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JEREMIAH AND ZEDEKIAH AND THE FALL OF JERUSALEM (37-39)
CHAPTER 37
_ 1. Jeremiah's warning (Jeremiah 37:1) _
2. Jeremiah's arrest (Jeremiah 37:11)
Jeremiah 37:1. To understand more fully
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JEREMIAH 37, 38. FORTUNES OF JEREMIAH DURING THE SIEGE (588- 586).
JEREMIAH 37:1. Zedekiah, made vassal-king in place of his nephew,
Jehoiachin (in 597) sends Jehucal (Jeremiah 38:1) and Zephaniah
(J...
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WORDS. prophecies....
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN
EVENTS DURING THE LAST DAYS OF JERUSALEM
Jeremiah 37:1 to Jeremiah 39:18
A period of some eighteen years separates the events of Chapter s 36
and 37. The focus in Chapter s 37 throug...
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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.
BUT NEITHER HE, NOR HIS SERVANTS, NOR THE PEOPLE ... DI...
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1-5. The general position....
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BUT NEITHER HE, NOR HIS SERVANTS... — The verse gives a general
survey of the character of Zedekiah’s reign preparatory to the
actual history that follows, which falls towards its close, probably
in t...
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וְ לֹ֥א שָׁמַ֛ע ה֥וּא וַ עֲבָדָ֖יו וְ
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CHAPTER XI
A BROKEN COVENANT
Jeremiah 21:1, Jeremiah 34:1, Jeremiah 37:1
"All the princes and peoplechanged their minds and reduced to bondage
again all the slaves whom they had set free....
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This and the two following Chapter s contain the history of the siege
up to the fall of the city. In the first part of this chapter Jeremiah
was free. Zedekiah occupied the throne, but was disobedient...
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What an awful thing it is, when children tread in the steps of their
ungodly fathers, and the rising generation seem but to exceed the
former in impiety....
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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...
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BUT NEITHER HE, NOR HIS SERVANTS, NOR THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND,.... The
king, his courtiers and subjects the royal family, nobility, and
common people; they were all degenerate and corrupt. Jarchi obser...
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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.
Ver. 2. _But neither he nor his servants did hearken._] A...
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_Zedekiah, whom Nebuchadrezzar made king_ See 2 Kings 24:17; 2
Chronicles 36:10, where is related the history of Zedekiah's
succession. He was but a tributary king, having taken an oath of
homage to t...
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A PROPHECY CONCERNING THE OUTCOME OF THE SIEGE...
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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....
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BY THE PROPHET:
_ Heb._ by the hand of the prophet...
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1-10 Numbers witness the fatal effects of other men's sins, yet
heedlessly step into their places, and follow the same destructive
course. When in distress, we ought to desire the prayers of minister...
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Jeremiah 37:2 servants H5650 people H5971 land H776 heed H8085 (H8804)
words H1697 LORD H3068 spoke H1696 ...
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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...
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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...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's imprisonment in the days of Zedekiah.
CHARACTERS: Zedekiah, Coniah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah, Jehucal,
Zephaniah, Jonathan, Irijah.
CONCLUSION: It is no new thing for those who h...
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Jeremiah 37:5. _Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt._ The
Chaldeans were afraid of them, and raised the siege. But this joy to
Jerusalem was of short continuance; the Chaldeans returned after t...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 37:2 A new ruler did not bring a new
attitude toward God’s WORDS.
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. In the
tenth and eleventh year of Zedekiah. Later than chap. 21, for that
embassy was sent when Nebuchadnezzar was marching against Jerusal...
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EXPOSITION
Nothing worthy of relation appears to have happened to Jeremiah till
the latter period of the reign of Zedekiah. The first two verses of
this chapter form the transition. The embassy to Je...
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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...
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1 Kings 14:18; 1 Kings 16:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:8; 2 Chronicles 36:12;...