In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM. The prophecy that follows was, according to this reading, given in the 4th year of Jehoiakim, 15 years before it was published... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, MAKE THEE BONDS - by which the yoke is made fast to the neck (). YOKES - literally, the carved piece of wood attached at both ends to the two yokes on the necks of a pair of oxen, so as to connect them. Here the y... [ Continue Reading ]
And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah; SEND THEM TO THE KING OF EDOM ... BY THE HAND OF THE MESSENGERS WHIC... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND COMMAND THEM TO SAY UNTO THEIR MASTERS, THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL; THUS SHALL YE SAY UNTO YOUR MASTERS;_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. I HAVE MADE THE EARTH ... AND HAVE GIVEN IT UNTO WHOM IT SEEMED MEET UNTO ME. God here, as elsewhere, connects with the symbol... [ Continue Reading ]
And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. NOW HAVE I GIVEN ALL THESE LANDS INTO THE HAND OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR - not for his merits, but of my own sole good pleasure (Estius).... [ Continue Reading ]
And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. AND ALL NATIONS SHALL SERVE HIM, AND HIS SON, AND HIS SON'S SON - (). Nebuchadnezzar had four successors, Evil-merodach his... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, u... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: HEARKEN NOT YE - the Jews especially, for whom the address to the rest was intended. ENCHAN... [ Continue Reading ]
For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. THEY PROPHESY A LIE ... TO REMOVE YOU - expressing the event which would result. The very thing they profess by their enchantments to avert they are by them bringing on you.... [ Continue Reading ]
But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein. THE NATIONS THAT ... SERVE HIM ... SHALL TILL IT. The same Hebrew [ `aabad (H5647)] expresses se... [ Continue Reading ]
I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. IKL I SPAKE ALSO - translate, 'and I spake,' etc. Special application of the subject to Zedekiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? WHY WILL YE DIE - by running on your own ruin in resisting Nebuchadnezzar after this warning ().... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. THEY PROPHESY A LIE - ().... [ Continue Reading ]
For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you. IN MY NAME. The devil often makes God's name the plea for lies (), and the plea for hypocrisy and hollow professions (J... [ Continue Reading ]
Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. YOUR PROPHETS ...... [ Continue Reading ]
_HEARKEN NOT UNTO THEM; SERVE THE KING OF BABYLON, AND LIVE: WHEREFORE SHOULD THIS CITY BE LAID WASTE?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. IF THEY BE PROPHETS ... LET THEM MAKE INTE... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city, THE PILLARS ... BASES ... RESIDUE OF THE VESSELS - (; Jeremiah 52:20).... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHICH NEBUCHADNEZZAR KING OF BABYLON TOOK NOT, WHEN HE CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE JECONIAH THE SON OF_ _ JEHOIAKIM KING OF JUDAH FROM JERUSALEM TO BABYLON, AND ALL THE NOBLES OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM;_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place. UNTIL THE DAY THAT I VISIT THEM - until I visit the Babylonians in wrath by Cyrus (). In 70 years from the first carrying away of... [ Continue Reading ]