Jeremiah 45:1-5. Rebuke and promise to Baruch The date assigned in Jeremiah 45:1 is rejected by Gi., Du. and Erbt on the ground that in Jehoiakim's fourth year, when the Roll was issued, the future of the Southern kingdom was not yet despaired of. Moreover, "these words" might naturally be referred... [ Continue Reading ]
_unto Baruch_ See on Jeremiah 32:12. _these words_ See introd. note for the difficulty in harmonizing this expression with the date given in the _v_. It is, however, not unnatural to suppose that this section stood in connexion with ch. 36 in some way. Perhaps we should read "the words," referring... [ Continue Reading ]
_unto_ rather, as mg. _concerning_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_sorrow to my pain_ The "pain" was caused by the thought of his fellow-countrymen's sins and of the judgements impending on them; the "sorrow" by knowing what was in store for himself.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thus … him_ omit as a gloss. Baruch himself, not the prophet, is still addressed. _Behold, that which I have built, etc_.] Baruch is pained at the calamities in which his country is involved, but let him be sure that the Lord, in bringing Himself to overthrow His cherished people, can only be thus... [ Continue Reading ]
_seek them not_ What form Baruch's aspirations took can only be matter of conjecture. It has been suggested that as grandson of Maaseiah who was governor of Jerusalem in Josiah's reign (2 Chronicles 34:8) he may have aspired to high office, or, as ch. Jeremiah 43:3 may be thought to hint, that he wa... [ Continue Reading ]