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HIS MIGHTY MEN - The commanders of his army; the princes are the civil
officers....
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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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THE KING SOUGHT, &C. One of eleven rulers offended with God's
messengers. See note on Exodus 10:28....
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See introd. summary to ch. The story is introduced by the compiler
(probably Baruch) to illustrate the risk to which Jeremiah was
exposed; perhaps also to contrast Jeremiah's courage and Uriah's
cowar...
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_with all his mighty men_ The LXX omit, and the expression is not
found elsewhere in the Book....
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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...
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3. _A counter-precedent_ (Jeremiah 26:20-23)
TRANSLATION
(20) But there was also a man who was prophesying in the name of the
LORD, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim; and he prophesied
agai...
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_AND WHEN JEHOIAKIM THE KING, WITH ALL HIS MIGHTY MEN, AND ALL THE
PRINCES, HEARD HIS WORDS, THE KING SOUGHT TO PUT HIM TO DEATH: BUT
WHEN URIJAH HEARD IT, HE WAS AFRAID, AND FLED, AND WENT INTO EGYPT...
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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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AND WHEN JEHOIAKIM THE KING... — The fact that the princes of Judah,
who defended Jeremiah, were against Urijah, suggests the inference
either that his words were more vehemently denunciatory, or that...
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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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I pray the Reader to observe with me, who were the enemies of faithful
Jeremiah: namely, the unfaithful priests. Oh! what a reproach is it to
any age, and to every age of the Church, that the Redeemer...
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It then follows, _And when, Jehoiakim the king, and all his mighty men
and the princes, heard his words, etc_. This verse seems to favor the
opinion of those who conclude that godly men were the speak...
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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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AND WHEN JEHOIAKIM THE KING, WITH ALL HIS MIGHTY MEN,.... Either his
courtiers, or his soldiers, or both:
AND ALL THE PRINCES, HEARD HIS WORDS; the words of the Prophet Urijah;
not with their own ear...
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And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the
princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but
when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;...
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_And there was also a man_ There are three different opinions
respecting the following passage. The first ascribes it to an opposite
party, who, by a contrary precedent to the foregoing, urged the
con...
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and when Jehoiakim, the king, with all his mighty men and all the
princes, the most powerful men of the nation, HEARD HIS WORDS, THE
KING SOUGHT TO PUT HIM TO DEATH; BUT WHEN URIJAH HEARD IT, being
in...
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Jeremiah's Defense and Deliverance...
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16-24 When secure sinners are threatened with taking away the Spirit
of God, and the kingdom of God, it is what is warranted from the word
of God. Hezekiah who protected Micah, prospered. Did Jehoiak...
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When Jehoiakim, our present king, and all his great men, heard of it,
(probably by the information of others,) they judged it a capital
crime, and used means to apprehend him, in order to the putting...
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Jeremiah 26:21 Jehoiakim H3079 king H4428 men H1368 princes H8269
heard H8085 (H8799) words H1697 king H4428 so
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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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THE CASE OF URIAH, THE SON OF SHEMAIAH, ANOTHER FAITHFUL PROPHET
(JEREMIAH 26:20).
It is quite clear that this was not a part of the defence put forward
by the elders, for it presents the opposite pic...
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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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1 Kings 19:1; 2 Chronicles 16:10; Jeremiah 36:26; Mark 6:19;...