"If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings."
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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 (Jere...
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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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EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._
REPENT ME. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6....
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For a discussion as to the relation of these _vv_. to chs. 7 10 see
introductory note there.
Gi. points out that the use of the 3rd person with reference to
Jeremiah as well as other features of the...
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1. _A divine directive_ (Jeremiah 26:1-3)
Four specific points relating to a divine directive which came to
Jeremiah are brought out in Jeremiah 26:1-3. First, there is a word as
to the _time_ of the...
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If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way,
that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them
because of the evil of their doings.
IF SO BE THEY WILL HEARKEN...
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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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IF SO BE THEY WILL HEARKEN... — The threat that follows in Jeremiah
26:6 is a very terrible one, but it is uttered in order that it may
_not_ be realised. So in the same spirit St. Paul warns men of h...
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אוּלַ֣י יִשְׁמְע֔וּ וְ יָשֻׁ֕בוּ
אִ֖ישׁ מִ דַּרְכֹּ֣ו הָ רָעָ֑ה וְ
נִחַמְתִּ֣י אֶל ־הָ רָעָ֗ה...
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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 finished whole. The only possible exception Jeremiah 10:1
shall be...
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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 Israel as His bride,...
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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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It may be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way,
that I may (c) repent of the evil, which I purpose to do to them
because of the evil of their doings.
(c) See Jeremiah 7:12...
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_If. God is not ignorant, (Calmet) but he preserves man's free-will.
(St. Jerome) --- He threatens conditionally, if people persist in
evil. (Worthington)_...
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It is impossible to read the continued perseverance of the mournful
Prophet, and to hear the sad subject of the peoples neglect of his
preaching, but with much exercise and pain of the mind. Reader! i...
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In this verse God briefly shows for what end he sent his Prophet. For
it would not have been sufficient for him to announce what he taught,
except it was known to have been the will of God. Here then...
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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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IF SO BE THEY WILL HEARKEN,.... And obey; which is expressive not of
ignorance and conjecture in God, but of his patience and long
suffering, granting space and time for repentance, and the means of
i...
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If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that
I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because
of the evil of their doings.
Ver. 3. _That I may repent me...
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_Stand in the court of the Lord's house_ The great court where both
men and women ordinarily worshipped, says Dr. Lightfoot, when they
brought no sacrifice; for when they did so, they were to bring it...
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THE FIRST PROPHECY AND ITS EFFECT...
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1-6 God's ambassadors must not seek to please men, or to save
themselves from harm. See how God waits to be gracious. If they
persisted in disobedience, it would ruin their city and temple. Can
any th...
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Not that God was ignorant of their obstinacy and the hardening of
their hearts, which was the future event; but to let us know that
their destruction would be of themselves, he would give them both a...
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Jeremiah 26:3 everyone H376 listen H8085 (H8799) turn H7725 (H8799)
evil H7451 way H1870 relent H5162 (H8738) calamity H7451 purpose H2803
(H8802) bring H6213 (H8800) because H6440 evil H7455 doings H...
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SECTION 2 (JEREMIAH 26:1 TO JEREMIAH 45:5).
Whilst the first twenty five Chapter s of Jeremiah have mainly been a
record of his general prophecies, mostly given during the reigns of
Josiah and Jehoiak...
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REPENT
(_ See Scofield) - (Zechariah 8:14). _...
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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 Jeremiah 19:4. The great court was...
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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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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 26:3 God’s reason for sending Jeremiah
is to offer Judah one more chance to TURN FROM... EVIL so that he may
RELENT from punishing. This is generally the intent of prophetic...
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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
Jeremiah 24:1 or Je...
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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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1 Kings 21:27; 1 Kings 21:29; Ezekiel 18:27; Isaiah 1:16; Jeremiah
18:7; Jeremiah 26:13; Jeremiah 36:3; Jonah 3:8; Jonah 4:2...