The women — Thou that art afraid of the insultings of men, shalt fall under the insultings of the women. Thy friends — For this thou mayest thank thy priests, and false prophets. And they — Have forsaken thee, every one shifting for himself.
Verse Jeremiah 38:22. _ALL THE WOMEN - BROUGHT FORTH_] I think this place speaks of a kind of defection among the women of the harem; many of whom had already _gone forth_ privately to the principal o...
ALL THE WOMEN THAT ARE LEFT - Belonging to the harems of former kings (compare 1 Kings 2:22), attendants, and slaves. THY FRIENDS ... - This satirical song (compare Obadiah 1:7) should be translated...
CHAPTER 38 _ 1. Jeremiah in the dungeon and his rescue (Jeremiah 38:1) _ 2. Jeremiah with Zedekiah: His last appeal (Jeremiah 38:14) Jeremiah 38:1. Jeremiah is next accused of high treason. Th
Zedekiah asks Jeremiah about the future, swearing immunity to him, whatever his answer (Jeremiah 38:16). Jeremiah urges him to save himself and the city by surrender to Nebuchadrezzar's princes (Nebuc...
PRINCES. Showing that Nebuchadnezzar himself was not there. Compare Jeremiah 39:1. SET THEE ON. persuaded thee. See note on Jeremiah 20:7. SUNK IN THE MIRE. The moral sinking of Zedekiah far worse t...
_all the women that are left_ the women of the harem generally, concubines and their attendants. If Zedekiah prove obstinate, these also will join in the reproaches that shall be heaped upon him. _Th...
AND, BEHOLD, ALL THE WOMEN, &C.— _Behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah's house, go forth to the king of Babylon's princes: lo, they say of thee, His friends deceive and delude him,...
E. Interviewed by the King Jeremiah 38:14-26 TRANSLATION (14) Zedekiah the king sent and had Jeremiah the prophet brought unto him at the third entrance of the house of the LORD. And the king said un...
And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevai...
38:22 friends (a-30) As ch. 20.10, and Psalms 41:9 . back. (b-51) Or '[thy friends] have withdrawn from [thee].'...
1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes....
The women of the harem shall join in the reproaches, saying, Thy friends have persuaded thee against thy better judgment, and then deserted thee. 24-26. Zedekiah's weakness is again conspicuous....
וְ הִנֵּ֣ה כָל ־הַ נָּשִׁ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר נִשְׁאֲר
Under these circumstances he continued to foretell the victory of the Chaldeans, with the result that the anger of the princes was stirred up against him, and he was cast into a most loathsome dungeon...
And, behold, all the women that are (k) left in the king of Judah's house [shall be] brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those [women] shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have...
_Say. At parting, bewailing thy blindness, which has entailed misery upon all. (Haydock) --- Of peace. That is, thy false friends, promising thee peace and happiness, and by their evil counsels involv...
This must have been a very interesting interview between the king and the Prophet; and it is impossible but to take concern in it, and to wish that Zedekiah had listened to the Prophet's advice. And a...
_Behold, the women who as yet remain in the palace of the king, shall go forth to the princes of the king of Babylon, _that is, having left the city they will betray thee to thine enemies; and they _s...
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...
AND, BEHOLD, ALL THE WOMEN THAT ARE LEFT IN THE KING OF JUDAH'S HOUSE,.... That were left in the royal palace when Jehoiakim and Jeconiah were carried captives; or which were left of the famine and pe...
And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house [shall be] brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those [women] shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have pre...
_But if thou refuse, this is the word that the Lord hath showed me_ Namely, what follows in the next two verses. _Behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house_ The king's wives, hi...
and, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house, all the members of his harem, including also the wives of former kings who remained in his care, SHALL BE BROUGHT FORTH TO THE KI...
Jeremiah's Advice to the King...
THY FRIENDS: _ Heb._ men of thy peace...
14-28 Jeremiah was not forward to repeat the warnings, which seemed only to endanger his own life, and to add to the king's guilt, but asked whether he feared to do the will of God. The less men fear...
Thou that art afraid of the insultings of men that are thy subjects shalt fall under the insultings and taunts of the women: either the court ladies who were left when Jehoiachin was carried away, or...
Jeremiah 38:22 women H802 left H7604 (H8738) king H4428 Judahs H3063 house H1004 surrendered H3318 (H8716) king
JEREMIAH'S EXPERIENCES IN THE COURT OF THE GUARD (JEREMIAH 38:1). But even the fact that Jeremiah was in the court of the guard did not prevent him from further maltreatment by those who saw him as a...
ZEDEKIAH ONCE AGAIN CONSULTS JEREMIAH AND KEEPS HIM SAFELY IN THE COURT OF THE GUARD UNTIL JERUSALEM IS TAKEN (JEREMIAH 38:14). This was to be Zedekiah's last consultation with Jeremiah. During it he...
Jeremiah 38 Ropes and rags. I. Help always comes from above. Jeremiah found it so. It was useless to try to climb out of the dungeon, it was only to fall deeper into the mire. "Salvation is of the L...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's imprisonment, continued. His private conference with the king. CHARACTERS: Shephatiah, Gedaliah, Jucal, Pashur, Jeremiah, Zedekiah, Malchiah, Ebed-melech, Jonathan. CONCLUSION: G...
Jeremiah 38:7. _Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,_ the king's chamberlain. It seems to have been a new name given him on his promotion to office; but God gave him long life for preserving the life of Jeremia...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 38:21 Refusal to obey carries dire consequences. ⇐ ⇔...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES as on preceding chapter. Personal Allusions. Jeremiah 38:1. “_Shephatiah_,” never elsewhere mentioned. “_Gedaliah_,” possibly son of “Pashur” the vio...
CONTINUATION. EXPOSITION The object of the princes being frustrated (for in the "court of the guard" Jeremiah had perfect freedom and opportunity of speech), the princes resolve upon a more effectua...
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 42:17; Jeremiah 20:10; Jeremiah 38:19; Jeremiah 38:4;...