Jeremiah 37:1-10
A PROPHECY CONCERNING THE OUTCOME OF THE SIEGE... [ Continue Reading ]
A PROPHECY CONCERNING THE OUTCOME OF THE SIEGE... [ Continue Reading ]
And King Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, whose original name had been Mattaniah, a brother of Jehoiakim, 2 Kings 24:17, REIGNED INSTEAD OF CONIAH, or Jeconiah, THE SON OF JEHOIAKIM, WHOM NEBUCHADNEZZAR, KING OF BABYLON, MADE KING IN THE LAND OF JUDAH, a mere vassal of the mighty Eastern ruler.... [ Continue Reading ]
But neither he nor his servants, nor the people of the land did hearken unto the words of the Lord which He spake by the prophet Jeremiah. Jeremiah 36:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Zedekiah, the king, sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, one of his high officers, AND ZEPHANIAH, THE SON OF MAASEIAH, THE PRIEST, the highest church dignitary of the land at that time, Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 29:25, TO THE PROPHET JEREMIAH, SAYING, PRAY NOW UNTO THE LORD, OUR GOD, FOR US. This w... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, Jeremiah came in and went out among the people, he was at that time unhampered in his movements; FOR THEY HAD NOT PUT HIM INTO PRISON, he was not in ward in the prison court, where he had been compelled to spend so much time before.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt, Pharaoh-hophrah having undertaken to make war on the mighty Eastern ruler, probably as a result of a message sent by Zedekiah, Ezekiel 17:15; AND WHEN THE CHALDEANS THAT BESIEGED JERUSALEM HEARD TIDINGS OF THEM, received news of their approach, THEY D... [ Continue Reading ]
Then came the word of the Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, the name expressing His majesty and power, THUS SHALL YE SAY TO THE KING OF JUDAH THAT SENT YOU UNTO ME TO INQUIRE OF ME: BEHOLD, PHARAOH'S ARMY, WHICH IS COME FORTH TO HELP YOU, with the object, however, of trying to gain the world-power, SHALL RETURN TO EGYP... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, Deceive not yourselves, by entertaining vain hopes, SAYING, THE CHALDEANS SHALL SURELY DEPART FROM US; FOR THEY SHALL NOT DEPART, they would not permanently discontinue their siege.... [ Continue Reading ]
For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, according to the Hebrew, "such as had been severely wounded," YET SHOULD THEY RISE UP EVERY MAN IN HIS TENT AND BURN THIS CITY WITH FIRE. As the disobedient Jews in this i... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem, withdrawing for the time being in order to await developments or call for reinforcements, FOR FEAR OF PHARAOH'S ARMY, so that the land, for a little while, was clear of enemies,... [ Continue Reading ]
Jeremiah's Arrest and Imprisonment... [ Continue Reading ]
then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, the country of his own tribe, TO SEPARATE HIMSELF THENCE IN THE MIDST OF THE PEOPLE, literally, "to make a division of inheritance," his business probably consisting in his taking away the personal property which he had inher... [ Continue Reading ]
And when be was in the Gate of Benjamin, the northern gate of Jerusalem, which led to the country of Benjamin and the northern province, A CAPTAIN OF THE WARD WAS THERE, one of the watchmen of the city of Jerusalem, WHOSE NAME WAS IRIJAH, THE SON OF SHELEMIAH, THE SON OF HANANIAH; AND HE TOOK JEREMI... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said Jeremiah, feeling a just resentment on account of the unjust accusation which was brought against him, IT IS FALSE; I FALL NOT AWAY TO THE CHALDEANS. BUT HE HEARKENED NOT TO HIM; SO IRIJAH TOOK JEREMIAH AND BROUGHT HIM TO THE PRINCES, to the king's counselors, who sat in judgment with him.... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore the princes, evidently of a different type from those who had taken his part under Jehoiakim, WERE WROTH WITH JEREMIAH AND SMOTE HIM, apparently without so much as a hearing, AND PUT HIM IN PRISON IN THE HOUSE OF JONATHAN, THE SCRIBE, the chancellor, or secretary of state, FOR THEY HAD MAD... [ Continue Reading ]
When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon and into the cabins, or underground vaults, AND JEREMIAH HAD REMAINED THERE MANY DAYS, in this unjust imprisonment,... [ Continue Reading ]
then Zedekiah, the king, sent and took him out; and the king asked him secretly in his house, probably because he was ashamed to be seen by his courtiers, AND SAID, IS THERE ANY WORD FROM THE LORD? any revelation from Jehovah favorable to his cause. AND JEREMIAH SAID, THERE IS, but not in the sense... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover, Jeremiah said unto King Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee or against thy servants or against this people that ye have put me in prison? He protested against the injustice of an imprisonment without so much as an attempt at a trial.... [ Continue Reading ]
Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you nor against this land? Since the predictions of the false prophets had been found to be falsehoods, and since, on the other hand, the event prophesied by Jeremiah had come to pass, this, the... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king, let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee, his plea, according to the strongly figurative language of the Orient, being represented as falling down in supplication, THAT THOU CAUSE ME NOT TO RETURN TO THE HOUSE OF JONATHAN, THE SCR... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Zedekiah, the king, yielding at least to this extent, COMMANDED THAT THEY SHOULD COMMIT JEREMIAH INTO THE COURT OF THE PRISON, where he at least had the advantages of light and air, AND THAT THEY SHOULD GIVE HIM DAILY A PIECE OF BREAD OUT OF THE BAKERS' STREET, for in the Orient persons of the... [ Continue Reading ]