Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Jeremiah 26:4
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, No JFB commentary on this verse.
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, No JFB commentary on this verse.
Verse Jeremiah 26:4. _IF YE WILL NOT HEARKEN_] This and several of the following verses are nearly the same with those in Jeremiah 7:13, c., where see the notes....
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 ...
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...
IF YE WILL NOT HEARKEN. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:14.Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 28:15). App-92. MY LAW. Reference to Pentateuch ...
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...
_my law_ See on Jeremiah 8:8. Here the reference, as the following clause indicates, is to the doctrinal rather than the ritual teaching. _I have set before you_ See on Jeremiah 9:13....
PART THREE CHAPTER THIRTEEN JEREMIAH FACES OPPOSITION Jeremiah 26:1 to Jeremiah 29:32 The material in Chapter s 26-29 is primarily biographical in character and written in the third person. Some aut...
I. THE ARREST AND TRIAL OF THE PROPHET Jeremiah 26:1-24 The faithful proclamation of the word of God is dangerous business. Amos, the prophet from Tekoa, was openly rebuked by Amaziah the high priest...
_2. A stirring message_ (Jeremiah 26:4-6) Jeremiah's sermon in the courtyard of the Temple must have been quite a bombshell! It stirred a hornet's nest of opposition. Doubtlessly in Jeremiah 26:4-6 on...
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...
TO WALK IN MY LAW, WHICH I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU. — The words present more vividly than in the parallels of Jeremiah 7:25; Jeremiah 25:4 the relation of the Law as the groundwork of the teaching of the...
וְ אָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה...
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 fin
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
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...
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...
The Prophet now briefly includes what he had been teaching, what he had been commanded to declare to the people. No doubt he spoke to them more at large; but he deemed it enough to shew in a few words...
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...
AND THOU SHALT SAY UNTO THEM,.... What follows is the substance of the prophecy, and the sum of the sermon or discourse he was sent to deliver, without diminishing a word of it: THUS SAITH THE LORD,...
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, Ver. 4. _If ye will not hearken unto me._] A conditional menace, the c...
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, If ye will not hearken to Me to walk in My Law, in complete agreement with its precepts, WHICH I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU,...
THE FIRST PROPHECY AND ITS EFFECT...
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...
A course of actions in Scripture is ordinarily called a way; in which sense we often read of THE WAY OF THE LORD, THE WAY OF THE WICKED, THE WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS, & c.; and a motion in this course is...
Jeremiah 26:4 say H559 (H8804) says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 listen H8085 (H8799) walk H3212 ...
SECTION 2 SUBSECTION 1 COMMENCING WITH A SPEECH IN THE TEMPLE JEREMIAH WARNS OF WHAT IS COMING AND REPUDIATES THE PROMISES OF THE FALSE PROPHETS, AND WHILE OPPOSED BY THE HIERARCHY, HAS HIS OWN STATUS...
A). JEREMIAH DECLARES IN THE TEMPLE THAT IF JUDAH WILL NOT REPENT THEIR SANCTUARY WILL END UP LIKE THAT AT SHILOH, WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY THE PHILISTINES, AND THEIR CITY WILL BE SUBJECT TO YHWH'S CURS...
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...
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:...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Kings 9:6; 2 Chronicles 7:19; 2 Chronicles 7:20; Deuteronomy 11:32;...