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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 43:9

Brickkiln - Possibly, a pavement of brick. Jeremiah was to take a few large stones, such, nevertheless, as he could carry in his hand, and build with them, in the propylaea before the royal palace, something that would serve to represent the dais upon which the seat of kings was usually placed. By hiding them in the clay is meant plastering them over with mortar.

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See also Jeremiah 43:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 43:9. _TAKE GREAT STONES_] This discourse seems to have been delivered about a year after the destruction of Jerusalem. They pretended that they dared not stay in _Judea_ for fear of t...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 43 _ 1. The rebellion against Jeremiah (Jeremiah 43:1) _ 2. Jeremiah's prediction about the conquest of Egypt (Jeremiah 43:8) Jeremiah 43:1. No sooner had Jeremiah finished communicating th

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FUTURE CONQUEST OF EGYPT BY NEBUCHADREZZAR. According to an imperfect inscription (given in Rogers's _Cuneiform Parallels to the OT,_ p. 367), he actually invaded Egypt in 567 B.C. Jeremiah symbol...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE BRICKKILN. the brick pavement before the royal palace. Laid bare in 1886 by Flinders Petrie. See note on 2 Samuel 12:31. There could be no "brickkiln "close to the entrance of the palace. But such...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _hide them in mortar in the brickwork_ mg. _lay them with mortar in the pavement_(or _square_). The MT. is questionable here. The words for "in the mortar" and "in the brickwork" resemble each other,...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    TAKE GREAT STONES—AND HIDE THEM— _Bricks_ were the chief materials which the Babylonians used in their most stately buildings; so that there was constant occasion for such a brick-kiln near Pharaoh's...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    II. EVENTS IN THE LAND OF EGYPT Jeremiah 43:8 to Jeremiah 44:30 It is impossible to determine precisely what year the Jews immigrated to Egypt. The year 583 or 582 B.C. would probably not be far wron...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; TAKE GREAT STONES - to be laid...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    43:9 Jews, (a-31) Lit. 'men ( _ Enosh_ ), Jews.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FATE OF EGYPT 1-7. They disobey and go to Egypt....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    IN THE CLAY IN THE BRICK-KILN] RV 'in mortar in the brickwork.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    TAKE GREAT STONES IN THINE HAND, AND HIDE THEM IN THE CLAY IN THE BRICKKILN. — Better, _in the mortar on the platform._ There seems something incongruous in the idea of a brickkiln, or a place for bak...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    קַ֣ח בְּ יָדְךָ֞ אֲבָנִ֣ים גְּדֹלֹ֗ות וּ טְמַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XVII EGYPT Jeremiah 43:8, Jeremiah 44:30, Jeremiah 46:1 "I will visit Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods and their kings: even Pharaoh and all them that trust in him....

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The accuracy of Jeremiah's judgment of the people was immediately manifest. Their leaders charged him with having spoken falsely under the inspiration of Baruch, and immediately all of them passed ove...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Take great stones in thy hand, and (i) hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which [is] at the entrance of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; (i) Which signified that N...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Wall; kiln, or court. (Hebrew) Justice was administered at the gate, and the magnificent throne of Solomon was placed in the court or porch, 3 Kings x. 18. (Calmet) --- The prophet preaches by facts,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Reader! look at God's people in their vassalage: part of them in Babylon, and part in Egypt! Is this the Lord's heritage? Well might the Prophet use his lamentations in the way he hath, and pour out h...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    He was then commanded to take _great stones, _and to _hide _them in _the clay, _or cement, _in a brick-kiln, _that is, in a kiln where bricks were burnt, or in a place where they were usually made, or...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    TAKE GREAT STONES IN THINE HAND,.... In both his hands, as big as he could carry: AND HIDE THEM IN THE CLAY IN THE BRICK KILN; there was much clay in Egypt, through the overflowing of the Nile, and p...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which [is] at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; Ver. 9. _Take great stones in t...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Then came the word of the Lord to Jeremiah in Tahpahnes_ Jeremiah was now among idolatrous Egyptians and treacherous Israelites, yet here the _word of the Lord came to him, and he prophesied._ God ca...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JEREMIAH IN TAHPANHES...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Take great stones in thine hand and hide them in the clay in the brick-kiln which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah, so that he would have trustworthy w...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-13 God can find his people wherever they are. The Spirit of prophecy was not confined to the land of Israel. It is foretold that Nebuchadnezzar should destroy and carry into captivity many of the Eg...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    God commandeth the prophet to take these STONES, and to place them IN THE CLAY, & c., for a sign of what we shall meet with expounded in the next verse: it is plain from hence that the king of Egypt,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 43:9 Take H3947 (H8798) large H1419 stones H68 hand H3027 hide H2934 (H8804) sight H5869 men...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH DECLARES TO JUDAH THAT FAR FROM ESCAPING THE VENGEANCE OF NEBUCHADREZZAR, IT WILL REACH THEM IN TAHPANHES (JEREMIAH 43:8). We know from a damaged Babylonian tablet that Nebuchadrezzar did invade...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jeremiah carried to Tahpanhes in Egypt. Sign of the hidden stones. CHARACTERS: God, Azariah, Johanan, Baruch, Nebuzaradan, Gedeliah, Nebuchadnezzar. CONCLUSION: It is common for unhumbled...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 43:3. _Baruch setteth thee on against us,_ in our purpose to seek an asylum in Egypt. Jeremiah's character as a prophet, having received the seals of providence, they durst not deny him the g...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brick kiln._ JEREMIAH HIDES THE STONES IN THE BRICK KILN I. They preached of the historic past. 1. From the soil in which they wer...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 43:9 Jeremiah performs another symbolic act. Compare Jeremiah 13:1; Jeremiah 16:1;

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—Continuous with the preceding. 2. NATIONAL AFFAIRS.—The miserable “REMNANT” (Jeremiah 43:5) left by Nebuchadnezzar, now controlled by wilf...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The flight to Egypt; Jeremiah's prediction of Nebuchadnezzar's conquest of Egypt. JEREMIAH 43:2 ALL THE PROUD MEN. It would seem as if the "proud men" were distinguished from others. Jere...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So it came to pass, when Jeremiah was through speaking to all of the people the words of Jehovah their God, then spake Azariah, and Johanan, and all of the proud men, saying to Jeremiah, You're speaki...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 11:29; 2 Samuel 12:31; Acts 21:11; Exodus 1:14; Ezekiel 12:3

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    How can these verses talk about the invasion of Nebuchadnezzar when there is no evidence that it ever happened? PROBLEM: According to this prophecy of Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar would attack and devast...

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