Jeremiah 34:5 [But] thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn [odours] for thee; and they will lament thee, [saying], Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD. Ver. 5. _But thou shalt die in peace._] Yet... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, Ver. 6. _Then Jeremiah spake all these words._] Never fearing what might follow; and he had no sooner done but he was clapped up. See Jeremiah 32:3 .... [ Continue Reading ]
When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah. Ver. 7. _And against all the cities of Judah which were left._] These were not many, for the... [ Continue Reading ]
Jeremiah 34:8 [This is] the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which [were] at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; Ver. 8. _This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord._] Here beginneth a new sermon, reckon... [ Continue Reading ]
That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, [being] an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, [to wit], of a Jew his brother. Ver. 9. _That every man should let his manservant._] Should manumit and dismiss him at six years' end, accordi... [ Continue Reading ]
Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let [them] go. Ver. 10. _Then they obeyed, and let the... [ Continue Reading ]
But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. Ver. 11. _But afterwards they turned, and caused their servants._] _Stimulante avaritia._ Covetousness prompting and pricking... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Ver. 12. _Therefore the word of the Lord._] Of God the Son. _a_ Came to Jeremiah from the Lord.] From God the Father. _ a_ Junius.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, Ver. 13. _I made a covenant with your fathers._] Heb., I cut a covenant. See Jeremiah 34:18 . _ Out of the house of bondme... [ Continue Reading ]
At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. Ver. 14. _At the end of seven years let ye go._] He... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: Ver. 15. _And you were now turned._] Being frightened into a temporary reformation: but all was in hypocrisy, as n... [ Continue Reading ]
But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. Ver. 16. _But ye turned._] _Exprobrat recidivum Iudaeorum scelu... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kin... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof, Ver. 18. _That have transgressed my covenant._] His covenant he calleth it by a weight... [ Continue Reading ]
The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf; Ver. 19. _The princes of Judah._] These were most of them cut in pieces by the King of Babylon, as the calf had been.... [ Continue Reading ]
I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. Ver. 20. _And their dead bodies._] Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 16:4 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you. Ver. 21. _Which are gone up from you._] But will be upon you again ere long; they are b... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant. Ver. 22. _Behold, I will command_] _i.e., _ By a secret instinct I will move.... [ Continue Reading ]