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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 ...
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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...
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_prophets_ The LXX, in order to make the sense clearer, render the
Hebrew here, as in Jeremiah 26:8_; Jeremiah 26:11; Jeremiah 26:16_,
"_false_prophets....
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See introd. summary to ch....
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THE PROPHETS, &C.— The prophets, as is manifest from many passages
in Scripture, were an order of men among the Jews devoted to sacred
literature, and qualified by their attainments in religious knowl...
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_SO THE PRIESTS AND THE PROPHETS AND ALL THE PEOPLE HEARD JEREMIAH
SPEAKING THESE WORDS IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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...
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THE PRIESTS AND THE PROPHETS. — The mention of the latter is
significant. Jeremiah had to separate himself from both the orders to
which he belonged, in the one case, by birth, in the other, by a
spec...
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וַֽ יִּשְׁמְע֛וּ הַ כֹּהֲנִ֥ים וְ הַ
נְּבִאִ֖
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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
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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
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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...
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It is impossible to read the continued perseverance of the mournful
Prophet, and to hear the sad subject of the peoples neglect of his
preaching, but with much exercise and pain of the mind. Reader! i...
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Here the Prophet recites what happened to him, after he had declared
God’s message, and faithfully warned the people by adding
threatenings, as God had commanded him. He says first that he was
_heard;...
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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...
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SO THE PRIESTS, AND THE PROPHETS, AND ALL THE PEOPLE,.... As it was in
the temple, in one of the courts of it, that Jeremiah was, and said
the above things, it is no wonder to hear of the "priests", s...
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So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah
speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
Ver. 7. _So the priests and the prophets._] Like unto these prophets
were the scribes...
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_So the priests and the prophets_ Namely, the false prophets; they who
pretended to be prophets, though they had received no divine
commission. _And all the people_ Who were present at that time; _hea...
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So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah
speaking these words in the house of the Lord, for he brought his
message to their attention in accordance with the command of the Lor...
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THE FIRST PROPHECY AND ITS EFFECT...
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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...
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All the people present at that time heard the prophet, who, according
to the command of God, came into the court of the Lord's house, and
discharged his office, speaking these words....
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Jeremiah 26:7 priests H3548 prophets H5030 people H5971 heard H8085
(H8799) Jeremiah H3414 speaking H1696 (H8764)
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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...
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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...
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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:...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 4:1; Acts 5:17; Ezekiel 22:25; Ezekiel 22:26; Jeremiah 23:11;...