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Compare the marginal reference. The differences between the two
accounts are slight....
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CHAPTER 39
_ 1. The fall of Jerusalem and the fate of Zedekiah (Jeremiah 39:1) _
2. Nebuchadnezzar's kindness to Jeremiah (Jeremiah 39:10)
3. Ebed-melech's reward (Jeremiah 39:15)...
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THE FALL OF JERUSALEM: JEREMIAH SPARED. This paragraph well
illustrates the growth of the OT text; _cf._ 2 Kings 25:1 (also
reproduced in Jeremiah 52:4, from which Jeremiah 39:1 f. and...
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THE CHALDEANS BURNED, &C. On the tenth day of the fifth month. Compare
Jeremiah 52:12; Jeremiah 52:13. The same day as the capture of the
city by the Romans in A.D. 69....
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See introd. note and summary to ch....
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C. The Captivity of the People Jeremiah 39:8-10
TRANSLATION
(8) The Chaldeans burned the house of the king and the houses of the
people and tore down the walls of Jerusalem. (9) The rest of the
peopl...
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B. The Capture of the King Jeremiah 39:4-10
TRANSLATION
(4) And it came to pass when Zedekiah, king of Judah, and all the men
of war saw them, they fled by going out at night from the city by way
of...
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THE CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM (11TH YEAR OF ZEDEKIAH)
The narrative in this c., with some varieties in detail, coincides
with that of Jeremiah 52 and with 2 Kings 25.
1-7. The city taken. Zedekiah's fate...
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AND THE CHALDEANS BURNED THE KING’S HOUSE. — In the fuller account
of Jeremiah 52:12, we find that this was the work of Nebuzar-adan, who
had been sent by Nebuchadnezzar, on hearing of the capture of...
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וְ אֶת ־בֵּ֤ית הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ וְ אֶת
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CHAPTER XIII
GEDALIAH
Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 52:1
"Then arose Ishmael ben Nethani
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This chapter records the fall of Jerusalem. After a long siege lasting
from the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign until the
fourth month of the eleventh year, at last "a breach was mad...
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What a sad business Zedekiah had made of it; and what a grievous
calamity followed! Zedekiah was but in the prime of life when these
things took place. And here he felt the awful consequence of reject...
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_THE CAPTIVE DAUGHTER OF ZION_
‘The Chaldeans … brake down the walls of Jerusalem.’
Jeremiah 39:8
How Zedekiah must have repented now that he had not listened to the
prophet’s word! How his neglect...
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Here also the Prophet shews that whatever he had predicted was
fulfilled, so that nothing was wanting to render faith sure and fixed.
He had said, as we have seen, that if Zedekiah surrendered himself...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 39 THROUGH 44.
After this, chapter 39 and the following Chapter s give us the history
of the confusion and iniquity that reigned among the remnant who were
no...
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AND THE CHALDEANS BURNT THE KING'S HOUSE,.... His palace: this was a
month after the city was taken, as appears from Jeremiah 52:12;
AND THE HOUSES OF THE PEOPLE, WITH FIRE; the houses of the common...
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And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the
people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
Ver. 8. See on 2 Kings 25:8 ....
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_They fled by the gate betwixt the two walls_ Betwixt the wall and the
outworks, or betwixt the old wall of the city and the new one which
Hezekiah built, of which mention is made 2 Chronicles 32:5. S...
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And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, the beautiful royal palace,
AND THE HOUSES OF THE PEOPLE, WITH FIRE, destroying all the finer
residences of the city, AND BRAKE DOWN THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM,...
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JERUSALEM TAKEN...
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1-10 Jerusalem was so strong, that the inhabitants believed the enemy
could never enter it. But sin provoked God to withdraw his protection,
and then it was as weak as other cities. Zedekiah had his...
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Still it is observable how punctual the Holy Ghost is in recording the
fulfillings of the words of the Lord. This prophet had at least four
times foretold that this would be one consequent of the king...
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Jeremiah 39:8 Chaldeans H3778 burned H8313 (H8804) kings H4428 house
H1004 houses H1004 people H5971 fire H784 down
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CONTENTS: Final captivity of Judah in accordance with the prophets.
CHARACTERS: Zedekiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo,
Sar-sechim, Rab-saris, Rab-mag, Nebuzaradan, Jeremiah, Nebushas...
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Jeremiah 39:1. _In the ninth year of Zedekiah they besieged
Jerusalem._ On the very day that God revealed to Ezekiel in Babylon
the taking of the city. This would reconcile the captives to their
lot,...
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_In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon._
THE DOWNFALL OF JUDAH
The siege and sacking of Jerusalem under Nebuchadrezzar is the most
tragi...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—_Cf_.
notes _in loc_. chap. 34. The siege lasted just one year and six
months, not reckoning the interval during which the Chaldeans broke...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter is very confused as it stands. To restore order it is
absolutely necessary to suppose that some passages (viz. Jeremiah
39:1, Jeremiah 39:2, and Jeremiah 39:4) have been insert...
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Now in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month,
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against
Jerusalem, and began their siege. And in the eleventh year of
Zedekiah...
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2 Chronicles 36:19; 2 Kings 25:10; 2 Kings 25:9; Amos 2:5; Isaiah 5:9;