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Verse Jeremiah 38:22. _ALL THE WOMEN - BROUGHT FORTH_] I think this
place speaks of a kind of defection among the women of the harem; many
of whom had already _gone forth_ privately to the principal o...
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ALL THE WOMEN THAT ARE LEFT - Belonging to the harems of former kings
(compare 1 Kings 2:22), attendants, and slaves.
THY FRIENDS ... - This satirical song (compare Obadiah 1:7) should be
translated...
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CHAPTER 38
_ 1. Jeremiah in the dungeon and his rescue (Jeremiah 38:1) _
2. Jeremiah with Zedekiah: His last appeal (Jeremiah 38:14)
Jeremiah 38:1. Jeremiah is next accused of high treason. Th
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Zedekiah asks Jeremiah about the future, swearing immunity to him,
whatever his answer (Jeremiah 38:16). Jeremiah urges him to save
himself and the city by surrender to Nebuchadrezzar's princes
(Nebuc...
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PRINCES. Showing that Nebuchadnezzar himself was not there. Compare
Jeremiah 39:1.
SET THEE ON. persuaded thee. See note on Jeremiah 20:7.
SUNK IN THE MIRE. The moral sinking of Zedekiah far worse t...
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_all the women that are left_ the women of the harem generally,
concubines and their attendants. If Zedekiah prove obstinate, these
also will join in the reproaches that shall be heaped upon him.
_Th...
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AND, BEHOLD, ALL THE WOMEN, &C.— _Behold, all the women who are left
in the king of Judah's house, go forth to the king of Babylon's
princes: lo, they say of thee, His friends deceive and delude him,...
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E. Interviewed by the King Jeremiah 38:14-26
TRANSLATION
(14) Zedekiah the king sent and had Jeremiah the prophet brought unto
him at the third entrance of the house of the LORD. And the king said
un...
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And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house
shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those
women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevai...
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38:22 friends (a-30) As ch. 20.10, and Psalms 41:9 . back. (b-51) Or
'[thy friends] have withdrawn from [thee].'...
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1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the
publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes....
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The women of the harem shall join in the reproaches, saying, Thy
friends have persuaded thee against thy better judgment, and then
deserted thee.
24-26. Zedekiah's weakness is again conspicuous....
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Under these circumstances he continued to foretell the victory of the
Chaldeans, with the result that the anger of the princes was stirred
up against him, and he was cast into a most loathsome dungeon...
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And, behold, all the women that are (k) left in the king of Judah's
house [shall be] brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and
those [women] shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have...
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_Say. At parting, bewailing thy blindness, which has entailed misery
upon all. (Haydock) --- Of peace. That is, thy false friends,
promising thee peace and happiness, and by their evil counsels
involv...
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This must have been a very interesting interview between the king and
the Prophet; and it is impossible but to take concern in it, and to
wish that Zedekiah had listened to the Prophet's advice. And a...
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_Behold, the women who as yet remain in the palace of the king, shall
go forth to the princes of the king of Babylon, _that is, having left
the city they will betray thee to thine enemies; and they _s...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 AND 38.
Chapter 37 gives us Zedekiah in the same state of disobedience. A show
of religion is kept up, and, having a moment of respite which excites
some h...
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AND, BEHOLD, ALL THE WOMEN THAT ARE LEFT IN THE KING OF JUDAH'S
HOUSE,.... That were left in the royal palace when Jehoiakim and
Jeconiah were carried captives; or which were left of the famine and
pe...
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And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house
[shall be] brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those
[women] shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have pre...
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_But if thou refuse, this is the word that the Lord hath showed me_
Namely, what follows in the next two verses. _Behold, all the women
that are left in the king of Judah's house_ The king's wives, hi...
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and, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house,
all the members of his harem, including also the wives of former kings
who remained in his care, SHALL BE BROUGHT FORTH TO THE KI...
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Jeremiah's Advice to the King...
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THY FRIENDS:
_ Heb._ men of thy peace...
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14-28 Jeremiah was not forward to repeat the warnings, which seemed
only to endanger his own life, and to add to the king's guilt, but
asked whether he feared to do the will of God. The less men fear...
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Thou that art afraid of the insultings of men that are thy subjects
shalt fall under the insultings and taunts of the women: either the
court ladies who were left when Jehoiachin was carried away, or...
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Jeremiah 38:22 women H802 left H7604 (H8738) king H4428 Judahs H3063
house H1004 surrendered H3318 (H8716) king
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JEREMIAH'S EXPERIENCES IN THE COURT OF THE GUARD (JEREMIAH 38:1).
But even the fact that Jeremiah was in the court of the guard did not
prevent him from further maltreatment by those who saw him as a...
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ZEDEKIAH ONCE AGAIN CONSULTS JEREMIAH AND KEEPS HIM SAFELY IN THE
COURT OF THE GUARD UNTIL JERUSALEM IS TAKEN (JEREMIAH 38:14).
This was to be Zedekiah's last consultation with Jeremiah. During it
he...
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Jeremiah 38
Ropes and rags.
I. Help always comes from above. Jeremiah found it so. It was useless
to try to climb out of the dungeon, it was only to fall deeper into
the mire. "Salvation is of the L...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's imprisonment, continued. His private conference
with the king.
CHARACTERS: Shephatiah, Gedaliah, Jucal, Pashur, Jeremiah, Zedekiah,
Malchiah, Ebed-melech, Jonathan.
CONCLUSION: G...
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Jeremiah 38:7. _Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,_ the king's chamberlain. It
seems to have been a new name given him on his promotion to office;
but God gave him long life for preserving the life of Jeremia...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 38:21 Refusal to obey carries dire
consequences.
⇐ ⇔...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES as on preceding
chapter.
Personal Allusions. Jeremiah 38:1. “_Shephatiah_,” never elsewhere
mentioned. “_Gedaliah_,” possibly son of “Pashur” the vio...
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CONTINUATION.
EXPOSITION
The object of the princes being frustrated (for in the "court of the
guard" Jeremiah had perfect freedom and opportunity of speech), the
princes resolve upon a more effectua...
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Now we come to the third part of the book of Jeremiah and this covers
the period of Zedekiah the king. These particular prophecies,
thirty-seven through thirty-nine, cover from the time that Zedekiah...
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Isaiah 42:17; Jeremiah 20:10; Jeremiah 38:19; Jeremiah 38:4;...
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The women — Thou that art afraid of the insultings of men, shalt
fall under the insultings of the women. Thy friends — For this thou
mayest thank thy priests, and false prophets. And they — Have
forsa...