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The answer of Jeremiah is simple and straightforward. Yahweh, he
affirmed, had truly sent him, but the sole object of his prophesying
had been to avert the evil by leading them to repentance. If they...
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CHAPTER 26
Threatened with Death and His Deliverance
_ 1. The temple like Shiloh, and Jerusalem to be a curse (Jeremiah
26:1) _
2. Threatened with death (Jeremiah 26:8)
3. Jeremiah's defense ...
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JEREMIAH 26. DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE FORETOLD: JEREMIAH'S PERIL (608
B.C.). Jeremiah is told to proclaim in the Temple (_cf._ Jeremiah
19:14; probably at some festival) a perilous message (keep not...
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See introd. summary to ch....
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B. The Trial Jeremiah 26:11-24
The proceedings at the New Gate were similar to those in any court of
law. Formal charges were lodged against Jeremiah (Jeremiah 26:11) and
then the prophet was allowed...
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I. THE ARREST AND TRIAL OF THE PROPHET Jeremiah 26:1-24
The faithful proclamation of the word of God is dangerous business.
Amos, the prophet from Tekoa, was openly rebuked by Amaziah the high
priest...
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As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and
meet unto you.
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Jeremiah's humility is herein shown, and subm...
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JEREMIAH'S FIFTEENTH PROPHECY (EARLY IN THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM)
For Jeremiah 26:1 see intro. to Jeremiah 7-10. This chapter gives us a
sketch of the difficulties and dangers under which Jeremiah had...
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AS FOR ME, BEHOLD... — Literally, _And I, behold, I am in your
hands;_ and for “as seemeth good and meet unto you,” read _in your
eyes._ The prophet feels himself powerless in the presence of his
accu...
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וַ אֲנִ֖י הִנְנִ֣י בְ יֶדְכֶ֑ם עֲשׂוּ
־לִ֛י
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Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 26:1
In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is
plainly a fin
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UNGRATEFUL FORGETFULNESS
Jeremiah 2:1-8; Jeremiah 26:1-24; Jeremiah 27:1-22; Jeremiah 28:1-17;
Jeremiah 29:1-32; Jeremiah 30:1-24; Jeremiah 31:1-40; Jeremiah 32:1-44
God regarded
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Once again Jeremiah repeated a previous message, one delivered yet
earlier, "in the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim." He had then
been instructed to stand in the court of the Lord's house, and del...
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Is there anything new or wonderful in this? What servant, what
Prophet, what Apostle, eminent in their Lord's service, but hath been
brought into the same situation. Nay, what was the Lord himself, wh...
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_‘READY TO BE OFFERED’_
‘As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth
good.’
Jeremiah 26:14
After Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded,
he suddenly found hi...
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Jeremiah, after having exhorted the princes, the priests, and the
whole people to repent, and having shewn to them that there was a
remedy for their evil, except by their obstinacy they provoked more...
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Chapter 26 begins this series of details with a prophecy of the
commencement of Jehoiakim's reign. The people are warned, as being
already in sin, that if they repent, they shall escape. We have
const...
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AS FOR ME, BEHOLD, I [AM] IN YOUR HAND,.... In their power, as they
were the chief court of judicature; and to whom it belonged to judge
of prophets, and to acquit or condemn them, as they saw fit; wh...
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As for me, behold, I [am] in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and
meet unto you.
Ver. 14. _As for me, behold, I am in your hand._] See here how God
gave his holy prophet a mouth and wisdom, such...
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_Amend your ways, and the Lord will repent_, &c. It appears here again
that God's determination to give up Jerusalem to destruction was
conditional: see note on Jeremiah 18:7. If the people had repent...
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As for me, behold, I am in your hand, he was resigned to his fate at
their hands; DO WITH ME AS SEEMETH GOOD AND MEET UNTO YOU; he bowed in
humility and submission to the constituted authority....
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Jeremiah's Defense and Deliverance...
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AS SEEMETH GOOD AND MEET UNTO YOU:
_ Heb._ as it is good and right in your eyes...
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7-15 The priests and prophets charged Jeremiah as deserving death,
and bore false witness against him. The elders of Israel came to
inquire into this matter. Jeremiah declares that the Lord sent him...
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I AM IN YOUR HAND; that is, I am in your prover (as hand often
signifieth in Scripture). Jeremiah doth not by this acknowledge any
power they had justly thus to restrain and question him. Nor doth he...
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Jeremiah 26:14 hand H3027 do H6213 (H8798) seems H5869 good H2896
proper H3477
As for -...
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SECTION 2 SUBSECTION 1 COMMENCING WITH A SPEECH IN THE TEMPLE JEREMIAH
WARNS OF WHAT IS COMING AND REPUDIATES THE PROMISES OF THE FALSE
PROPHETS, AND WHILE OPPOSED BY THE HIERARCHY, HAS HIS OWN STATUS...
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A). JEREMIAH DECLARES IN THE TEMPLE THAT IF JUDAH WILL NOT REPENT
THEIR SANCTUARY WILL END UP LIKE THAT AT SHILOH, WHICH WAS DESTROYED
BY THE PHILISTINES, AND THEIR CITY WILL BE SUBJECT TO YHWH'S CURS...
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CONTENTS: Message in the temple court. Spiteful treatment of Jeremiah
and his brave stand. Martyrdom of Urijah.
CHARACTERS: Jehoiakim, Jeremiah, Micah, Hezekiah, Urijah, Elnathan,
Ahikam.
CONCLUSION:...
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Jeremiah 26:1. _In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim._ See the
note on Jeremiah 26:3.
Jeremiah 26:2. _Stand in the court of the Lord's house._ See the note
on...
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_When Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had
commanded him, the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die._
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A TRUE PROPHET
I. The true prophet has a st...
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_In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of
Judah._
AFFLICTIONS, DISTRESSES, TUMULTS
Jehoiakim was, perhaps, the most despicable of the kings of Judah.
Josephus says that he was...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. About
three years earlier than the prophecy of preceding chapter. _Cf_.
chapter 7 with this, and it is evident that they are synchronous.
E...
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JEREMIAH'S TRIAL AND DELIVERANCE.
EXPOSITION
The prophecy in Jeremiah 26:2 is a summary of that contained in
Jeremiah 7:1; the narrative, which stands in no connection either with...
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Jer 26:1-24 through 30.
In the twenty-second chapter of Jeremiah the Lord had ordered Jeremiah
to go to the king's house, Zedekiah, and prophesy unto him. So these
prophecies were those that Jeremiah...
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2 Samuel 15:26; Daniel 3:16; Jeremiah 38:5; Joshua 9:25...