The Lord hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah, so the prophet now elaborates upon the direct prophecy of Jehovah, Go ye not into Egypt; know certainly that I have admonished you this day, testifying against them and warning them.
Verse Jeremiah 42:19. _GO YE NOT INTO EGYPT_] Why? Because God knew, such was their miserable propensity to idolatry, that they would there adopt the worship of the country, and serve idols....
The request made in Jeremiah 42:3 has been fulfilled: Yahweh has spoken. The prophet now adds these four verses as a sort of epilogue, in which he urges upon them the several points of the divine mess...
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
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 ...
GO YE NOT INTO EGYPT. This had ever been. standing command for Israel (Deuteronomy 17:16; Isaiah 31:1.Ezekiel 17:15; Ezekiel 17:15)....
See introd. summary to the section....
Du. (see introd. note to section) considers Jeremiah 42:15 as wholly an addition, and Jeremiah 42:9 as containing much editorial matter....
This connects well with Jeremiah 42:14, assuming (see introd. note) that Jeremiah 42:15 are by a supplementer....
THE LORD HATH SAID, &C.— God commanded the Jews by Moses not to have any commerce with Egypt, that they might not practise the idolatrous customs of that country; and this was the reason why he often...
3. _The response of the Lord_ (Jeremiah 42:7-22) TRANSLATION (7) And it came to pass at the end of ten days that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah. (8) And he called Johanan the son of Kareah,...
The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. I HAD ADMONISHED YOU - literally, testified; i:e., solemnly admo...
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...
דִּבֶּ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה עֲלֵיכֶם֙ שְׁאֵרִ֣ית יְהוּדָ֔ה אַל...
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...
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...
I cannot sufficiently admire the faithfulness of the Prophet, in times of such general danger. What an uniformity Jeremiah manifested, in his office of speaking the truths of God. Oh! for the Lord to...
Here the Prophet explains more fully their sin; for their punishment might have appeared extreme, had not their impiety been more clearly unfolded. He then says that this punishment ought not to be re...
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...
THE LORD HATH SAID CONCERNING YOU, O YE REMNANT OF JUDAH,.... Or, "unto you" w; by the mouth of the prophet; or, "against you" x; that which was contrary to their inclination and will, as follows: GO...
The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. Ver. 19. _Go ye not into Egypt._] Be ruled, or you will rue it when...
_The Lord hath said, Go ye not into Egypt_ The good prophet, knowing how much it concerned this people to believe and obey the message God had sent to them by him, repeats again what he had urged befo...
ADMONISHED YOU: _ Heb._ testified against you...
7-22 If we would know the mind of the Lord in doubtful cases, we must wait as well as pray. God is ever ready to return in mercy to those he has afflicted; and he never rejects any who rely on his pr...
The good prophet, knowing how much it concerned this people to listen unto him, and to believe and obey what he said, repeats again the same thing which he had said before, assuring them that it was t...
Jeremiah 42:19 LORD H3068 said H1696 (H8765) remnant H7611 Judah H3063 go H935 (H8799) Egypt H4714 Know...
RECOGNISING THAT THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF OBEYING YHWH JEREMIAH PRONOUNCES OVER THEM WHAT IS TO COME ON THEM (JEREMIAH 42:19). Having been brought down to being a remnant, Judah have now been given t...
JEREMIAH BRINGS TO THE PEOPLE THE WORD OF YHWH (JEREMIAH 42:7). The break of ten days during which Jeremiah waited on YHWH brings out the importance of what is to be said. The run of cultic prophets s...
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...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 42:19 Jeremiah could hardly speak more plainly: to obey means life; to disobey means death. ⇐...
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...
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...
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...
1 Thessalonians 4:6; 2 Chronicles 24:19; Acts 2:40; Acts 20:26;...