"And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath."
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CHAPTER 21
The Prophetic Warning
_ 1. Zedekiah's inquiry (Jeremiah 21:1) _
2. Jehovah's answer through Jeremiah (Jeremiah 21:3)
Jeremiah 21:1. It has been said that this chapter is historically
mis...
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THE OUTCOME OF THE SIEGE (588 B.C.). Zedekiah, apparently at an early
stage of the siege of Jerusalem (whilst Jeremiah 37:3 refers to a
similar, but later, incident) sends envoys, Pashhur (not the sam...
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OUTSTRETCHED HAND. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 6:6)
STRONG. strong (for holding fast)....
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_with an outstretched … arm_ a phrase of Deut. (Deuteronomy 4:34;
Deuteronomy 5:15; Deuteronomy 26:8)....
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2. _The answer of the prophet_ (Jeremiah 21:3-7)
TRANSLATION
(3) But Jeremiah said unto them, Thus shall you say to Zedekiah: Thus
says the LORD God of Israel: I am about to turn back the weapons of...
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And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and
with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
I MYSELF WILL FIGHT AGAINST YOU - the Jews shall have not merel...
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JEREMIAH'S TWELFTH PROPHECY (REIGN OF ZEDEKIAH DURING THE SIEGE).
ZEDEKIAH'S ROLL
This chapter commences a new division of the book extending to the end
of Jeremiah 24. We pass from the time of Jehoi...
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וְ נִלְחַמְתִּ֤י אֲנִי֙ אִתְּכֶ֔ם בְּ
יָ֥ד נְטוּיָ֖ה וּ בִ זְרֹ֣ועַ
חֲזָקָ֑ה וּ בְ אַ֥ף...
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CHAPTER XI
A BROKEN COVENANT
Jeremiah 21:1, Jeremiah 34:1, Jeremiah 37:1
"All the princes and peoplechanged their minds and reduced to bondage
again all the slaves whom they had set free." Jeremiah...
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The final series before the fall of Jerusalem consists of messages
delivered to Zedekiah (21-27). The occasion of these was, in the first
place, Zedekiah's deputation to the prophet. The scourge which...
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The Lord's answer by the Prophet is such as one might expect, most
alarming and awful! Reader! how blessed is it to know the Lord, in
order to a proper confidence in him. Sweet is that promise to this...
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He proceeds with the subject; and though he afterwards is more
diffuse, he yet confirms here what we have just seen, — even that
God was the leader of the war, and that the Chaldeans were, as it
were,...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21, 22, AND 23.
On the occasion of Zedekiah's request to Jeremiah to know if the Lord
would interfere in favour of the people against Nebuchadnezzar, the
Spir...
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AND MYSELF WILL FIGHT AGAINST YOU,.... So far from being entreated to
do for them according to his wondrous works in times past, as their
friend; that he will set himself against them as their enemy;...
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And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with
a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
Ver. 5. _And I myself will fight against you._] This was heavy tid...
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_Behold, I will turn back the weapons_, &c. Instead of doing execution
upon your enemies, they shall hurt yourselves, and be the occasion of
your own destruction. God will as visibly appear against yo...
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ZEDEKIAH'S QUESTION AND ITS ANSWER...
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1-10 When the siege had begun, Zedekiah sent to ask of Jeremiah
respecting the event. In times of distress and danger, men often seek
those to counsel and pray for them, whom, at other times, they des...
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I WILL FIGHT AGAINST YOU, (as a prince is said to fight against a
nation whose captains fight against it, though himself stirreth not
from his royal palace; yea, more than so,) animating and influenci...
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Jeremiah 21:5 fight H3898 (H8738) outstretched H5186 (H8803) hand
H3027 strong H2389 arm H2220 anger H639 fury H2534 great H1419 wrath
H7110
I - Isaiah 63:10; Lamentations 2:4-5
with an - Jeremiah 32...
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ZEDEKIAH APPEALS TO JEREMIAH AS A LAST RESORT, ONLY TO LEARN THAT
THERE IS NO HOPE OF INTERVENTION BY YHWH WHOSE WILL IS BEING DONE
(JEREMIAH 21:1).
As we have seen these verses form an inclusio along...
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CONTENTS: Message to King Zedekiah. Babylonian captivity foretold.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Zedekiah, Pashur, Zephaniah,
Nebuchadnezzar.
CONCLUSION: If God be for us, none can be against us, but i...
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Jeremiah 21:1. _Pashur the son of Melchiah,_ a different person from
the Pashur named in the preseding chapter, who was son of Immer.
Jeremiah 21:8. _I set before you the way of life, and the way of...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 21:1 Jeremiah’s Confrontations. Having
solidified his relationship with God, Jeremiah confronts his enemies
and their beliefs. He opposes kings (Jeremiah 21:1), false prophet...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.
Beginning of Zedekiah’s reign. _Vide_ Notes, and especially
_Personal Allusions_ to chap. 1. _Usher_ dates the chapter B.C. 589;
_Hales_ B....
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EXPOSITION
The chapter falls into three parts, two of which seem to be in some
sort of connection, while the third is isolated. First comes a warning
to the messengers of Zedekiah of the unfortunate...
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Jeremiah chapter 21.
Now the book of Jeremiah is not written in a consecutive kind of an
order. This particular prophecy Jeremiah dates. They're just the
prophecies of Jeremiah at particular times in...
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Deuteronomy 4:23; Exodus 6:6; Exodus 9:15; Ezekiel 20:33; Ezekiel
20:34; Isaiah 10:4; Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 63:10; Isaiah 9:12; Isaiah
9:17;...