The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon. WORD THAT CAME - the... [ Continue Reading ]
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. THE LORD THY GOD HATH PRONOUNCED THIS EVIL UPON THIS PLACE. The Babylonians were in some measure aware, through Jeremiah's prophecies (), that they were the instruments of G... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you. YE HAVE SINNED - (note, ). His address is directed to the Jews as well as to Jeremiah. God makes the very pagan testify... [ Continue Reading ]
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemet... [ Continue Reading ]
Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard... [ Continue Reading ]
Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land. MIZPAH - in Benjamin, northwest of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 41:5; ). Not the Mizpah in Gilead, beyond Jordan (). Jeremiah showed his patriotism and piety in remaining in his co... [ Continue Reading ]
Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried awa... [ Continue Reading ]
Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. NETOPHATHITE - from Netophah, a town in Judah... [ Continue Reading ]
And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. FEAR NOT - they were afraid that they should not obtain pardon from the Chaldeans for thei... [ Continue Reading ]
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken. MIZPAH - lying on the way between Babylon and Judah, and so, convenient for tra... [ Continue Reading ]
_LIKEWISE WHEN ALL THE JEWS THAT WERE IN MOAB, AND AMONG THE AMMONITES, AND IN EDOM, AND THAT WERE IN ALL THE COUNTRIES, HEARD THAT THE KING OF BABYLON HAD LEFT A REMNANT OF JUDAH, AND THAT HE HAD SET OVER THEM GEDALIAH THE SON OF AHIKAM THE SON OF SHAPHAN;_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much. JEWS ... IN MOAB - who had fled there at the approach of the Chaldeans. God thus tempered the severity of his vengeance,... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, IN THE FIELDS - not in the city, but scattered in the country ().... [ Continue Reading ]
And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. BAALIS - called from the idol Baal, as was often the case in pagan names. AMMONITES. So, it was to them that... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN JOHANAN THE SON OF KAREAH SPAKE TO GEDALIAH IN MIZPAH SECRETLY, SAYING, LET ME GO, I PRAY THEE, AND I WILL SLAY ISHMAEL THE SON OF NETHANIAH, AND NO MAN SHALL KNOW IT: WHEREFORE SHOULD HE SLAY THEE, THAT ALL THE JEWS WHICH ARE GATHERED UNTO THEE SHOULD BE SCATTERED, AND THE REMNANT IN JUDAH PE... [ Continue Reading ]
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael. THOU SPEAKEST FALSELY - a mystery of providence, that God should permit the righteous, in spite of warning, thus to rush into the trap laid for them. , "The rig... [ Continue Reading ]