"But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD."
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Verse Jeremiah 34:5. _THOU SHALT DIE IN PEACE_] Thou shalt not die a
_violent_ death; and at thy death thou shalt have all those funereal
solemnities which were usual at the demise of kings. See 2 Chr...
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IN PEACE - See Jeremiah 12:12 note.
BURN ODORS - “Make a burning.” The burning was probably that of
piles of wood, and spices were added only as an special honor. It was
not a Jewish custom to burn t...
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CHAPTER 34:1-7
Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah
The besieging army was before the walls of Jerusalem when the prophet
is commanded to go to the king and tell him that the city will soon be
burned. He announc...
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THE FATE OF JERUSALEM AND OF ZEDEKIAH. In the course of the siege
(588- 6), Jeremiah is sent to Zedekiah to tell him that the city will
be taken and destroyed, that he will be brought before Nebuchadr...
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WITH. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "like".
BURN ODOURS. Compare 2 Chronicles 16:14, and observe the word is
_saraph_, not _katar_ (App-43 for both)...
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Prophecy of the burning of the city and the captivity of Zedekiah....
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I. AN INCIDENT DURING THE FINAL SIEGE OF JERUSALEM Jeremiah 34:1-22
Chapter 34 contains two messages delivered during the final siege of
Jerusalem. The first of these messages is directed to king Zed...
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Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith
the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:
THOU SHALT NOT DIE BY THE SWORD, BUT ... IN PEACE - mitigation of
Zedekiah's...
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JEREMIAH'S EIGHTEENTH PROPHECY (REIGN OF ZEDEKIAH). THE FATE OF
ZEDEKIAH. THE TREATMENT OF HEBREW SLAVES
Early in the campaign of Nebuchadnezzar, whose scheme of conquest
included all the region as f...
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AND WITH THE BURNINGS OF THY FATHERS... — Spices and perfumes were
burnt as a mark of honour at the burial of kings and persons of high
rank, and this is the burning here referred to (2 Chronicles 16:...
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בְּ שָׁלֹ֣ום תָּמ֗וּת וּֽ כְ
מִשְׂרְפֹ֣ות אֲ֠בֹותֶיךָ הַ
מְּלָכִ֨ים הָ רִֽאשֹׁנִ֜ים אֲשֶׁר
־הָי֣וּ לְ...
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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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Chapter s thirty-four and thirty-five contain prophecies of the siege.
The armies of Nebuchadnezzar were round about Jerusalem, and Jehovah
declared to Zedekiah that the king of Babylon would be succe...
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[But] thou shalt die in (b) peace: and with the burnings of thy
fathers, the former kings who were before thee, so shall they burn
[incense] for thee; and they will lament thee, [saying], Ah (c) lord!...
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_Peace. That is, by a natural death. (Challoner) --- Burn thee, like
Asa; (2 Paralipomenon xvi. 14.; Calmet) or aromatical spices were only
burnt over their dead bodies, which were also embalmed. (San...
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While the Prophet used faithfulness, he forgot not exhortation. It is
the duty of ministers to admonish as well as reprove. And never surely
was there a servant of the Lord more tender, in his persuas...
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_In peace, _he says, _shalt thou die, _and then adds, _with the
burnings of thy fathers shall they burn thee, and lament over thee,
“Alas! Lord.” _Here is added another comfort, — that when
Zedekiah s...
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On the occasion of renewed iniquity the prophet announces the certain
ruin of the people. Nevertheless Zedekiah, though carried captive to
Babylon, should die there in peace. [1] In the succeeding Cha...
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[BUT] THOU SHALL DIE IN PEACE,.... Upon his bed, a natural death, and
in good friendship with the king of Babylon; and, it may be, in peace
with God; for before his death, some time in his captivity,...
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Jeremiah 34:5 [But] thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of
thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they
burn [odours] for thee; and they will lament thee, [saying], A...
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_Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon,
and thou shalt not escape_, &c. This prophecy, which threatened the
king in particular, as well as the city and nation in general,...
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OF THE CAPTIVITY OF ZEDEKIAH...
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1-7 Zedekiah is told that the city shall be taken, and that he shall
die a captive, but he shall die a natural death. It is better to live
and die penitent in a prison, than to live and die impenitent...
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This only place informeth us concerning the manner of Zedekiah's
death, and that both negatively and positively. Negatively, that he
did not die by the sword, the king of Babylon took him, killed his...
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Jeremiah 34:5 die H4191 (H8799) peace H7965 ceremonies H4955 fathers
H1 former H7223 kings H4428 before H6440 burn H8313 (H8799) lament
H5594 (H8799) Alas H1945 lord H113 pronounced H1696 (H8765) word...
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SUBSECTION 3 PART 1. JERUSALEM IS SURROUNDED AND JEREMIAH DECLARES
THAT THERE IS NO POINT IN HOLDING OUT BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS ABOUT TO BE
DESTROYED AND ZEDEKIAH WILL BE CARRIED OFF TO BABYLON TO MEET...
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CONTENTS: Message to Zedekiah concerning the coming captivity.
Zedekiah's ineffectual decree.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Zedekiah.
CONCLUSION: God's compassion toward us should engag...
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Jeremiah 34:2. _Go and speak to Zedekiah._ This revelation was
delivered in the tenth year of his reign, and would have saved the
land, when all hopes of safety were fled.
Jeremiah 34:4. _Thou shalt...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 34:1 God Judges 1:1 Judah. Having declared
Judah and Israel’s current sins (chs. Jeremiah 2:1) and future
renewal (chs. Jeremiah 30:1), Jeremiah now depicts Judah’s final
day...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES:—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Section
I., Jeremiah 34:1, is in subject connected with chap. Jeremiah 32:1.
These verses, however, seem slightly to antedate that chapter,...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter must be taken in connection with Jeremiah 35:1. The whole
section consists of three passages, introduced with a superscription
in the same form, but otherwise unrelated. It se...
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Now we come to a chronologically new set of prophecies, and this is
one that Zedekiah threw him in jail for back in the thirty-first
chapter, thirty-second chapter.
The word which came unto Jeremiah...
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2 Chronicles 16:14; 2 Chronicles 21:19; 2 Chronicles 21:20; 2
Chronicles 34:28; 2 Kings 22:20; Daniel 2:46; Ezekiel 17:16; Jeremiah
22:18; Lamentations 4:20...
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Ah Lord — The Jews in their chronology, give us the form of the
lamentation thus. Alas! Zedekiah is dead, who drank the dregs of all
ages: that is, who was punished for the sins of all former ages....