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Text -- Jeremiah 37:1-10 (NET)
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Introduction to Incidents During the Reign of Zedekiah
37:1 Zedekiah son of Josiah succeeded Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim as king . He was elevated to the throne of the land of Judah by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon .
37:2 Neither he nor the officials who served him nor the people of Judah paid any attention to what the Lord said through the prophet Jeremiah .
The Lord Responds to Zedekiah’s Hope for Help
37:3 King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah . He told them to say , “Please pray to the Lord our God on our behalf.”
37:4 (Now Jeremiah had not yet been put in prison . So he was still free to come and go among the people as he pleased.
37:5 At that time the Babylonian forces had temporarily given up their siege against Jerusalem . They had had it under siege, but withdrew when they heard that the army of Pharaoh had set out from Egypt .)
37:6 The Lord gave the prophet Jeremiah a message for them. He told him to tell them,
37:7 “The Lord God of Israel says , ‘Give a message to the king of Judah who sent you to ask me to help him. Tell him, “The army of Pharaoh that was on its way to help you will go back home to Egypt .
37:8 Then the Babylonian forces will return . They will attack the city and will capture it and burn it down .
37:9 Moreover , I, the Lord , warn you not to deceive yourselves into thinking that the Babylonian forces will go away and leave you alone. For they will not go away .
37:10 For even if you were to defeat all the Babylonian forces fighting against you so badly that only wounded men were left lying in their tents , they would get up and burn this city down .”’”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Zedekiah |
ZEDEKIAH (2) |
Israel |
JEREMIAH (2) |
Persecution |
Alliances |
Pharaoh |
SIEGE |
Egyptians |
Jeremiah |
Jehucal |
Maaseiah |
Armies |
Shelemiah |
Jehoiachin |
Egypt |
Minister |
ZEPHANIAH |
Intercession |
Prophecy |
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NET Notes: Jer 37:1 Heb “And Zedekiah son of Josiah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah ruled as king instead of Coniah son of Jehoia...
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NET Notes: Jer 37:2 These two verses (37:1-2) are introductory to chs. 37–38 and are intended to characterize Zedekiah and his regime as disobedient just like Jehoi...
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NET Notes: Jer 37:3 The priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah was a member of the earlier delegation (21:2) and the chief of security in the temple to whom the Babylonian fals...
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NET Notes: Jer 37:4 The words “as he pleased” are not in the text but are implicit in the idiom both in Hebrew and in English. They have been supplied in the ...
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NET Notes: Jer 37:5 The Pharaoh referred to here is Pharaoh Hophra who is named in Jer 44:30. He ruled from 589-570 b.c. Shortly after he began to rule, Zedekiah had been...
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NET Notes: Jer 37:8 Heb “the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for the rendering “Babylonian.” The word “forces” is supplied in t...
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NET Notes: Jer 37:9 Heb “Thus says the Lord, ‘Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely go away from against us” because they ...
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