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Jeremiah 34:5

but thou shalt die in peace, depart this life by a natural death; and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odors for thee, after the custom of burning aromatic spices, which was observed for the kings and the members of the royal family; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah, lord; or, Alas, master; for I have pronounced the word, saith the Lord. So it was not to be his fate to die in battle like Jehoiakim and to remain unlamented and unburied. Jeremiah 22:18.

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See also Jeremiah 34:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 34:5. _THOU SHALT DIE IN PEACE_] Thou shalt not die a _violent_ death; and at thy death thou shalt have all those funereal solemnities which were usual at the demise of kings. See 2 Chr...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    IN PEACE - See Jeremiah 12:12 note. BURN ODORS - “Make a burning.” The burning was probably that of piles of wood, and spices were added only as an special honor. It was not a Jewish custom to burn th...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 34:1-7 Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah The besieging army was before the walls of Jerusalem when the prophet is commanded to go to the king and tell him that the city will soon be burned. He announce...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FATE OF JERUSALEM AND OF ZEDEKIAH. In the course of the siege (588- 6), Jeremiah is sent to Zedekiah to tell him that the city will be taken and destroyed, that he will be brought before Nebuchadr...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WITH. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "like". BURN ODOURS. Compare 2 Chronicles 16:14, and observe the word is _saraph_, not _katar_ (App-43 for both)...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Prophecy of the burning of the city and the captivity of Zedekiah....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _shall they make a burning_ Apparently some honorific burning of spices as an accompaniment of burial. See 2 Chronicles 16:14; 2 Chronicles 21:19. _Ah lord!_ See on Jeremiah 22:18....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Du. challenges the statement in these _vv_. as not in consonance with the troublous ending of Zedekiah's life in exile. If the text be sound, "in peace" can only mean a natural death, as opposed to on...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    I. AN INCIDENT DURING THE FINAL SIEGE OF JERUSALEM Jeremiah 34:1-22 Chapter 34 contains two messages delivered during the final siege of Jerusalem. The first of these messages is directed to king Zede...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: THOU SHALT NOT DIE BY THE SWORD, BUT ... IN PEACE - mitigation of Zedekiah's...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH'S EIGHTEENTH PROPHECY (REIGN OF ZEDEKIAH). THE FATE OF ZEDEKIAH. THE TREATMENT OF HEBREW SLAVES Early in the campaign of Nebuchadnezzar, whose scheme of conquest included all the region as fa...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SHALL THEY BURN _odours_] RV 'Shall they make a burning': see details in 2 Chronicles 16:14....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND WITH THE BURNINGS OF THY FATHERS... — Spices and perfumes were burnt as a mark of honour at the burial of kings and persons of high rank, and this is the burning here referred to (2 Chronicles 16:...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בְּ שָׁלֹ֣ום תָּמ֗וּת וּֽ כְ מִשְׂרְפֹ֣ות אֲ֠

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XI A BROKEN COVENANT Jeremiah 21:1, Jeremiah 34:1, Jeremiah 37:1 "All the princes and peoplechanged their minds and reduced to bondage again all the slaves whom they had set free....

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Chapter s thirty-four and thirty-five contain prophecies of the siege. The armies of Nebuchadnezzar were round about Jerusalem, and Jehovah declared to Zedekiah that the king of Babylon would be succe...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    [But] thou shalt die in (b) peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings who were before thee, so shall they burn [incense] for thee; and they will lament thee, [saying], Ah (c) lord!...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Peace. That is, by a natural death. (Challoner) --- Burn thee, like Asa; (2 Paralipomenon xvi. 14.; Calmet) or aromatical spices were only burnt over their dead bodies, which were also embalmed. (San...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    While the Prophet used faithfulness, he forgot not exhortation. It is the duty of ministers to admonish as well as reprove. And never surely was there a servant of the Lord more tender, in his persuas...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    _In peace, _he says, _shalt thou die, _and then adds, _with the burnings of thy fathers shall they burn thee, and lament over thee, “Alas! Lord.” _Here is added another comfort, — that when Zedekiah s...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    On the occasion of renewed iniquity the prophet announces the certain ruin of the people. Nevertheless Zedekiah, though carried captive to Babylon, should die there in peace. [1] In the succeeding Cha...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    [BUT] THOU SHALL DIE IN PEACE,.... Upon his bed, a natural death, and in good friendship with the king of Babylon; and, it may be, in peace with God; for before his death, some time in his captivity,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Jeremiah 34:5 [But] thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn [odours] for thee; and they will lament thee, [saying], A...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and thou shalt not escape_, &c. This prophecy, which threatened the king in particular, as well as the city and nation in general,...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-7 Zedekiah is told that the city shall be taken, and that he shall die a captive, but he shall die a natural death. It is better to live and die penitent in a prison, than to live and die impenitent...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    This only place informeth us concerning the manner of Zedekiah's death, and that both negatively and positively. Negatively, that he did not die by the sword, the king of Babylon took him, killed his...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 34:5 die H4191 (H8799) peace H7965 ceremonies H4955 fathers H1 former H7223 kings H4428 before H6440 burn...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SECTION 2 (JEREMIAH 26:1 TO JEREMIAH 45:5). (CONTINUED). As we have previously seen this Section of Jeremiah from Jeremiah 26:1 to Jeremiah

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SUBSECTION 3 PART 1. JERUSALEM IS SURROUNDED AND JEREMIAH DECLARES THAT THERE IS NO POINT IN HOLDING OUT BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS ABOUT TO BE DESTROYED AND ZEDEKIAH WILL BE CARRIED OFF TO BABYLON TO MEET...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Message to Zedekiah concerning the coming captivity. Zedekiah's ineffectual decree. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Zedekiah. CONCLUSION: God's compassion toward us should engag...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 34:2. _Go and speak to Zedekiah._ This revelation was delivered in the tenth year of his reign, and would have saved the land, when all hopes of safety were fled. Jeremiah 34:4. _Thou shalt n...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 34:1 God Judges 1:1 Judah. Having declared Judah and Israel’s current sins (chs....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 34:3 Zedekiah will lose the battle and his freedom. He will go to Babylon with many of his people (Jeremiah 21:7)....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES:—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Section I., Jeremiah 34:1, is in subject connected with chap. Jeremiah 32:1. These verses, however, seem slightly to antedate that chapter,...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This chapter must be taken in connection with Jeremiah 35:1. The whole section consists of three passages, introduced with a superscription in the same form, but otherwise unrelated. It ser...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now we come to a chronologically new set of prophecies, and this is one that Zedekiah threw him in jail for back in the thirty-first chapter, thirty-second chapter. The word which came unto Jeremiah f...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 16:14; 2 Chronicles 21:19; 2 Chronicles 21:20; 2 Chronicles 34:28;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Ah Lord — The Jews in their chronology, give us the form of the lamentation thus. Alas! Zedekiah is dead, who drank the dregs of all ages: that is, who was punished for the sins of all former ages....

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