Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Jeremiah 38:26
then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, 37:15, to die there.
then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, 37:15, to die there.
Verse Jeremiah 38:26. _I PRESENTED MY SUPPLICATION_] This was telling the _truth_, and _nothing_ but the truth, but not the _whole_ truth. The king did not wish him to defile his conscience, nor did h...
CHAPTER 38 _ 1. Jeremiah in the dungeon and his rescue (Jeremiah 38:1) _ 2. Jeremiah with Zedekiah: His last appeal (Jeremiah 38:14) Jeremiah 38:1. Jeremiah is next accused of high treason. Th
Zedekiah asks Jeremiah about the future, swearing immunity to him, whatever his answer (Jeremiah 38:16). Jeremiah urges him to save himself and the city by surrender to Nebuchadrezzar's princes (Nebuc...
_I presented my supplication_ See on Jeremiah 36:7. _to Jonathan's house_ See Jeremiah 37:15....
E. Interviewed by the King Jeremiah 38:14-26 TRANSLATION (14) Zedekiah the king sent and had Jeremiah the prophet brought unto him at the third entrance of the house of the LORD. And the king said un...
Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there. I PRESENTED - literally, I made my supplication t...
1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes....
וְ אָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם מַפִּיל ־אֲנִ֥י תְחִנָּתִ֖י...
Under these circumstances he continued to foretell the victory of the Chaldeans, with the result that the anger of the princes was stirred up against him, and he was cast into a most loathsome dungeon...
Then thou shalt say to them, I (l) presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there. (l) In this appears the infirmity of the prophet,...
There. This he had actually done, chap. xxxvii. 19. He perhaps renewed the petition, at this interview, to satisfy the king. (Haydock) --- We may conceal the truth, but must never speak what is false....
This must have been a very interesting interview between the king and the Prophet; and it is impossible but to take concern in it, and to wish that Zedekiah had listened to the Prophet's advice. And a...
He says, “Though they promise thee impunity, trust them not.” Zedekiah feared lest the Prophet should be too credulous, and should freely relate to the counselors what he had said. But he no doubt had...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 AND 38. Chapter 37 gives us Zedekiah in the same state of disobedience. A show of religion is kept up, and, having a moment of respite which excites some h...
THEN THOU SHALT SAY UNTO THEM,.... Here the king puts words into the prophet's mouth, what he should say to the princes, to put them off from inquiring further, and so keep the matter a secret: I PRE...
Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there. Ver. 26. _Then shalt thou say unto them, I presente...
_Then said Zedekiah, Let no man know of these words_, &c. Keep what has passed between us secret, and I will keep my promise to thee of preserving thy life. These words sufficiently show that Zedekiah...
14-28 Jeremiah was not forward to repeat the warnings, which seemed only to endanger his own life, and to add to the king's guilt, but asked whether he feared to do the will of God. The less men fear...
The king instructs the prophet, in case the princes should be inquisitive to know what discourse passed betwixt the king and him, to tell them that he petitioned him that he might be sent no more to t...
Jeremiah 38:26 say H559 (H8804) presented H5307 (H8688) request H8467 before H6440 king H4428 return H7725 ...
ZEDEKIAH ONCE AGAIN CONSULTS JEREMIAH AND KEEPS HIM SAFELY IN THE COURT OF THE GUARD UNTIL JERUSALEM IS TAKEN (JEREMIAH 38:14). This was to be Zedekiah's last consultation with Jeremiah. During it he...
JEREMIAH'S EXPERIENCES IN THE COURT OF THE GUARD (JEREMIAH 38:1). But even the fact that Jeremiah was in the court of the guard did not prevent him from further maltreatment by those who saw him as a...
Jeremiah 38 Ropes and rags. I. Help always comes from above. Jeremiah found it so. It was useless to try to climb out of the dungeon, it was only to fall deeper into the mire. "Salvation is of the L...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's imprisonment, continued. His private conference with the king. CHARACTERS: Shephatiah, Gedaliah, Jucal, Pashur, Jeremiah, Zedekiah, Malchiah, Ebed-melech, Jonathan. CONCLUSION: G...
Jeremiah 38:7. _Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,_ the king's chamberlain. It seems to have been a new name given him on his promotion to office; but God gave him long life for preserving the life of Jeremia...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES as on preceding chapter. Personal Allusions. Jeremiah 38:1. “_Shephatiah_,” never elsewhere mentioned. “_Gedaliah_,” possibly son of “Pashur” the vio...
CONTINUATION. EXPOSITION The object of the princes being frustrated (for in the "court of the guard" Jeremiah had perfect freedom and opportunity of speech), the princes resolve upon a more effectua...
Now we come to the third part of the book of Jeremiah and this covers the period of Zedekiah the king. These particular prophecies, thirty-seven through thirty-nine, cover from the time that Zedekiah...
Esther 4:8; Jeremiah 37:15; Jeremiah 37:20; Jeremiah 42:2...