The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, The prophecy (Jeremiah 34:1) us to Zedekiah is an am... [ Continue Reading ]
_THUS SAITH THE LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL; GO AND SPEAK TO ZEDEKIAH KING OF JUDAH, AND TELL HIM, THUS SAITH THE LORD; BEHOLD, I WILL GIVE THIS CITY INTO THE HAND OF THE KING OF BABYLON, AND HE SHALL BURN IT WITH FIRE:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon. THOU SHALT NOT ESCAPE OUT OF HIS HAND ... AND THINE EYES SHAL... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: THOU SHALT NOT DIE BY THE SWORD, BUT ... IN PEACE - mitigation of Zedekiah's punishment. THE BURNINGS OF THY FATHERS - thy funeral shall be honoured with the same burning of a... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN JEREMIAH THE PROPHET SPAKE ALL THESE WORDS UNTO ZEDEKIAH KING OF JUDAH IN JERUSALEM,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah. THESE DEFENSED CITIES REMAINED - alone (cf. ; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; THIS IS THE WORD THAT CAME UNTO JEREMIAH. By the law a Hebrew, after having been held a bond-servant for six years,... [ Continue Reading ]
That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. THAT NONE SHOULD SERVE HIMSELF ... OF A JEW. The bond- servants were to be of the pagan, not of their Israelite... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW WHEN ALL THE PRINCES, AND ALL THE PEOPLE, WHICH HAD ENTERED INTO THE COVENANT, HEARD THAT EVERY ONE SHOULD LET HIS MANSERVANT, AND EVERY ONE HIS MAIDSERVANT, GO FREE, THAT NONE SHOULD SERVE THEMSELVES OF THEM ANY MORE, THEN THEY OBEYED, AND LET THEM GO._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. During the interruption of the siege by Pharaoh-hophra (cf. Jeremiah 34:21 with Jeremiah 37:5.) the Jews reduced their serva... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEREFORE THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEREMIAH FROM THE LORD, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, I MADE A COVENANT WITH YOUR FATHERS IN THE DAY THAT I BROUGHT THEM FORTH OUT OF ... EGYPT ... THE HOUSE OF BONDMEN. The... [ Continue Reading ]
At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. AT THE END OF SEVEN YEARS - i:e., not on the 8th y... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: IN THE HOUSE ... CALLED BY MY NAME - the usual place of making such covenants (: cf. ; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. YE ... POLLUTED MY NAME - by violating your oath (, and so ... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the ki... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof, PASSED BETWEEN THE PARTS THEREOF - the contracting parties in the "covenant" (not h... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE PRINCES OF JUDAH, AND THE PRINCES OF JERUSALEM, THE EUNUCHS, AND THE PRIESTS, AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND, WHICH PASSED BETWEEN THE PARTS OF THE CALF;_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. I WILL EVEN GIVE THEM - resuming the sentence begun, but not completed, , "I will give the m... [ Continue Reading ]
And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you. THE KING OF BABYLON'S ARMY, WHICH ARE GONE UP FROM YOU - i:e., which have raised the... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant. I WILL COMMAND - Nebuchadnezzar, impelled unconsciously by a divine instigation... [ Continue Reading ]