WORDS: i.e. prophecies, as in Jeremiah 25:1; Jeremiah 26:1; Jeremiah 27:1; Jeremiah 30:1, &c. LETTER. writing. RESIDUE OF THE ELDERS. Compare Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 14:1; Ezekiel 20:1. THE PROPHETS: i.e. Ezekiel (Jeremiah 1:1); Daniel ... [ Continue Reading ]
JECONIAH: i.e. Jehoiachin. THE QUEEN. the queen-mother, Nehushta, the wife of Jehoiakim. Compare Jeremiah 13:18. See 2 Kings 24:12; 2 Kings 24:15. EUNUCHS. chamberlains. CARPENTERS. artificers, smiths. Compare Jeremiah 24:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHAPHAN. See note on 2 Kings 22:3. ZEDEKIAH... SENT. Compare Jeremiah 51:59.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEK THE PEACE. seek the welfare. Compare Ezra 6:10. CAPTIVES. For sixty-three years. From Jehoiachin's captivity to Cyrus (489-426. 63).... [ Continue Reading ]
SEVENTY YEARS. See special note on 2 Chronicles 36:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN EXPECTED END. Figure of speech _Hendiadys._ Hebrew "an end and an expectation". an end, yea, an end which. have caused you to hope for: i.e.. hoped-for end.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE SHALL SEEK ME. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:29; Deuteronomy 30:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
AWAY. back. CAPTIVITY. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), for captives.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. concerning.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL SEND... THE SWORD, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:25; Leviticus 26:26). THE FAMINE. Some codices, with three early printed editions (one in margin), Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and famine", thus completing the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_. VILE FIGS. worthless figs. S... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "and with". REMOVED. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:25, the same word).... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO THEM. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "unto you". RISING UP EARLY, &C. See note on Jeremiah 7:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
SENT. Some codices, with Aramaean, read "caused to be carried captive". Compare Jeremiah 24:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
AHAB... ZEDEKIAH. These were false prophets-whom Nebuchadrezzar treated as stated in Jeremiah 29:22. KOLAIAH... CURSE... ROASTED. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_. Hebrew. _Kolayah... kelah... kalam._ NEBUCHADREZZAR. Some codices read Nebuchadnezzar.... [ Continue Reading ]
A CURSE. a curse formula.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMITTED VILLANY. vileness: i.e. worshipped idols. See the first occurance Genesis 34:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEHELAMITE: or, dreamer.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAD. Compare John 2:20; John 10:20; John 10:39. See App-85. MAKETH HIMSELF. PROPHET. Compare Matthew 21:11. Joh 8:53. See App-85.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUST. confide. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69.... [ Continue Reading ]
REBELLION, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 13:5). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]