I will dwell — I have choice made of Mizpah, a city upon the frontiers, to make my residence, it being a convenient place for me to receive orders from the king of Babylon. But ye — Gather such fruits as the country affords, as you use to do in the times of peace.
TO SERVE THE CHALDEANS - literally, as margin; to be their minister and lieutenant. Gedaliah supposed that officers of high rank would come from time to time from Babylon to look after the king’s inte...
III. AFTER THE FALL OF JERUSALEM (40-45) Chapter S 40-41 The Treachery in the Land and the Flight to Egypt _ 1. Jeremiah's choice (Jeremiah 40:1) _ 2. Gedaliah and Ishmael's deed (Jeremiah 40:7; J
THE GOVERNORSHIP OF GEDALIAH. The scattered Jewish forces which remained heard of Gedaliah's appointment as governor, and made submission to him at Mizpah. He guaranteed their security, and encouraged...
WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27. SUMMER FRUITS. Hebrew "summer". Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the fruits gathered in summer....
_to stand before_ probably meaning that, as a servant of the Chaldaeans, he would be able in their presence to defend the interests of the Jews. See on Jeremiah 15:1....
I WILL DWELL AT MIZPAH, &C.— "I will keep my residence here, to be ready to obey any orders which the king of Babylon sends me by his servants....
B. The Program of Gedaliah Jeremiah 40:7-12 TRANSLATION (7) When all the army officers and their men who were in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam over...
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities t...
GEDALIAH AS GOVERNOR (586 B.C.) Jeremiah 40:7 to Jeremiah 43:6 are briefly summarised in 2 Kings 25:22. The account in the book of Kings mentions merely the accomplished results; while here the proces...
GATHER YE WINE, etc.] Make provision for the winter....
GATHER YE WINE, AND SUMMER FRUITS. — The words show that the application took place in the autumn. The captains and their followers were invited to help themselves freely from the fields and vineyards...
וַ אֲנִ֗י הִנְנִ֤י יֹשֵׁב֙ בַּ † מִּצְפָּ֔ה...
CHAPTER XIII GEDALIAH Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 52:1 "Then arose Ishmael ben Nethani
Chapter s forty and forty-one, which contain the prophecies of Jeremiah after the fall of Jerusalem, constitute his last messages to the chosen people. These fall into two parts-first, prophecies agai...
_Answer. Hebrew, "stand before," as minister (Haydock) for the Chaldeans. You need not be jealous of my power; and I can answer that they will not hurt you, provided you continue quiet. (Calmet) --- H...
It appears by the appointment of one of their own people among the Jews to be Governor, that the King of Babylon meant kindness to the lower orders of the people, though he had slain their king and no...
And he ordered them to _gather _wine, and corn, and fruit, and to store them up, as there would be no danger from war. He also ordered them to dwell in the _cities _which they had taken, or to which t...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 39 THROUGH 44. After this, chapter 39 and the following Chapter s give us the history of the confusion and iniquity that reigned among the remnant who were no...
AS FOR ME, BEHOLD, I WILL DWELL AT MIZPAH, TO SERVE THE CHALDEANS THAT COME UNTO US,.... Here he urges his own example, as before their welfare, to engage them to dwell in the land, and serve the Chal...
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put [them] in your vessels, and dwell in your cities...
_Now when all the captains of the forces heard, &c., they came to Gedaliah_ By the taking of Jerusalem the Chaldeans made a complete conquest of Judea; whereupon that part of the Jewish army which had...
GEDALIAH MADE GOVERNOR AND THREATENED BY THE JEWS...
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans which will come unto us, cheerfully recognizing the authority of the governors, or satraps, representing the Babylonian government, an...
7-16 Jeremiah had never in his prophecies spoken of any good days for the Jews, to come immediately after the captivity; yet Providence seemed to encourage such an expectation. But how soon is this h...
That is, I have made choice of Mizpah, a city upon the frontiers, where I intend to make my residence, it being a convenient place for me to receive orders from the king of Babylon, and to manage stat...
Jeremiah 40:10 dwell H3427 (H8802) Mizpah H4709 serve H5975 (H8800) H6440 Chaldeans H3778 come H935 ...
POLITICAL EVENTS IN THE NEW JUDAH - GEDALIAH RE-ESTABLISHES JUDAH BUT IS ASSASSINATED (JEREMIAH 40:7 TO JEREMIAH 41:18). What follows is a description of the events that followed the appointment of Ge...
RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF JUDAH UNDER THE GOVERNORSHIP OF GEDALIAH (JEREMIAH 40:7). Once the news got about that Gedaliah had been appointed governor, that Judah was now populated by ‘the poor of the land',...
THE COMMENCEMENT OF JUDAH'S RESTORATION IS THWARTED BY THE ASSASSINATION OF GEDALIAH THE GOVERNOR AND BY THE REFUSAL OF THE PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO JEREMIAH AS THEY TAKE REFUGE IN EGYPT (JEREMIAH 40:1 TO...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah discharged. The Jews under Gedeliah as Governor. Ishmael's design against Gedeliah. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Nebuzaradan, Gedeliah, Ishmael, Johanan, Seraiah, Jezaniah, Baalis. C...
Jeremiah 40:1. _The word which came to Jeremiah bound in chains._ This word is found in Jeremiah 42:9; and the intervening history is a parenthesis of Ishmael's treason. Jeremiah was now about seventy...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—A purely historical chapter, of events following the city’s ruin. It records the out-gleaming of a ray of hope upon the appalling gloom which had befallen the land, in t...
EXPOSITION The first of a series of chapters (40-45.) describing Jeremiah's fortunes and ministry after the fall of Jerusalem. JEREMIAH 40:1 The liberation of Jeremiah. JEREMIAH 40:1 THE WORD THAT...
Now as we come into the fourth part of the book of Jeremiah, these are the prophecies of Jeremiah to the people after Zedekiah was carried away and the remnant of the people who stayed here in the lan...
2 Samuel 16:1; Deuteronomy 1:38; Isaiah 16:9; Jeremiah 35:19;...