Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near, Ver. 1. _Then all the captains of the forces and Johanan._] Or, Even Johanan; he among the rest, and above the rest. _Ille huic... [ Continue Reading ]
And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, [even] for all this remnant; (for we are left [but] a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:) Ver. 2. _Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted befo... [ Continue Reading ]
That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do. Ver. 3. _That the Lord thy God may show us the way._] But they had set themselves in the way to Egypt before they came with this request to the prophet: why went they else to Goruth Chimham, the road toward... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard [you]; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, [that] whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare [it] unto you; I will keep nothing back from you. Ver. 4. _I have heard you;... [ Continue Reading ]
Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us. Ver. 5. _The Lord be a true and faithful witness between us._] Did these men know what it was so solemnly to swear a thing?... [ Continue Reading ]
Whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God. Ver. 6. _Whether it be good, or whether it be evil,_] _i.e., _ Whether it please us or cross us. _Veniat, veniat... [ Continue Reading ]
_And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah._ Ver. 7. _And it came to pass that after ten days._] So long God held his holy prophet in request; and so he doth still his best servants many times, thereby tying, as it were, the sacrifice to the horns of the altar... [ Continue Reading ]
Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which [were] with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, Ver. 8. _And all the people, from the least unto the greatest._] For the Word of God belongeth to all of all sorts; and as the smaller fish bit... [ Continue Reading ]
And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him; Ver. 9. _Unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication._] Heb., To make your supplication fall in his presence. This I have not ceased to do ever since, but had no answer ti... [ Continue Reading ]
If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull [you] down, and I will plant you, and not pluck [you] up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. Ver. 10. _Then will I build you._] _Promittitur felicitatio; parabola ab architectura et agricultura desumpta._ G... [ Continue Reading ]
Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I [am] with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. Ver. 11. _Fear not the king of Babylon._] See on Jeremiah 41:18 . _ For I am with you to save you._] Not only to protect you from th... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land. Ver. 12. _And I will shew mercies unto you._] Tender mercies, such as proceed from the heart, and of a parent, nay, a mother. This was more than all the rest.... [ Continue Reading ]
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, Ver. 13. _But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land._] Because more barren than Egypt, and besides beset with many and mighty enemies _ Neither obey the voice of the Lord your God._] Which you ought to... [ Continue Reading ]
Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: Ver. 14. _Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt._] Infamous for idolatry, luxury, and the oppression of your ancestors ther... [ Continue Reading ]
And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; Ver. 15. _If ye wholly set your faces._] As now I see ye do, and shall therefore tell you what to trust unto;... [ Continue Reading ]
Then it shall come to pass, [that] the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. Ver. 16. _Then it shall come to pass, that the sword which ye feared shall overt... [ Continue Reading ]
So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. Ver. 17. _They shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye... [ Continue Reading ]
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 you have learned their evil manners, and shall perish in their punishments. It is better for you to... [ Continue Reading ]
For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do [it]. Ver. 20. _For ye dissembled in your hearts._] Heb., Ye seduced in your souls or in yo... [ Continue Reading ]
And [now] I have this day declared [it] to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any [thing] for the which he hath sent me unto you. Ver. 21. _But ye have not obeyed the voice of the Lord._] Nay, you take a clean contrary course, as if ye would despitefully spit in the fac... [ Continue Reading ]
Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go [and] to sojourn. Ver. 22. _Now, therefore, know certainly that ye shall die._] In running from death ye shall but run to it, as Jonah did. “ _Quo fugis, Encelade... [ Continue Reading ]