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The answer of Jeremiah is simple and straightforward. Yahweh, he
affirmed, had truly sent him, but the sole object of his prophesying
had been to avert the evil by leading them to repentance. If they...
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CHAPTER 26
Threatened with Death and His Deliverance
_ 1. The temple like Shiloh, and Jerusalem to be a curse (Jeremiah
26:1) _
2. Threatened with death (Jeremiah 26:8)
3. Jeremiah's defense ...
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JEREMIAH 26. DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE FORETOLD: JEREMIAH'S PERIL (608
B.C.). Jeremiah is told to proclaim in the Temple (_cf._ Jeremiah
19:14; probably at some festival) a perilous message (keep not...
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INNOCENT BLOOD. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 19:10;
Deuteronomy 19:13). App-92. Compare Matthew 27:4; Matthew 27:25.
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See introd. summary to ch....
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BUT KNOW YE FOR CERTAIN— This is Jeremiah's justification of
himself. He reduces all to the proof that God had sent him; and his
adversaries were able to make no reply. "If God hath sent me, you can
h...
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I. THE ARREST AND TRIAL OF THE PROPHET Jeremiah 26:1-24
The faithful proclamation of the word of God is dangerous business.
Amos, the prophet from Tekoa, was openly rebuked by Amaziah the high
priest...
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B. The Trial Jeremiah 26:11-24
The proceedings at the New Gate were similar to those in any court of
law. Formal charges were lodged against Jeremiah (Jeremiah 26:11) and
then the prophet was allowed...
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But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely
bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the
inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me u...
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JEREMIAH'S FIFTEENTH PROPHECY (EARLY IN THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM)
For Jeremiah 26:1 see intro. to Jeremiah 7-10. This chapter gives us a
sketch of the difficulties and dangers under which Jeremiah had...
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BUT KNOW YE FOR CERTAIN. — Literally, with the Hebrew emphasis of
reduplication, _Knowing, know ye._ The appeal is addressed, it will be
remembered, to the lay judges, the princes, and the people, not...
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אַ֣ךְ ׀ יָדֹ֣עַ תֵּדְע֗וּ כִּ֣י אִם
־מְמִתִ֣ים...
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Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 26:1
In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is
plainly a fin
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UNGRATEFUL FORGETFULNESS
Jeremiah 2:1-8; Jeremiah 26:1-24; Jeremiah 27:1-22; Jeremiah 28:1-17;
Jeremiah 29:1-32; Jeremiah 30:1-24; Jeremiah 31:1-40; Jeremiah 32:1-44
God regarded
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Once again Jeremiah repeated a previous message, one delivered yet
earlier, "in the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim." He had then
been instructed to stand in the court of the Lord's house, and del...
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_Sent me. This was a complete justification. (Calmet) --- None could
deny but Jeremias had all the characters of a true prophet, ver. 16.
(Haydock)_...
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Is there anything new or wonderful in this? What servant, what
Prophet, what Apostle, eminent in their Lord's service, but hath been
brought into the same situation. Nay, what was the Lord himself, wh...
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We now, then, see in what sense Jeremiah regarded his life as in the
hand of his enemies, not that he thought himself cast away by God, but
that he acknowledged that loosened reins were given to the w...
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Chapter 26 begins this series of details with a prophecy of the
commencement of Jehoiakim's reign. The people are warned, as being
already in sin, that if they repent, they shall escape. We have
const...
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BUT KNOW YE FOR CERTAIN, THAT IF YE PUT ME TO DEATH,.... Take this
along with you, and then do as you will; that if ye take away my life
on this account, you may depend upon it; nothing is more certai...
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_Amend your ways, and the Lord will repent_, &c. It appears here again
that God's determination to give up Jerusalem to destruction was
conditional: see note on Jeremiah 18:7. If the people had repent...
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Jeremiah's Defense and Deliverance...
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7-15 The priests and prophets charged Jeremiah as deserving death,
and bore false witness against him. The elders of Israel came to
inquire into this matter. Jeremiah declares that the Lord sent him...
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If you make this sedition, and put me to death for it, you have a
natural power to do it, but you will get nothing by it, but further
bring down the vengeance of God upon you by shedding my blood with...
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Jeremiah 26:15 know H3045 (H8799) certain H3045 (H8800) death H4191
(H8688) bring H5414 (H8802) innocent...
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SECTION 2 SUBSECTION 1 COMMENCING WITH A SPEECH IN THE TEMPLE JEREMIAH
WARNS OF WHAT IS COMING AND REPUDIATES THE PROMISES OF THE FALSE
PROPHETS, AND WHILE OPPOSED BY THE HIERARCHY, HAS HIS OWN STATUS...
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A). JEREMIAH DECLARES IN THE TEMPLE THAT IF JUDAH WILL NOT REPENT
THEIR SANCTUARY WILL END UP LIKE THAT AT SHILOH, WHICH WAS DESTROYED
BY THE PHILISTINES, AND THEIR CITY WILL BE SUBJECT TO YHWH'S CURS...
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CONTENTS: Message in the temple court. Spiteful treatment of Jeremiah
and his brave stand. Martyrdom of Urijah.
CHARACTERS: Jehoiakim, Jeremiah, Micah, Hezekiah, Urijah, Elnathan,
Ahikam.
CONCLUSION:...
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Jeremiah 26:1. _In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim._ See the
note on Jeremiah 26:3.
Jeremiah 26:2. _Stand in the court of the Lord's house._ See the note
on...
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_In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of
Judah._
AFFLICTIONS, DISTRESSES, TUMULTS
Jehoiakim was, perhaps, the most despicable of the kings of Judah.
Josephus says that he was...
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_When Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had
commanded him, the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die._
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A TRUE PROPHET
I. The true prophet has a st...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. About
three years earlier than the prophecy of preceding chapter. _Cf_.
chapter 7 with this, and it is evident that they are synchronous.
E...
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JEREMIAH'S TRIAL AND DELIVERANCE.
EXPOSITION
The prophecy in Jeremiah 26:2 is a summary of that contained in
Jeremiah 7:1; the narrative, which stands in no connection either with...
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Jer 26:1-24 through 30.
In the twenty-second chapter of Jeremiah the Lord had ordered Jeremiah
to go to the king's house, Zedekiah, and prophesy unto him. So these
prophecies were those that Jeremiah...
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1 Thessalonians 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; 2 Kings 24:4; Acts 7:60;...