Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 37:10
And burn it — When God is resolved upon an effect, the instruments are little to be regarded. It is not the arm of flesh, but the power of God which is in that case to be considered.
And burn it — When God is resolved upon an effect, the instruments are little to be regarded. It is not the arm of flesh, but the power of God which is in that case to be considered.
Verse Jeremiah 37:10. _FOR THOUGH YE HAD SMITTEN THE WHOLE ARMY_] Strong words; but they show how fully God was determined to give up this city to fire and sword, and how fully he had instructed his p...
Jeremiah’s answer here is even more unfavorable than that which is given in Jeremiah 21:4. So hopeless is resistance that the disabled men among the Chaldaeans would alone suffice to capture the city...
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
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...
EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14....
_wounded_ mg. Heb. _thrust through_. Cp. Lamentations 4:9 with note. _every man in his tent_ Co. suggests that these words should be connected with "wounded men," meaning "If there be but one survivo...
B. Jeremiah's Response Jeremiah 37:6-10 TRANSLATION (6) Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying, (7) Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Thus shall you say unto the king of Jud...
For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with...
1-5. The general position....
DECEIVE NOT YOURSELVES... — Literally, _Deceive not your souls._ The words indicate that the king and his counsellors had buoyed themselves up with expectations of deliverance. The chariots and horses...
כִּ֣י אִם ־הִכִּיתֶ֞ם כָּל ־חֵ֤יל כַּשְׂדִּים֙...
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....
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...
Who but must admire the Prophet upon this occasion. Oh! for a portion of the same Almighty Spirit, to be imparted to all that minister in holy things, and especially in a time of prevailing corruption...
The Prophet shews how foolishly and absurdly the Jews acted, in casting their eyes on fortunate events, and thus forming their opinions. He therefore exhorts them to cease to rely on such a confidence...
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...
FOR THOUGH YE HAD SMITTEN THE WHOLE ARMY OF THE CHALDEANS THAT FIGHT AGAINST YOU,.... Supposing the whole army of the Chaldeans had been vanquished and slain by the Egyptians, the confederates of the...
For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained [but] wounded men among them, [yet] should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city w...
_Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return_ They shall be discomfited by the Chaldeans, and forced to retreat without affording you any assistance: see 2 Kings 24:7. _And the Chald...
A PROPHECY CONCERNING THE OUTCOME OF THE SIEGE...
For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, according to the Hebrew, "such as had been severely wounded," YET SHOUL...
WOUNDED: _ Heb._ thrust through...
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...
The substance of the answer returned by the prophet to the king is this: That whereas they pleased themselves with fancies that the Babylonian army now withdrawn to meet with the army of the Egyptians...
Jeremiah 37:10 defeated H5221 (H8689) army H2428 Chaldeans H3778 fight H3898 (H8737) remained H7604 (H8738) wou
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Thus saith the Lord, Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart._ THE PUNISHMENT OF EVIL The great teaching of the text is that we must not...
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...
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...
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...
Isaiah 10:4; Isaiah 13:15; Isaiah 14:19; Isaiah 30:17; Jeremiah 21:4