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Jeremiah 26:12

Jeremiah's defence is that the message is from God and therefore true. His conviction is unshaken. Let his accusers beware, lest in putting him to death they be really fighting against God. Cp. Gamaliel in Acts 5:39.

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See also Jeremiah 26:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 26:12. _THE LORD SENT ME TO PROPHESY_] My commission is from him, and my words are his own. I sought not this painful office. I did not run before I was sent....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The answer of Jeremiah is simple and straightforward. Yahweh, he affirmed, had truly sent him, but the sole object of his prophesying had been to avert the evil by leading them to repentance. If they...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 26 Threatened with Death and His Deliverance _ 1. The temple like Shiloh, and Jerusalem to be a curse (Jeremiah 26:1) _ 2. Threatened with death (Jeremiah 26:8) 3. Jeremiah's defense ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH 26. DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE FORETOLD: JEREMIAH'S PERIL (608 B.C.). Jeremiah is told to proclaim in the Temple (_cf._ Jeremiah 19:14; probably at some festival) a perilous message (keep not...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    I. THE ARREST AND TRIAL OF THE PROPHET Jeremiah 26:1-24 The faithful proclamation of the word of God is dangerous business. Amos, the prophet from Tekoa, was openly rebuked by Amaziah the high priest...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. The Trial Jeremiah 26:11-24 The proceedings at the New Gate were similar to those in any court of law. Formal charges were lodged against Jeremiah (Jeremiah 26:11) and then the prophet was allowed...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. THE LORD SENT ME - a...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH'S FIFTEENTH PROPHECY (EARLY IN THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM) For Jeremiah 26:1 see intro. to Jeremiah 7-10. This chapter gives us a sketch of the difficulties and dangers under which Jeremiah had...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE LORD SENT ME TO PROPHESY... — The answer of the accused is that of all true prophets and preachers of the word, “The Lord God hath spoken, and he can but prophesy” (Amos 3:8). He must “obey God ra...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֨הוּ֙ אֶל ־כָּל ־הַ שָּׂר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 26:1 In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is plainly a fin

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    UNGRATEFUL FORGETFULNESS Jeremiah 2:1-8; Jeremiah 26:1-24; Jeremiah 27:1-22; Jeremiah 28:1-17; Jeremiah 29:1-32; Jeremiah 30:1-24; Jeremiah 31:1-40; Jeremiah 32:1-44 God regarded

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Once again Jeremiah repeated a previous message, one delivered yet earlier, "in the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim." He had then been instructed to stand in the court of the Lord's house, and del...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD (h) sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. (h) He both shows the...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Is there anything new or wonderful in this? What servant, what Prophet, what Apostle, eminent in their Lord's service, but hath been brought into the same situation. Nay, what was the Lord himself, wh...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah pleads only his own calling and the command of God; and thus he confutes the preposterous charge which they most impudently brought against him. There is no doubt but that he might have spoke...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 26 begins this series of details with a prophecy of the commencement of Jehoiakim's reign. The people are warned, as being already in sin, that if they repent, they shall escape. We have const...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN SPAKE JEREMIAH UNTO ALL THE PRINCES, AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE, SAYING,.... In his own defence; which, as Jerom observes, was with prudence, humility, and constancy: THE LORD SENT ME TO PROPHESY AGA...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. Ver. 12. _The Lord sent...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Jeremiah's Defense and Deliverance...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city, rather, "to" or "concerning this house and this city"; fo...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    7-15 The priests and prophets charged Jeremiah as deserving death, and bore false witness against him. The elders of Israel came to inquire into this matter. Jeremiah declares that the Lord sent him...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The priests having given Jeremiah his charge, he makes his defence. The sum of which was, he acknowledgeth that he had prophesied against the temple, and against the city, and tacitly acknowledgeth th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 26:12 Jeremiah H3414 spoke H559 (H8799) princes H8269 people H5971 saying H559 (H8800) LORD H3068 sent...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    A). JEREMIAH DECLARES IN THE TEMPLE THAT IF JUDAH WILL NOT REPENT THEIR SANCTUARY WILL END UP LIKE THAT AT SHILOH, WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY THE PHILISTINES, AND THEIR CITY WILL BE SUBJECT TO YHWH'S CURS...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SECTION 2 SUBSECTION 1 COMMENCING WITH A SPEECH IN THE TEMPLE JEREMIAH WARNS OF WHAT IS COMING AND REPUDIATES THE PROMISES OF THE FALSE PROPHETS, AND WHILE OPPOSED BY THE HIERARCHY, HAS HIS OWN STATUS...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Message in the temple court. Spiteful treatment of Jeremiah and his brave stand. Martyrdom of Urijah. CHARACTERS: Jehoiakim, Jeremiah, Micah, Hezekiah, Urijah, Elnathan, Ahikam. CONCLUSION:...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 26:1. _In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim._ See the note on Jeremiah 26:3. Jeremiah 26:2. _Stand in the court of the Lord's house._ See the note on...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _When Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him, the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die._ THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A TRUE PROPHET I. The true prophet has a st...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah._ AFFLICTIONS, DISTRESSES, TUMULTS Jehoiakim was, perhaps, the most despicable of the kings of Judah. Josephus says that he was...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 26:12 THE LORD SENT ME. Jeremiah claims to speak only God’s words (Jeremiah 1:4) concerning the...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. About three years earlier than the prophecy of preceding chapter. _Cf_. chapter 7 with this, and it is evident that they are synchronous. E...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    JEREMIAH'S TRIAL AND DELIVERANCE. EXPOSITION The prophecy in Jeremiah 26:2 is a summary of that contained in Jeremiah 7:1; the narrative, which stands in no connection either with...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Jer 26:1-24 through 30. In the twenty-second chapter of Jeremiah the Lord had ordered Jeremiah to go to the king's house, Zedekiah, and prophesy unto him. So these prophecies were those that Jeremiah...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 4:19; Acts 5:29; Amos 7:15; Jeremiah 1:17; Jeremiah 1:18;...

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