And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, FOURTH YEAR - the command to write the roll was given in the 4th year; but it was not read publicly until the 5th year. As Isaiah subjoined to his predicti... [ Continue Reading ]
Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. TAKE THEE A ROLL OF A BOOK - a book formed of prepared skins made i... [ Continue Reading ]
It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. IT MAY BE THAT ... JUDAH WILL HEAR - consider seriously. THAT THEY MAY RETURN EVERY MAN FROM HIS EVIL WAY... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. BARUCH WROTE ... ALL THE WORDS OF THE LORD - God specially suggesting what might otherwise have escaped his memory, and direc... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD: I AM SHUT UP - not in prison, because there is no account of Jeremiah's imprisonment under Jehoiakim, and ; are inconsistent with it; but the meaning is, 'I am prevented'-namely, by some hinderance, or t... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read th... [ Continue Reading ]
It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people. THEY WILL PRESENT THEIR SUPPLICATION - literally, their supplication shall fall; alluding to the pro... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BARUCH THE SON OF NERIAH DID ACCORDING TO ALL THAT JEREMIAH THE PROPHET COMMANDED HIM, READING IN THE BOOK THE WORDS OF THE LORD IN THE LORD'S HOUSE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. THEY PROCLAIMED A FAST ... TO ALL THE PEOPLE I... [ Continue Reading ]
Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears of all the people. IN THE CHAMBER OF GEMARIAH. Baruch read from the window or... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN MICHAIAH THE SON OF GEMARIAH, THE SON OF SHAPHAN, HAD HEARD OUT OF THE BOOK ALL THE WORDS OF THE LORD,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. THE SCRIBE'S... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN MICHAIAH DECLARED UNTO THEM ALL THE WORDS THAT HE HAD HEARD, WHEN BARUCH READ THE BOOK IN THE EARS OF THE PEOPLE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them. JEHUDI - of... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM, SIT DOWN NOW, AND READ IT IN OUR EARS. SO BARUCH READ IT IN THEIR EARS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. THEY WERE AFRAID, BOTH ONE AND OTHER - Hebrew 'they were afraid each with his neighbour:' fear-stricken, they turned to one another... [ Continue Reading ]
And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? HOW DIDST THOU WRITE ALL THESE WORDS AT HIS MOUTH? What they wished to know was, whether what Baruch had read to them was written by him from memory, after hearing Jeremiah repeating his prophecies con... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. HE PRONOUNCED ALL THESE WORDS UNTO ME WITH HIS MOUTH. Baruch replies, it was by the oral dictation of the prophet: accords with this view, rather than with the notion that Jere... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be. THEN SAID THE PRINCES UNTO BARUCH, GO, HIDE THEE - showing that they were not altogether without better feelings (cf. ; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. IN THE CHAMBER OF ELISHAMA. There were chambers in the king's palace round the court or great hall, as in the temple (). The roll was "lai... [ Continue Reading ]
So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. THE KING SENT JEHUDI TO FETCH THE ROLL. Note how unbelievers flee from God, and yet seek Him... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. THE WINTER-HOUSE - (Amos 3:15, "I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house"). IN THE NINTH MONTH - namely, of the religious year - i:e., November or December. THERE WAS A F... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. THREE OR FOUR LEAVES - not distinct leaves as in a book, but the consecutive spa... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. YET THEY WERE NOT AFRAID ... NEITHER THE KING, NOR ANY OF HIS SERVANTS THAT HEARD ALL THESE WORDS. The king and his "servants" were more hardened than the "princes" and counci... [ Continue Reading ]
Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them. NEVERTHELESS ELNATHAN ... HAD MADE INTERCESSION TO THE KING THAT HE WOULD NOT BURN THE ROLL; BUT HE WOULD NOT HEAR THEM - (note, ). The "nevertheless" agg... [ Continue Reading ]
But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them. JERAHMEEL THE SON OF HAMMELECH - not, as margin, 'of the king.' Jehoiakim this time (the 5th year of h... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, THE ROLL AND THE WORDS - i:e., the roll of words.... [ Continue Reading ]
Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned. ALL THE FORMER WORDS. It is in vain that the ungodly resist the power of Yahweh; not one of His words shall fall to the ground (; ; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? SAY TO JEHOIAKIM - not in person, as... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. HE SHALL HAVE NONE TO SIT UPON THE THRONE - fulfilled (, etc; 2 Kings 25:1.) He had successors,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I WILL PUNISH HIM AND HIS SEED AND HIS SERVANTS FOR THEIR INIQUITY; AND I WILL BRING UPON THEM, AND UPON THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM, AND UPON THE MEN OF JUDAH, ALL THE EVIL THAT I HAVE PRONOUNCED AGAINST THEM; BUT THEY HEARKENED NOT._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words. THERE WERE ADDED BESIDES ... M... [ Continue Reading ]