Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 37:12
Then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the (f) land of Benjamin, to separate himself from there in the midst of the people.
(f) As some think, to go to Anathoth his own town.
Then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the (f) land of Benjamin, to separate himself from there in the midst of the people.
(f) As some think, to go to Anathoth his own town.
Verse Jeremiah 37:12. _JEREMIAH WENT FORTH_] At the time that Nebuchadnezzar had raised the siege, and gone to meet the Egyptian army. _GO INTO THE LAND OF BENJAMIN_] To _Anathoth_, his native city....
TO SEPARATE HIMSELF THENCE ... - To receive a share thence. When the siege was temporarily raised, the first object would be food, and, accordingly, Jeremiah accompanied by others, who, like himself,...
JEREMIAH AND ZEDEKIAH AND THE FALL OF JERUSALEM (37-39) CHAPTER 37 _ 1. Jeremiah's warning (Jeremiah 37:1) _ 2. Jeremiah's arrest (Jeremiah 37:11) Jeremiah 37:1. To understand more fully
Jeremiah, during the interval in the siege, is leaving the city by a northern gate on private business (perhaps connected with the earlier incident of Jeremiah 32:6 ff.), when he is arrested by the of...
TO GO, &C. Probably to Anathoth. TO SEPARATE HIMSELF THENCE. to assign [himself] his portion there (i.e. at Anathoth, in Benjamin, three and. half miles north-east of Jerusalem), where he drew his li...
See introd. summary to ch....
_the land of Benjamin_ presumably to Anathoth. _to receive his portion_ The Heb. is obscure, but probably his object was in some way connected with his purchase as related ch. Jeremiah 32:9 ff. Other...
TO SEPARATE HIMSELF, &C.— _That he might have there a possession for himself with the people._ Houbigant; who understands this with the Chaldee as relating to the possession of Anathoth, which Jeremia...
II. THE PROPHET CONFINED Jeremiah 37:11 to Jeremiah 38:28 Jeremiah experienced a great deal of suffering at the hands of the national leaders during those last dark days before the fall of Jerusalem....
Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. JEREMIAH WENT FORTH ... TO GO INTO ... BENJAMIN - to his own town,...
37:12 among (b-20) Some translate 'thence to slip away through.'...
1-5. The general position....
TO SEPARATE HIMSELF THENCE] RV 'to receive his portion there,'probably referring to an allotment of communal land at Anathoth. IN THE MIDST OF THE PEOPLE] there was naturally a rush to get out of the...
THEN JEREMIAH WENT FORTH OUT OF JERUSALEM... — The prophet’s motive in leaving the city may well have been his apprehension that the answer he had sent would move the king’s anger, and lead, as it act...
וַ יֵּצֵ֤א יִרְמְיָ֨הוּ֙ מִ יר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לָ...
CHAPTER XII JEREMIAH'S IMPRISONMENT Jeremiah 37:11, Jeremiah 38:1, Jeremiah 39:15 "Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken."-...
This and the two following Chapter s contain the history of the siege up to the fall of the city. In the first part of this chapter Jeremiah was free. Zedekiah occupied the throne, but was disobedient...
Probably the poor despised Prophet, grieving to see that all his labours for his people were so completely useless, intended to retire to Anathoth, there to mourn in secret over the impending desolati...
Here Jeremiah tells us how, and on what occaision, he was cast into prison. He had said shortly before, that he was in the middle of the people, or among them; but now he gives an account of the cruel...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 AND 38. Chapter 37 gives us Zedekiah in the same state of disobedience. A show of religion is kept up, and, having a moment of respite which excites some h...
THEN JEREMIAH WENT FORTH OUT OF JERUSALEM,.... At least he attempted to do so, taking the opportunity of the siege of the city being broke up: what were his reasons for it are not certain; whether tha...
Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. Ver. 12. _Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem._] Where he saw t...
_Then Jeremiah went forth, &c., to go into the land of Benjamin_ Jeremiah, having no further revelation from God to communicate, and knowing the city would soon be taken, resolves to go to his own cou...
then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, the country of his own tribe, TO SEPARATE HIMSELF THENCE IN THE MIDST OF THE PEOPLE, literally, "to make a division of inheri...
Jeremiah's Arrest and Imprisonment...
TO SEPARATE HIMSELF THENCE IN THE MIDST OF THE PEOPLE: Or, to slip away from thence in the midst of the people...
11-21 There are times when it is the wisdom of good men to retire, to enter into their chambers, and to shut the doors, Isaiah 26:20. Jeremiah was seized as a deserter, and committed to prison. But i...
The word we translate SEPARATE signifieth _to divide, soften, or make slippery_, which hath made interpreters vary in the exposition of it. But the general use of it, especially in _Pihel_, (the conju...
Jeremiah 37:12 Jeremiah H3414 out H3318 (H8799) Jerusalem H3389 go H3212 (H8800) land H776 Benjamin H1144 proper
THE DISOBEDIENCE OF JUDAH AND ITS KING IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THEIR TREATMENT OF THE PROPHET OF YHWH (JEREMIAH 37:1 TO JEREMIAH 38:28). These events once again took place during the reign of Zedekiah, the...
WHEN SEEKING TO TAKE POSSESSION OF HIS LAND IN BENJAMIN DURING THE LULL IN THE SIEGE JEREMIAH IS FALSELY ACCUSED OF TREACHERY AND THROWN INTO PRISON (JEREMIAH 37:11). Jeremiah's family appears to have...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's imprisonment in the days of Zedekiah. CHARACTERS: Zedekiah, Coniah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah, Jehucal, Zephaniah, Jonathan, Irijah. CONCLUSION: It is no new thing for those who h...
Jeremiah 37:5. _Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt._ The Chaldeans were afraid of them, and raised the siege. But this joy to Jerusalem was of short continuance; the Chaldeans returned after t...
_And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem._ JEREMIAH PERSECUTED After the captivity and death of Jehoiakim, his brother Zedekiah, another son of Josiah, s...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. In the tenth and eleventh year of Zedekiah. Later than chap. 21, for that embassy was sent when Nebuchadnezzar was marching against Jerusal...
EXPOSITION Nothing worthy of relation appears to have happened to Jeremiah till the latter period of the reign of Zedekiah. The first two verses of this chapter form the transition. The embassy to Je...
Now we come to the third part of the book of Jeremiah and this covers the period of Zedekiah the king. These particular prophecies, thirty-seven through thirty-nine, cover from the time that Zedekiah...
1 Chronicles 6:60; 1 Kings 19:3; 1 Kings 19:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:22;...
Went forth — Jeremiah knowing the city would suddenly be taken, and that he could be no farther useful to the people, taking advantage of the withdrawing of the Chaldean army, resolves to go to his ow...