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WE - The form used here occurs nowhere else in the Old Testament, but
is the regular form of the pronoun in the Talmud. It is one out of
many instances of Jeremiah using the popular instead of the lit...
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CHAPTER 42
_ 1. Jeremiah the intercessor (Jeremiah 42:1) _
2. The answer from Jehovah (Jeremiah 42:7)
Jeremiah 42:1. The remnant, the few who were left after the terrible
happenings recorded in the
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JEREMIAH 42:1 TO JEREMIAH 43:7. THE MIGRATION INTO EGYPT. Jeremiah is
asked by the leaders (Jeremiah 42:1 _mg.,_ with LXX) and the people to
seek Yahweh's guidance, which they solemnly ...
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EVIL. ill. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.
THAT IT MAY BE WELL, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 6:3)....
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WHETHER IT BE GOOD, &C.— _Whether it seem good, or whether it seem
evil,_ &c. Houbigant....
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2. _The request of the prophet_ (Jeremiah 42:1-6)
TRANSLATION
(1) Then all the officers of the forces, Johanan the son of Kareah,
and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people both small and
g...
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JEREMIAH'S MESSAGE FROM GOD TO JOHANAN
1. Jezaniah] the Azariah of Jeremiah 43:2 (and probably not the
Jezaniah of Jeremiah 40:8).
7-22. The people are forbidden to go down to Egypt. Jeremiah had
alw...
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THE LORD BE A TRUE AND FAITHFUL WITNESS... — The emphatic adjuration
implies that they are ready to accept the punishment which the
righteous Judge will inflict in the event of their proving unfaithfu...
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אִם ־טֹ֣וב וְ אִם ־רָ֔ע בְּ קֹ֣ול
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CHAPTER XIV
THE DESCENT INTO EGYPT
Jeremiah 42:1 Jeremiah 43:1
"They came into the land of Egypt, for they obeyed not the voice of
Jehovah."- Jeremiah 43:7
THUS within a few days Jeremiah had exper...
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Before going forward, Johanan and those associated with him, gathered
to Jeremiah, and asked that he pray for them and seek divine guidance.
He consented at once to their request, and they promised ob...
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_Good or evil. That is, agreeable or disagreeable. (Challoner) --- It
would have been well for them if they had been sincere, (ver. 10.;
Haydock) and determined to comply whether the prophet announced...
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Nothing can be more promising than this engagement on both sides. We
shall see how the matter ends....
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As the Jews spoke feignedly by assuming a character not their own,
they profaned God’s name. But if we desire to prove our fidelity to
God, the only way of acting is, to regard his word as binding, wh...
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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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WHETHER [IT BE] GOOD, OR WHETHER [IT BE] EVIL,.... Not morally good,
or evil; for nothing but what is good, and not evil, in this sense,
can come from God; but whether pleasantly or profitably good or...
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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.
Ver. 6. _Whet...
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_Then Jeremiah said, I have heard you_, &c. That is, I will do for you
what you desire. _I will pray unto the Lord your God_ They called the
Lord Jeremiah's God: here Jeremiah calls him _their God_, b...
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THE HYPOCRITICAL INQUIRY...
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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, their obedience b...
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1-6 To serve a turn, Jeremiah is sought out, and the captains ask for
his assistance. In every difficult, doubtful case, we must look to God
for direction; and we may still, in faith, pray to be guid...
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The preceding words are a perfect oath, the form of which lies in a
calling of God to witness the sincerity of the heart of those that
swear, for a security to those to whom the oath is given, which a...
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Jeremiah 42:6 pleasing H2896 displeasing H7451 obey H8085 (H8799)
voice H6963 LORD H3068 God H430 we H580 send...
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THE PEOPLE APPROACH JEREMIAH AND SEEK GUIDANCE, GIVING THE IMPRESSION
OF WANTING TO OBEY YHWH (JEREMIAH 42:1).
As a result of what had happened to Jerusalem Jeremiah had now been
proved to be a true p...
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THE REFUGEES SEEK YHWH'S GUIDANCE THROUGH JEREMIAH BUT ON RECEIVING IT
REJECT IT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT FIT IN WITH THEIR INCLINATIONS WITH THE
CONSEQUENCE THAT JEREMIAH PROPHESIES JUDGMENT AGAINST THEM...
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CONTENTS: God's answer to the inquiry of the people and Jeremiah
concerning the calamities recently befallen. God's charge to the
people in the land.
CHARACTERS: God, Johanan, Jezaniah, Jeremiah.
CON...
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Jeremiah 42:1. _Then came all the captains of the forces._ שׂרי
_sari,_ the princes of the army. _Johanan and Jezaniah_ are for
dignity named last, because they were of royal blood. All the people,
be...
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_All the people. .. came near, and said unto Jeremiah the prophet._
THE PEOPLE AND THE PROPHET
I. Prayerfulness. “Pray for us.” The prophet was implored to
intercede with God on behalf of his countr...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—CHRONOLOGY as in previous chapter.
Observe: _Jeremiah and Baruch_ had been _among the captives of
Ishmael_, whom Johanan _rescued_ (chap. Jeremiah 43:6).
STATE OF THE NA...
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EXPOSITION
Jeremiah receives a request to inquire of God concerning the proposed
emigration, and a "word of the Lord" follows.
JEREMIAH 42:1
JEZANIAH THE SON OF HOSHAIAH. For "Jezaniah," the Septuag...
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So in chapter 42:
Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah,
they came unto Jeremiah, and said unto him, We beg you, that you will
accept our supplication, and pray for us un...
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Deuteronomy 5:29; Deuteronomy 5:33; Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 6:3;...
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Good or evil — Whether grateful or ungrateful to us....