_JEREMIAH, BEING SET FREE BY NEBUZAR-ADAN, GOETH TO GEDALIAH. THE DISPERSED JEWS REPAIR UNTO HIM. JOHANAN, REVEALING ISHMAEL'S CONSPIRACY, IS NOT BELIEVED._ _Before Christ 588._ THE five following Chapter s contain a particular account of what passed in the land of Judah from the taking of Jerusa... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WORD, &C.— Some understand _the word_ here in the sense of _matter_ or _thing;—that which happened to Jeremiah from Jehovah,_ &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW WHILE HE WAS NOT YET GONE BACK, &C.— _But if this also doth not please thee, go to Gedaliah,_ &c. Houbigant. There are many other versions given of this passage; but this of Houbigant, which agrees with the Chaldee, appears the best.... [ Continue Reading ]
SWARE UNTO THEM— That is, assured and promised them by an oath, that they should be safe under the protection and government of the Chaldeans.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL DWELL AT MIZPAH, &C.— "I will keep my residence here, to be ready to obey any orders which the king of Babylon sends me by his servants.... [ Continue Reading ]
BAALIS, THE KING OF THE AMMONITES— The king of the Ammonites had concerted this matter with Ishmael, with a design to make the Jews, who still remained in their own country, his vassals. See chap. Jeremiah 41:10. It appears, that Gedaliah, though a man of great honesty and goodness, was too credulou... [ Continue Reading ]