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CHAPTER XXI
_Nebuchadnezzar being come up against Jerusalem, Zedekiah sends_
_Pashur and Zephaniah to the prophet to request him to intercede_
_with God in behalf of his people_, 1, 2.
_But he is...
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By sending this embassy Zedekiah acknowledged that Jeremiah held the
same position in the kingdom which Isaiah had held under Hezekiah 2
Kings 19:2. Pashur and Zephaniah belonged to the party who were...
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CHAPTER 21
The Prophetic Warning
_ 1. Zedekiah's inquiry (Jeremiah 21:1) _
2. Jehovah's answer through Jeremiah (Jeremiah 21:3)
Jeremiah 21:1. It has been said that this chapter is historical
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THE OUTCOME OF THE SIEGE (588 B.C.). Zedekiah, apparently at an early
stage of the siege of Jerusalem (whilst Jeremiah 37:3 refers to a
similar, but later, incident) sends envoys, Pashhur (not the sam...
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JEREMIAH'S FOURTEENTH PROPHECY, Jeremiah 21:1, and. new division of
the book (see book comments for Jeremiah).
Note the reigns: Jeremiah 21: Zedekiah (the last king of Judah).
Jeremiah 21: his three p...
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_Pashhur the son of Malchijah_ See on Jeremiah 20:1.
_Zephaniah_ (see also on Jeremiah 20:1) mentioned again Jeremiah
29:25; Jeremiah
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THE WORD WHICH CAME UNTO JEREMIAH— Nebuchadrezzar having besieged
Jerusalem a second time, under Zedekiah, the king sent to consult
Jeremiah concerning the success of this war. This happened in the
se...
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CHAPTER TWELVE
POLITICAL PRONOUNCEMENTS OF THE PROPHET
Jeremiah 21:1 to Jeremiah 25:38
The oracles in Chapter s 21-25 are concerned mainly with political
matters. These materials come from the reig...
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The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah
sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of
Maaseiah the priest, saying,
Written probably when, after havi...
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PASHUR] see on Jeremiah 20:2. ZEPHANIAH] mentioned again Jeremiah
29:25; Jeremiah 37:3; Jeremiah 52:24. In...
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JEREMIAH'S TWELFTH PROPHECY (REIGN OF ZEDEKIAH DURING THE SIEGE).
ZEDEKIAH'S ROLL
This chapter commences a new division of the book extending to the end
of Jeremiah 24. We pass from the time of Jehoi...
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XXI.
(1) THE WORD WHICH CAME UNTO JEREMIAH... — There is obviously a
great gap at this point in the collection of the prophet’s
utterances, and we enter on a new body or group of prophecies which
exte...
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הַ דָּבָ֛ר אֲשֶׁר ־הָיָ֥ה אֶֽל
־יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ...
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CHAPTER XI
A BROKEN COVENANT
Jeremiah 21:1, Jeremiah 34:1, Jeremiah 37:1
"All the princes and peoplechanged their minds and reduced to bondage
again all the slaves whom they had set free....
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The final series before the fall of Jerusalem consists of messages
delivered to Zedekiah (21-27). The occasion of these was, in the first
place, Zedekiah's deputation to the prophet. The scourge which...
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Sent, after Nabuchodonosor had returned from Egypt. (The year of the
world 3415.) This consultation should be placed after chap. xxxvii.
(Calmet) --- Phassur, specified above, and chap. xxxviii. 1., ...
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CONTENTS
This Chapter refers to a period in the reign of Zedekiah. The King
felt alarmed at the prospect of the king of Babylon's army, and sends
to enquire of Jeremiah concerning the event. The Prop...
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It should seem from the parallel history of Zedekiah, 2 Chronicles
36:11. that there was no sincerity in this enquiry: and what good
could therefore be expected from it. Alas! how is it that men draw...
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_MAN PURPOSES, GOD DISPOSES_
‘The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord.’
Jeremiah 21:1
I. THE KING’S ANXIOUS QUESTION.—It was the last extremity of the
siege when Zedekiah sent this message...
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Jeremiah relates how he received the king’s messengers, who sought
from him an answer, whether he could bring any comfort in a state of
things so perplexed and almost hopeless, he then says, that two...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21, 22, AND 23.
On the occasion of Zedekiah's request to Jeremiah to know if the Lord
would interfere in favour of the people against Nebuchadnezzar, the
Spir...
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THE WORD WHICH CAME UNTO JEREMIAH FROM THE LORD,.... This prophecy
stands out of its proper place, being made in the times of Zedekiah,
and when Jerusalem was besieged by the king of Babylon; whereas,...
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The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah
sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of
Maaseiah the priest, saying,
Ver. 1. _The word that came unto Je...
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_The word which came to Jeremiah, when King Zedekiah sent unto him_
The occasion of Zedekiah's sending the message here mentioned to
Jeremiah, has, by some commentators, been confounded with that in
c...
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The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, when King Zedekiah
sent unto him Pashur, the son of Melchiah, not the same Pashur who was
mentioned in the last chapter, but the man listed with other...
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ZEDEKIAH'S QUESTION AND ITS ANSWER...
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1-10 When the siege had begun, Zedekiah sent to ask of Jeremiah
respecting the event. In times of distress and danger, men often seek
those to counsel and pray for them, whom, at other times, they de...
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JEREMIAH CHAPTER 21 King Zedekiah in the siege sendeth to Jeremiah to
inquire of the event, JEREMIAH 21:1,2. He foretelleth a hard siege and
miserable captivity, JEREMIAH 21:3. He counselleth the peop...
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ZEDEKIAH APPEALS TO JEREMIAH AS A LAST RESORT, ONLY TO LEARN THAT
THERE IS NO HOPE OF INTERVENTION BY YHWH WHOSE WILL IS BEING DONE
(JEREMIAH 21:1).
As we have seen these verses form an inclusio along...
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CONTENTS: Message to King Zedekiah. Babylonian captivity foretold.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Zedekiah, Pashur, Zephaniah,
Nebuchadnezzar.
CONCLUSION: If God be for us, none can be against us, but i...
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Jeremiah 21:1. _Pashur the son of Melchiah,_ a different person from
the Pashur named in the preseding chapter, who was son of Immer.
Jeremiah 21:8. _I set before you the way of life, and the way of
d...
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_Inquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us._
A DISTRESSED KING SEEKS DIVINE COUNSEL
Of Galba the emperor, as also of our Richard III, it is recorded that
they were bad men but good princes. We cannot...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 21:1 Jeremiah’s Confrontations. Having
solidified his relationship with God, Jeremiah confronts his enemies
and their beliefs. He opposes kings ...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.
Beginning of Zedekiah’s reign. _Vide_ Notes, and especially
_Personal Allusions_ to chap. 1. _Usher_ dates the chapter B.C. 589;
_Hales_ B....
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EXPOSITION
The chapter falls into three parts, two of which seem to be in some
sort of connection, while the third is isolated. First comes a warning
to the messengers of Zedekiah of the unfortunate i...
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Jeremiah chapter 21.
Now the book of Jeremiah is not written in a consecutive kind of an
order. This particular prophecy Jeremiah dates. They're just the
prophecies of Jeremiah at particular times in...
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1 Chronicles 3:15; 1 Chronicles 9:12; 2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Kings
24:17;...