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CHAPTER 42
_ 1. Jeremiah the intercessor (Jeremiah 42:1) _
2. The answer from Jehovah (Jeremiah 42:7)
Jeremiah 42:1. The remnant, the few who were left after the terrible
happenings recorded in the
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JEREMIAH 42:1 TO JEREMIAH 43:7. THE MIGRATION INTO EGYPT. Jeremiah is
asked by the leaders (Jeremiah 42:1 _mg.,_ with LXX) and the people to
seek Yahweh's guidance, which they solemnly ...
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THY.. special various reading, called _Sevir_ (App-34), reads "our",
as in Jeremiah 42:20.
A FEW. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:22).
AS. according as....
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_be accepted_ For mg. See on Jeremiah 36:7.
_then spake Azariah_ See on ch. Jeremiah 42:1.
_all the proud men, saying_ The word in MT. (_"ômĕrim_)
corresponding to "saying" here does not represent th...
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PRAY FOR US, &C.— It is the constant method of hypocrites to pretend
an absolute submission to the will of God, till that will is found to
run counter to their inclinations or interest. Lowth....
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2. _The request of the prophet_ (Jeremiah 42:1-6)
TRANSLATION
(1) Then all the officers of the forces, Johanan the son of Kareah,
and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people both small and
g...
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And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our
supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD
thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of
man...
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42:2 come (b-15) Lit. 'fall.'...
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JEREMIAH'S MESSAGE FROM GOD TO JOHANAN
1. Jezaniah] the Azariah of Jeremiah 43:2 (and probably not the
Jezaniah of Jeremiah 40:8).
7-22. The people are forbidden to go down to Egypt. Jeremiah had
alw...
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PRAY FOR US UNTO THE LORD THY GOD. — The prophet had gone to
Gedaliah at Mizpah (Jeremiah 40:6), and would seem to have been among
the captives whom Ishmael was carrying off when they were rescued by...
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CHAPTER XIV
THE DESCENT INTO EGYPT
Jeremiah 42:1 Jeremiah 43:1
"They came into the land of Egypt, for they obeyed not the voice of
Jehovah."- Jeremiah 43:7
THUS within a few days Jeremiah had exper...
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Before going forward, Johanan and those associated with him, gathered
to Jeremiah, and asked that he pray for them and seek divine guidance.
He consented at once to their request, and they promised ob...
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_Pray; consult, ver. 4., and chap. xxxvii. 3. (Haydock) --- Few;
comparatively, though there was a great number, chap. xliii. 5._...
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Hitherto the character of Johanan seems to have been fair. The zeal he
manifested against Ishmael, and the recovery of the captives, is well
succeeded by this enquiry. But alas! what sincerity is ther...
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It is added, that they _said, _as though they were ready to obey, _Let
our prayer fall before thee. _This, as we have said, when addressed to
God, is an _evidence _of humility; but it is applied here...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 39 THROUGH 44.
After this, chapter 39 and the following Chapter s give us the history
of the confusion and iniquity that reigned among the remnant who were
no...
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AND SAID UNTO JEREMIAH THE PROPHET,.... That is, some one of them, as
the mouth of the whole body, very probably Johanan:
LET, WE BESEECH THEE, OUR SUPPLICATION BE ACCEPTED BEFORE THEE; they
treat th...
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And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our
supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD
thy God, [even] for all this remnant; (for we are left [but] a few of...
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_Then all the captains, and all the people_ That is, both those
captains, and many of the people; _came near and said unto Jeremiah _
Who was probably carried away with the other captives by Ishmael,...
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THE HYPOCRITICAL INQUIRY...
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and said unto Jeremiah, the prophet, who had been taken along from
Mizpah together with the other inhabitants of the city, LET, WE
BESEECH THEE, OUR SUPPLICATION BE ACCEPTED BEFORE THEE, literally,
"f...
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LET, WE BESEECH THEE, OUR SUPPLICATION BE ACCEPTED BEFORE THEE:
Or, let our supplication fall before thee...
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1-6 To serve a turn, Jeremiah is sought out, and the captains ask for
his assistance. In every difficult, doubtful case, we must look to God
for direction; and we may still, in faith, pray to be guid...
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These men (though wretched hypocrites) yet come to the prophet with
great respect and reverence, first desiring that he would allow them
to make their request to him: probably the evidence they had ha...
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Jeremiah 42:2 said H559 (H8799) Jeremiah H3414 prophet H5030 petition
H8467 acceptable H5307 (H8799) H6440 pray...
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THE PEOPLE APPROACH JEREMIAH AND SEEK GUIDANCE, GIVING THE IMPRESSION
OF WANTING TO OBEY YHWH (JEREMIAH 42:1).
As a result of what had happened to Jerusalem Jeremiah had now been
proved to be a true p...
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THE REFUGEES SEEK YHWH'S GUIDANCE THROUGH JEREMIAH BUT ON RECEIVING IT
REJECT IT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT FIT IN WITH THEIR INCLINATIONS WITH THE
CONSEQUENCE THAT JEREMIAH PROPHESIES JUDGMENT AGAINST THEM...
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CONTENTS: God's answer to the inquiry of the people and Jeremiah
concerning the calamities recently befallen. God's charge to the
people in the land.
CHARACTERS: God, Johanan, Jezaniah, Jeremiah.
CON...
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Jeremiah 42:1. _Then came all the captains of the forces._ שׂרי
_sari,_ the princes of the army. _Johanan and Jezaniah_ are for
dignity named last, because they were of royal blood. All the people,
be...
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_All the people. .. came near, and said unto Jeremiah the prophet._
THE PEOPLE AND THE PROPHET
I. Prayerfulness. “Pray for us.” The prophet was implored to
intercede with God on behalf of his countr...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 42:1 The leaders ask JEREMIAH 1:1 to seek
God’s will. They are desperate and devastated and claim to desire to
know the...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—CHRONOLOGY as in previous chapter.
Observe: _Jeremiah and Baruch_ had been _among the captives of
Ishmael_, whom Johanan _rescued_ (chap. Jeremiah 43:6).
STATE OF THE NA...
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EXPOSITION
Jeremiah receives a request to inquire of God concerning the proposed
emigration, and a "word of the Lord" follows.
JEREMIAH 42:1
JEZANIAH THE SON OF HOSHAIAH. For "Jezaniah," the Septuag...
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So in chapter 42:
Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah,
they came unto Jeremiah, and said unto him, We beg you, that you will
accept our supplication, and pray for us un...
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1 Kings 13:6; 1 Samuel 12:19; 1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Samuel 7:8; Acts 8:24;...