Jeremiah 26:1--29:32
[A.M. 3394. B.C. 610.]
stand <05975> [Stand.]
courtyard <02691> [court.]
This was the great outer court, where the people assembled for the purpose of religious worship on ordinary occasions, when they brought no sacrifices; but when they offered a sacrifice, they were to bring it into the inner court, or that of the priests.
word <01697> [all the words.]
single <01639> [diminish.]
attention <08085> [so.]
forgo <05162> [that I.]
[See on ch.]
obey <08085> [If.]
<05414> [which.]
servants <05650> [my.]
must .............. sent <07971> [whom. See on ch.]
do ............. make <05414> [will I. See on ch.]
curses <07045> [a curse.]
priests <03548> [the priests.]
prophesy <05012> [Why.]
people <05971> [And all.]
claim ................... temple <08034 01004> [in the.]
officials <08269> [the princes.]
entrance <06607> [in the entry. or, at the door. the new.]
said <0559> [saying.]
man ...... die <0376 04941 04194> [This man is worthy to die. Heb. The judgment of death is for this man. for he.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
correct <03190> [amend. See on ch.]
forgo <05162> [repent.]
power <03027> [As for.]
deem fair ... proper <02896 03477 05869> [as seemeth good and meet unto you. Heb. as it is good and right in your eyes.]
<05414> [ye shall.]
truth <0571> [for of. See on ver.]
Then <06965> [Then rose.]
Micah <04320> [Micah.]
Zion <06726> [Zion.]
Josephus relates that Titus, after he had taken Jerusalem, ordered his soldiers to demolish it, except three of the largest and most beautiful towers, and the western wall of the city; all the rest was levelled, so that they who had never before seen it, could scarcely persuade themselves it had been inhabited. The Jewish writers also inform us, that Turnus Rufus, whom Titus had left in command, ploughed up the very foundations of the temple. When Dr. Richardson visited this sacred spot in 1818, he found one part of Mount Zion supporting a crop of barley, and another undergoing the labour of the plough: the soil turned up consisted of stone and lime mixed with earth, such as is usually met with in foundations of ruined cities. It is nearly a mile in circumference; is highest on the west side, and, towards the east, falls down in broad terraces on the upper part of the mountain as it slopes down toward the brook Kidron.
[See on]
Jerusalem <03389> [Jerusalem. See on ch.]
mount <02022> [the mountain.]
reverence <03373> [did he.]
Lord ... seek ... Lord's ...... Lord <03068 02470> [besought the Lord. Heb. besought the face of the Lord. and the Lord. See on ver.]
we <0587> [Thus.]
Kiriath Jearim <07157> [Kirjath-jearim.]
king .............. king sought <04428 01245> [the king sought.]
fear <03372> [he was.]
<0582> [men.]
Achbor <05907> [Achbor.]
executed <05221> [who.]
thrown <07993> [and cast.]
common people <05971 01121> [common people. Heb. sons of the people.]
Ahikam <0296> [Ahikam.]
<05414> [that.]
early <07225> [A.M. 3409. B.C. 595. the beginning.]
Lord told <03068 0559> [saith the Lord. or, hath the Lord said.]
Make <06213> [Make.]
put <05414> [put.]
Edom <0123> [Edom.]
envoys <04397> [the messengers.]
masters ... message .... Tell ................ masters <0113 0559> [to say unto their masters, Thus. or, concerning their masters, saying, Thus. the Lord.]
made <06213> [made.]
give <05414> [and have.]
placed .... nations <05414 0776> [I given all.]
servant <05650> [my.]
placed ........................ animals <05414 02416> [and.]
nations ................. nation <01471> [all.]
time <06256> [until.]
many <07227> [many.]
nation ................................... nation <01471> [And it.]
There is a peculiar grandeur, as well as propriety, in this method of predicting Nebuchadnezzar's rapid successes. The God of Israel, declaring himself to be the Lord of armies, and the Creator and Owner of the whole earth, with all its inhabitants and productions, and claiming full sovereignty over his creatures, avows his determination, for reasons he does not deign to assign, to give all the countries of the world to the king of Babylon, whom he calls his servant, because he would accomplish an important part of his most righteous designs. They, therefore, who would escape the most dreadful judgments, must submit to the God of Israel, by submitting to Nebuchadnezzar; they must hearken to the prophets of Israel, and not to their own diviners; and they must observe, that Nebuchadnezzar, his son, and his grandson, would whatever opposition should be made, possess the full dominion of all these countries, till the appointed time was expired; and then, these haughty conquerors would in their turn become the prey of other powerful conquerors; all of which was most exactly fulfilled.
nation ................................... nation <01471> [that nation.]
war <02719> [with the sword.]
listen <08085> [hearken.]
dreams <02472> [dreamers. Heb. dreams.]
prophecies <05012> [they.]
far <07368> [to.]
drive ... out <05080> [I.]
[to bring.]
leave <03240> [those.]
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.
<01697> [Cir. A.M. 3407. B.C. 597. Now.]
This transaction is supposed to have taken place in the first or second year of Zedekiah.
letter <05612> [of the letter.]
elders <02205> [the elders.]
Jeconiah <03204> [Jeconiah.]
[Coniah.]
[Jehoiachin. eunuchs. or, chamberlains.]
Shaphan <08227> [Shaphan.]
Gemariah <01587> [Gemariah.]
sent <01540> [whom.]
Marry ....... Find wives ......... get married so <03947 0802> [Take ye.]
Marry ....... Find wives ......... get married so <03947 0802> [take wives.]
<01875> [seek.]
Pray <06419> [pray.]
prophets <05030> [Let.]
dreams <02472> [your dreams.]
lies <08267> [falsely. Heb. in a lie.]
fulfill <06310> [after.]
consideration <06485> [I will.]
know <03045> [I know.]
planned ......... plans <04284> [thoughts.]
future .... hope <0319 08615> [expected end. Heb. end and expectation.]
seek ................ seek <01245 01875> [ye shall.]
heart <03824> [with.]
I ..... available <04672> [I will be.]
Then .... reverse ............................ back <07725> [and I will turn.]
bring <07971> [Behold.]
<08182> [them like.]
make <05414> [will deliver.]
cursed <0423> [to be a curse. Heb. for a curse.]
attention <08085> [hear.]
Dr. Blayney thinks there were two letters written by the prophet to the captives in Babylon, and the first ends with this verse. That having heard, on the return of the embassy, that the captives had received his advices favourably, and because they were deceived by false prophets, who promised them a speedier deliverance, he therefore wrote a second letter, beginning with the fifteenth verse, and going on with the twenty-first, etc. (in which order these verses are read in the Septuagint,) in which he denounces God's judgments on the three chief of those, Ahab, Zedekiah, and Shemaiah.
exiles <01473> [all ye.]
sent <07971> [whom.]
prophesying <05012> [which.]
<03947> [shall be.]
roasted <07033> [roasted.]
done ................. spoken <06213 01696> [and have.]
lies <08267> [lying.]
<03045> [even I.]
Shemaiah <08098> [Shemaiah.]
Nehelamite <05161> [Nehelamite. or, dreamer.]
sent <07971> [Because.]
Zephaniah <06846> [Zephaniah.]
in charge <06496> [officers.]
<0376> [for every.]
prophet <05012> [and maketh.]
made .................................. put <05414> [that thou.]
reprimanded <01605> [therefore.]
to be a prophet <05012> [which.]
Send ................................. send <07971> [Send.]
Shemaiah .... Shemaiah <08098> [Because.]
punish <06485> [punish.]
any <0376> [he shall.]
punish .................. experience <06485 07200> [behold.]
rebellion <05627> [rebellion. Heb. revolt.]
