Jeremiah 37:1
_Sedecias. He was less impious than his two predecessors; but too weak to do good._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sedecias. He was less impious than his two predecessors; but too weak to do good._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Pray, or consult. He wished to know whether the Chaldeans would return. (Calmet) --- He feared, yet ill-treated the prophet, as Herod did John the Baptist. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Return, routed, chap. xlvi. 15. His army was small, Ezechiel xvii. 17., and xxx. 21. This king Ephree, (chap. xliv. 30.) or Apries, had succeeded Psammis, after an interregnum of ten years' continuance. (Herodotus ii. 161.) --- He foresaw that his own dominions would be invaded, after Jerusalem, th... [ Continue Reading ]
_Away. They departed indeed, but for a short time._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Tent. So easy it is for God to destroy by few as well as by many! (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Possession, lately purchased, chap. xxxii. (Lyranus) --- Yet some think this had not yet taken place. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "to buy provisions among." Hebrew, "to slip away thence in the midst of the people." (Haydock) --- He wished to escape the fury of his enemies at Jerusalem. (Calmet) --- It... [ Continue Reading ]
_Beat him, as a traitor and fugitive. --- Prison, very deep, ver. 19. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Prison. Literally, "lake or pit," (Haydock) such as was used to keep wine. Thus God tries his chosen friends, according to their strength!_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Prophets. He insults over these impostors, and speaks boldly. The Chaldeans were now returned, chap. xxxviii._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Be. Hebrew, "fall prostrate," chap. xxxvi. 7._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Entry, where he had been already, chap. xxxii. 1., and xxxiv. 1, 7. --- Piece. Roll, sufficient for a day's maintenance. (Calmet) --- Protestants, "a piece of bread (Septuagint, a loaf) out of the baker's street." (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XXXVII.... [ Continue Reading ]