Jeremiah 21:1-10
spoke <01697> [A.M. cir. 3415. B.C. cir. 589. The word.]
This discourse was delivered about the ninth year of the reign of Zedekiah. This chapter, observes Dr. Blayney, contains the first of those prophecies which were delivered by Jeremiah subsequent to the revolt of Zedekiah, and the breaking out of the war thereupon; and which are continued on to the taking of Jerusalem, related in ch. 39, in the following order: ch. 21; 34; 32; 33; 38; 39.
King <04428> [when.]
Pashhur <06583> [Pashur.]
Zephaniah <06846> [Zephaniah.]
ask <01875> [Enquire.]
Nebuchadnezzar <01157 05019> [for.]
miracles <06381> [according.]
<05437> [Behold.]
gather <0622> [and I.]
fight <03898> [I.]
mighty power <05186> [with an.]
kill <05221> [I will.]
die <04191> [they.]
hand <05414> [I will.]
kill them .... slaughter ....... will ......... pity <05221 02347> [he shall.]
give <05414> [I set.]
stay <03427> [that abideth.]
lives <05315> [and his.]
determined <07760> [I have.]
handed over <05414> [it shall.]
Jeremiah 27:12--28:17
Zedekiah <06667> [Zedekiah.]
Submit <0935> [Bring.]
die <04191> [Why.]
war <02719> [by the sword.]
listen <08085> [hearken.]
prophesying <05012> [they.]
lies <08267> [a lie. Heb. in a lie, or lyingly. that I.]
prophets .............. die <06 05030> [ye.]
articles <03627> [Behold.]
prophesying ........................ prophesying <05012> [for.]
subject <05647> [serve.]
city <05892> [wherefore.]
prophets <05030> [they.]
pray earnestly <06293> [let them.]
pillars <05982> [the pillars.]
carried <01540> [when.]
[Coniah.]
[Jehoiachin.]
carried off <0935> [carried.]
time <03117> [until.]
bring <05927> [then.]
year ....................... year <08141> [the same.]
Hananiah <02608> [Hananiah.]
prophet <05030> [the prophet.]
break <07665> [I.]
years ... over <08141 03117> [two full years. Heb. two years of days.]
everything <03627> [all the.]
Nebuchadnezzar <05019> [that.]
back <07725> [I will bring.]
This was doubtless grateful news to the people, who looked upon Zedekiah only as Nebuchadnezzar's deputy. Hananiah seems to have been more desirous of popular than regal favour; for this prediction could not be altogether agreeable to Zedekiah. But he was evidently a weak as well as a wicked prince, and very generally despised.
Jeconiah <03204> [Jeconiah.]
[Coniah]
[Jehoiachin. captives. Heb. captivity.]
break <07665> [I will break.]
temple <01004> [the house.]
Amen <0543> [Amen.]
make <03068 06965> [the Lord perform.]
prophets <05030> [The prophets.]
As Hosea, Joel, Amos, Isaiah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and others, all of whom had denounced similar evils against a corrupt people. So that they who opposed Jeremiah also opposed those who preceded him; and it was altogether unprecedented for a true prophet to promise deliverance to a guilty nation, without calling them to repentance.
prophesied <05012> [prophesied.]
prophesied <05012> [which.]
<0227> [then.]
took <03947> [took.]
spoke ............ says <0559> [Thus.]
break <07665> [Even.]
broken <07665> [Thou hast.]
have <06213> [thou shalt.]
By encouraging an unavailing resistance to Nebuchadnezzar.
put ............................ given <05414> [I have put.]
serve .......... serve <05647> [that they.]
put ............................ given <05414> [and I.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
This was a bold speech, in the presence of those priests and people who were prejudiced in favour of the false prophets, who prophesied to them smooth things.
remove <07971> [I will.]
year <08141> [this year.]
counseled <01696> [because.]
rebellion <05627> [rebellion. Heb. revolt.]
Hananiah <02608> [Hananiah.]
seventh month <02320 07637> [the seventh month.]
The prophecy was delivered in the fifth month, (ver. 1,) and Hananiah died in the seventh month; exactly two months after he had delivered his false prophecy, which he declared, in the name of God, would be fulfilled in two years. Here then the true prophet was demonstrated, and the false prophet detected. The death of Hananiah, thus predicted, was God's seal to the words of His prophet, and must have gained his other predictions great credit among the people; though it is evident that it did not induce them to forsake their sins and return to the God of Israel.
Jeremiah 34:2-22
go <01980> [Go.]
give ..................... hand <05414> [Behold.]
escape ................................ go <04422 0935> [And thou.]
confront <05869> [and thine.]
answer <06310 01696> [he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth. Heb. his mouth shall speak to thy mouth.]
die <04191> [But thou.]
burn <04955> [and with.]
<08313> [so.]
mourn <05594> [and they.]
attacking Jerusalem <03898 03389> [fought against.]
Lachish <03923> [Lachish.]
fortified <04013> [for.]
made <03772> [had.]
grant <07121> [to proclaim.]
Hebrew <05680> [Hebrew.]
keep ..... enslaved <05647> [serve.]
leaders <08269> [when.]
agreed ....................... complied <08085> [then.]
made <03772> [I made.]
when <03117> [in the.]
Every <07093> [At the.]
sold <04376> [been sold. or, sold himself.]
ancestors <01> [but.]
It appears from this and several other passages, that the sabbatical year had been wholly neglected some centuries before the captivity; and the author of the second book of Chronicles (ch. 36:21) assigns this as a reason for the captivity, "that the land might enjoy her sabbaths." Now, if we reckon the seventy years' captivity as a punishment for this neglect, it will follow that the law on this subject had been disregarded for about 490 years.
Recently .......................... made <03117 03772> [ye.]
Recently <03117> [now. Heb. to-day. in proclaiming.]
made <03772> [ye had.]
granted ........................ claimed .... own <07121 08034> [which is called by my name. Heb. whereupon my name is called.]
turned right around ............. took back <07725> [ye turned.]
did not honor <02490> [polluted.]
forced <03533> [and brought.]
freedom <07121> [behold.]
When they proclaimed liberty to their slaves, God restrained the sword from cutting them off; but now having resumed their authority over them, He proclaimed liberty to these dire judgments to seize upon, and destroy them.
die ... war ... by <02719> [to the sword.]
make <05414> [I will.]
<02189> [to be removed. Heb. for a removing.]
violated .................. passed <05674> [have transgressed.]
cut <03772> [when.]
This was the ancient mode of making a covenant. (See on De 29:12 Jos 9:7.)
leaders <08269> [princes.]
court officials <05631> [the eunuchs.]
hand <03027> [and into.]
dead bodies <05038> [and their.]
Zedekiah <06667> [Zedekiah.]
withdrawn <05927> [which are.]
order <06680> [I will command.]
back <07725> [cause.]
They did return, and reinvested the city; and, after an obstinate defence, took it, plundered it, and burnt it to the ground, taking Zedekiah, his princes, and people, captive.
fight <03898> [shall fight.]
make <05414> [and I will.]
Jeremiah 37:2-21
officials <05650> [neither.]
prophet <05030> [the prophet. Heb. the hand of the prophet.]
Zephaniah <06846> [Zephaniah.]
pray <06419> [Pray.]
put <05414> [for.]
Pharaoh <06547> [Pharaoh's.]
This was Pharaoh Hophra, or Apries, as he is called by Herodotus, who succeeded his father Psammis on the throne of Egypt, A.M. 3410, B.C. 594, and reigned twenty-five years. Having entered into a confederacy with Zedekiah, (Eze 17:15,) he marched out of Egypt with a great army to his relief; which caused Nebuchadnezzar to raise the siege of Jerusalem to meet him; during which period the transactions detailed here took place.
withdrew <05927> [they.]
<0559> [Thus.]
Pharaoh <06547> [Pharaoh's.]
deceive <05377> [Deceive.]
yourselves <05315> [yourselves. Heb. your souls.]
defeat <05221> [though.]
wounded <0582 01856> [wounded men. Heb. men thrust through.]
get up <06965> [yet.]
forces ......... army <02428> [that.]
withdrawn <05927> [broken. Heb. made to ascend.]
leave <03318> [went.]
territory <0776> [the land.]
divided ... among <02505 08432> [separate himself thence. or, slip away from thence.]
Gate <08179> [in the.]
Hananiah <02608> [Hananiah.]
deserting <05307> [Thou.]
answered <0559> [said.]
lie <08267> [false. Heb. falsehood. or, a lie.]
officials <08269> [the princes.]
put <05414> [put.]
house <01004> [in the.]
prison <01004> [A.M. 3415. B.C. 589. into the dungeon.]
cell <02588> [cabins. or, cells.]
questioned him .... asked him <07592> [asked.]
message <01697> [Is there.]
<05414> [thou shalt.]
Where <0346> [Where.]
prophets <05030> [your.]
grant <06440 05307> [be accepted before. Heb. fall before.]
die <04191> [lest.]
courtyard ...................................... courtyard <02691> [into the.]
ordered <05414> [and that.]
bread ............... bread <03899> [until.]
Jeremiah ...................................... Jeremiah <03414> [Thus.]
Jeremiah 38:14-28
sent <07971> [sent.]
third <07992> [third. or, principal.]
ask <07592> [I will.]
So .... made .... promise ........ an oath ... promised <07650> [sware.]
<06213> [that made.]
<0582> [of these.]
God who rules over all ... God <0430 06635> [the God of hosts.]
God ....... God ... Israel <0430 03478> [the God of Israel.]
surrender <03318> [If thou.]
surrender <03318> [if thou.]
city <05892> [then.]
afraid <01672> [I.]
torture <05953> [mock.]
obey <08085> [Obey.]
life <05315> [and thy.]
refuse <03986> [if thou.]
what <01697> [this is.]
women <0802> [all.]
saying <0559> [and those.]
Mr. Harmer would render, "and here ({hennah,} or reading {hinneh,} behold,) the women (wont to sing on public occasions) shall say," etc.; observing "that these bitter speeches much better suit the lips of women belonging to the conquering nation, singing before a captive prince, than of his own wives and concubines." This he illustrates by the following extract from Della Valle: When he was at Lar, in Persia, the king of Ormuz was brought thither in triumph; and "this poor unfortunate king entered Lar, with his people, in the morning, music playing, and girls and women singing and dancing before him, according to the custom of Persia, and the people flocking together with a prodigious concourse, and conducting him in a pompous and magnificent manner, particularly with colours displayed, like what the Messenians formerly did to Philopoemen, the general of the Athenians, their prisoner of war, according to the report of Justin."
<0582> [Thy friends. Heb. The men of thy peace.]
misled <05496> [have set.]
feet <07272> [thy feet.]
turned <05472> [they are.]
turned <03318> [they shall.]
city <05892> [shalt cause, etc. Heb. shalt burn, etc.]
told <05046> [and he told.]
what .......... stopped questioning ............ conversation <02790 01697> [left off speaking with him. Heb. were silent from him.]
