A SUMMARY OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION AT THIS STAGE (JEREMIAH 37:1). The political situation at this stage can be summed up in a few words. Jerusalem was under siege because Zedekiah, Jehoiakim's uncle, who was now king and had previously been appointed by Nebuchadnezzar, had rebelled against him an... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DISOBEDIENCE OF JUDAH AND ITS KING IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THEIR TREATMENT OF THE PROPHET OF YHWH (JEREMIAH 37:1 TO JEREMIAH 38:28). These events once again took place during the reign of Zedekiah, the final king of Judah before the exile. Along with Jeremiah 34:1 this passage forms an inclusio for t... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH PROPHESIES THE FAILURE OF THE EGYPTIANS, THE REVIVING OF THE SIEGE AND THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM BECAUSE IT WAS YHWH'S FIXED PURPOSE (JEREMIAH 37:6). Jeremiah dismissed the good news. He pointed out that it was so much YHWH's purpose that Jerusalem be destroyed that even if the Babyloni... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN SEEKING TO TAKE POSSESSION OF HIS LAND IN BENJAMIN DURING THE LULL IN THE SIEGE JEREMIAH IS FALSELY ACCUSED OF TREACHERY AND THROWN INTO PRISON (JEREMIAH 37:11). Jeremiah's family appears to have had much land in Anathoth, and with the siege of Jerusalem temporarily lifted it gave him the oppor... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER HAVING SPENT SOME TIME IN PRISON JEREMIAH WAS SUMMONED TO APPEAR BEFORE KING ZEDEKIAH WHO SECRETLY SOUGHT HIS COUNSEL, GIVING JEREMIAH THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL AGAINST HIS SITUATION. AS A RESULT HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE PRISON IN THE PALACE-COMPLEX WHICH WAS FOR IMPORTANT STATE PRISONERS WHE... [ Continue Reading ]