Jeremiah 39:2
BROKEN UP. Compare Ch. Jeremiah 52:6. which explains that provisions had failed before then.... [ Continue Reading ]
BROKEN UP. Compare Ch. Jeremiah 52:6. which explains that provisions had failed before then.... [ Continue Reading ]
SARSECHIM. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "Sar-sechim". It is the plural of the Akkadian Sar-sak. king _'_. son. R AB-SARIS. chief of the chamberlains. Compare 2 Kings 18:17; Daniel 1:3; Daniel 1:7. NERGAL-SHAREZER, RAB-MAG. Nergal-sharezer, chief of the physicians (or magi).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PLAIN. To avoid the Jordan.... [ Continue Reading ]
JERICHO. Thus, Jericho was the scene of Israel's _first_ victory (Joshua 6), and _final_ defeat. RIBLAH. Now _Hibleh,_ on the east bank of the Greekntes, thirty-five miles north-east of Baalbek, the base and headquarters of Nebuchadnezzar. Some twenty-two years before, Jehoahaz was put in bonds her... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE HIS EYES.. specimen of the inhumanity of those days.... [ Continue Reading ]
PUT OUT ZEDEKIAH'S EYES. So that Ezekiel was quite correct when he said that Zedekiah should be taken to Babylon, though he should not see it (Ezekiel 12:13). WITH CHAINS. with two fetters. TO CARRY HIM. Ch. Jeremiah 52:11, and 2 Kings 25:7, show that this purpose was executed. It was not so with... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHALDEANS BURNED, &C. On the tenth day of the fifth month. Compare Jeremiah 52:12; Jeremiah 52:13. The same day as the capture of the city by the Romans in A.D. 69.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEBUZAR-ADAN. the prince favoured by Nebo. THE GUARD. the executioners (2 Kings 25:8). Compare Genesis 37:36; Genesis 39:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
POOR. Hebrew. _dal._ See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO. to the hand of, or through.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOOK WELL TO HIM. Not the first, rejected by the Jews, who was honoured by the Gentiles.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRISON. house of detention: as in Jeremiah 38:6; Jeremiah 38:13; Jeremiah 38:28. GEDALIAH. See note on Ahikam, Jeremiah 26:24. Compare Jeremiah 40:6. SHAPHAN. See note on 2 Kings 22:3. CARRY HIM HOME. Some codices, with one early printed edition (Rabbinic), read "out of the [prison] house". From t... [ Continue Reading ]
THE THIRTY-FIFTH PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). the LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
GO AND SPEAK. Not to interrupt the history, this incident as to Ebed-melech is reserved till now. THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 7:3. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ EVIL. calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. A PREY: i.e. he should save it. Compare Jeremiah 21:9. PUT THY TRUST. confided. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69.... [ Continue Reading ]