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Verse Jeremiah 37:20. _CAUSE ME NOT TO RETURN TO THE HOUSE OF
JONATHAN_] He had been ill used in this man's custody, so as to
endanger his life, the place being cold, and probably unhealthy....
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JEREMIAH AND ZEDEKIAH AND THE FALL OF JERUSALEM (37-39)
CHAPTER 37
_ 1. Jeremiah's warning (Jeremiah 37:1) _
2. Jeremiah's arrest (Jeremiah 37:11)
Jeremiah 37:1. To understand more fully
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Jeremiah, during the interval in the siege, is leaving the city by a
northern gate on private business (perhaps connected with the earlier
incident of Jeremiah 32:6 ff.), when he is arrested by the of...
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See introd. summary to ch....
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_be accepted_ lit. _fall_. See on Jeremiah 36:7....
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B. Summoned by the King Jeremiah 37:16-21
TRANSLATION
(16) When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon vaults and had remained
there several days, (17) Zedekiah the king sent and had him brought;
and the...
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Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my
supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me
not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there....
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37:20 come (d-17) Lit. 'fall.'...
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1-5. The general position....
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THAT THOU CAUSE ME NOT TO RETURN TO THE HOUSE OF JONATHAN THE
SCRIBE... — The petition shows the cruelty with which the prophet
had been treated. Half-starved, and thrust into a foul and fœtid
dungeon...
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וְ עַתָּ֕ה שְֽׁמַֽע ־נָ֖א אֲדֹנִ֣י הַ
מֶּ֑לֶך
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CHAPTER XII
JEREMIAH'S IMPRISONMENT
Jeremiah 37:11, Jeremiah 38:1, Jeremiah 39:15
"Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem
was taken."-...
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This and the two following Chapter s contain the history of the siege
up to the fall of the city. In the first part of this chapter Jeremiah
was free. Zedekiah occupied the throne, but was disobedient...
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_Entry, where he had been already, chap. xxxii. 1., and xxxiv. 1, 7.
--- Piece. Roll, sufficient for a day's maintenance. (Calmet) ---
Protestants, "a piece of bread (Septuagint, a loaf) out of the ba...
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We have here a most interesting relation, in which Jeremiah appears
most delightful indeed. Neither stripes, nor prisons, can make the
faithful servants of the Lord less faithful: yea the exercises of...
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This verse shews that Jeremiah was not destitute of human feelings,
for he, as other men, dreaded death. But yet he could so control
himself, that no fear made him to turn aside from his duty. Fear,
t...
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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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THEREFORE HEAR NOW, ONE PRAY THEE, O MY LORD THE KING,.... When the
prophet spoke in the name of the Lord, and the words of the Lord, it
was with great boldness and majesty; but when he spoke for hims...
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Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my
supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me
not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there....
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_Moreover Jeremiah said, What have I offended against thee_ What law
have I broken? What injury have I done to thee, or thy people, or
government, _that ye have put me in prison_ Have put me into the...
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Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king, let my
supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee, his plea,
according to the strongly figurative language of the Orient, being
represented...
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Jeremiah's Arrest and Imprisonment...
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11-21 There are times when it is the wisdom of good men to retire, to
enter into their chambers, and to shut the doors, Isaiah 26:20.
Jeremiah was seized as a deserter, and committed to prison. But i...
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Though Jeremiah had dealt very faithfully with the king and princes,
and they had dealt very hardly and cruelly with him, casting him for
no just cause into a nasty prison, and Jeremiah knew well enou...
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Jeremiah 37:20 hear H8085 (H8798) lord H113 king H4428 petition H8467
accepted H5307 (H8799) before H6440 return
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AFTER HAVING SPENT SOME TIME IN PRISON JEREMIAH WAS SUMMONED TO APPEAR
BEFORE KING ZEDEKIAH WHO SECRETLY SOUGHT HIS COUNSEL, GIVING JEREMIAH
THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL AGAINST HIS SITUATION. AS A RESUL...
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THE DISOBEDIENCE OF JUDAH AND ITS KING IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THEIR
TREATMENT OF THE PROPHET OF YHWH (JEREMIAH 37:1 TO JEREMIAH 38:28).
These events once again took place during the reign of Zedekiah, the...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's imprisonment in the days of Zedekiah.
CHARACTERS: Zedekiah, Coniah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah, Jehucal,
Zephaniah, Jonathan, Irijah.
CONCLUSION: It is no new thing for those who h...
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Jeremiah 37:5. _Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt._ The
Chaldeans were afraid of them, and raised the siege. But this joy to
Jerusalem was of short continuance; the Chaldeans returned after t...
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_And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken
up from Jerusalem._
JEREMIAH PERSECUTED
After the captivity and death of Jehoiakim, his brother Zedekiah,
another son of Josiah, s...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. In the
tenth and eleventh year of Zedekiah. Later than chap. 21, for that
embassy was sent when Nebuchadnezzar was marching against Jerusal...
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EXPOSITION
Nothing worthy of relation appears to have happened to Jeremiah till
the latter period of the reign of Zedekiah. The first two verses of
this chapter form the transition. The embassy to Je...
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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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Acts 23:16; Acts 25:10; Acts 25:11; Acts 28:18; Acts 28:19;...