Jeremiah 42:1
_THEN ALL THE CAPTAINS OF THE FORCES, AND JOHANAN THE SON OF KAREAH, AND JEZANIAH THE SON OF HOSHAIAH, AND ALL THE PEOPLE FROM THE LEAST EVEN UNTO THE GREATEST, CAME NEAR,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN ALL THE CAPTAINS OF THE FORCES, AND JOHANAN THE SON OF KAREAH, AND JEZANIAH THE SON OF HOSHAIAH, AND ALL THE PEOPLE FROM THE LEAST EVEN UNTO THE GREATEST, CAME NEAR,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:) JEREMIAH - he probably was one of the number carried off from Miz... [ Continue Reading ]
That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do. They consulted God, like many, not so much to know what was right, as wishing Him to authorize what they had already determined on, whether agreeable to His will or not. So the messenger of Ahab in consul... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you. I HAVE HEARD YOU - i:e., I ac... [ Continue Reading ]
Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us. THE LORD BE A TRUE ... WITNESS BETWEEN US - (; ; ; ; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God. WHETHER IT BE GOOD OR ... EVIL - not moral evil, which God cannot command (), but what may be disagreeable and har... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah. AFTER TEN DAYS. Jeremiah did not speak of himself, but waited God's time and revelation, showing the reality of his inspiration. Man, left to himself, would have given an immediate response to the people, who were... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN CALLED HE JOHANAN THE SON OF KAREAH, AND ALL THE CAPTAINS OF THE FORCES WHICH WERE WITH HIM, AND ALL THE PEOPLE FROM THE LEAST EVEN TO THE GREATEST,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. IF YE WILL STILL ABIDE IN THIS LAND - namely, under the Babylonian authority, to which God hath appointed. that al... [ Continue Reading ]
_BE NOT AFRAID OF THE KING OF BABYLON, OF WHOM YE ARE AFRAID; BE NOT AFRAID OF HIM, SAITH THE LORD: FOR I AM WITH YOU TO SAVE YOU, AND TO DELIVER YOU FROM HIS HAND._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land. I WILL SHOW MERCIES - rather, I will excite (in him) feelings of mercy toward you (Calvin). THAT HE MAY ... CAUSE YOU TO RETURN - permit you to return to the peaceable enjoyment of the... [ Continue Reading ]
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, BUT IF YE SAY ... Avowed rebellion against God, who had often (), as now, forbidden their going to Egypt, lest they should be entangled in its idolatry.... [ Continue Reading ]
Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: WE WILL GO INTO ... EGYPT, WHERE WE SHALL SEE NO WAR. Here they betray their impiety in not believing God's promise (Jeremiah 42:10)... [ Continue Reading ]
And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; IF YE WHOLLY SET YOUR FACES - firmly resolve (), in spite of all warnings ().... [ Continue Reading ]
Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. THE SWORD, WHICH YE FEARED, SHALL OVERTAKE YOU. The very evils we think to esca... [ Continue Reading ]
So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. ALL THE MEN - excepting the "small number" mentioned (; )... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. I HAD ADMONISHED YOU - literally, testified; i:e., solemnly admonished, having yourselves as my witnesses; so that, if ye perish, ye yourselves will have to confess... [ Continue Reading ]
For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. YE DISSEMBLED IN YOUR HEARTS - rather, 'ye have used deceit against your (own) souls... [ Continue Reading ]
And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God nor And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you. I HAVE THIS DAY DECLARED IT - namely, the... [ Continue Reading ]
Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn. IN THE PLACE WHERE YE DESIRE TO GO AND TO SOJOURN - for a time, until they could return to their country. They expected, therefore, to be restor... [ Continue Reading ]