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 45:5 divides up into four main subsections, which are as follows: 1. Commencing With A Speech In The Temple Jeremiah Warns Of The Anguish That Is Coming And Repu... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DELIVERANCE OF JEREMIAH AND THE TEMPORARY RESTORATION OF JUDAH (JEREMIAH 40:1). The passage and section opens with the now familiar ‘the word which came to Jeremiah from YHWH ---' (compare and contrast Jeremiah 44:1; Jeremiah 45:1), a phrase which always indicates the opening of a new aspect of... [ Continue Reading ]
THE COMMENCEMENT OF JUDAH'S RESTORATION IS THWARTED BY THE ASSASSINATION OF GEDALIAH THE GOVERNOR AND BY THE REFUSAL OF THE PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO JEREMIAH AS THEY TAKE REFUGE IN EGYPT (JEREMIAH 40:1 TO JEREMIAH 43:13). This deals with ‘the word that came to Jeremiah from YHWH' after he had been delive... [ Continue Reading ]
RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF JUDAH UNDER THE GOVERNORSHIP OF GEDALIAH (JEREMIAH 40:7). Once the news got about that Gedaliah had been appointed governor, that Judah was now populated by ‘the poor of the land', and that the land was comparatively at rest, the commanders who were still leading armies of resis... [ Continue Reading ]
POLITICAL EVENTS IN THE NEW JUDAH - GEDALIAH RE-ESTABLISHES JUDAH BUT IS ASSASSINATED (JEREMIAH 40:7 TO JEREMIAH 41:18). What follows is a description of the events that followed the appointment of Gedaliah, events in which Jeremiah played no active part. It does, however, set the scene for Jeremiah... [ Continue Reading ]
GEDALIAH RECEIVES AND REJECTS A WARNING ABOUT ISHMAEL'S INTENTIONS (JEREMIAH 40:13). The loyal former resistance commanders learned of Ishmael's plottings, and came to Gedaliah and warned him of Ishmael's intentions. They were now content to settle in the land under Gedaliah's governorship. So they... [ Continue Reading ]