Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 43:12
Carry them — He shall carry away both the idols, and the inhabitants of Egypt captive. With the land — With the spoils of the land of Egypt, he shall clothe his army.
Carry them — He shall carry away both the idols, and the inhabitants of Egypt captive. With the land — With the spoils of the land of Egypt, he shall clothe his army.
Verse Jeremiah 43:12. _HE SHALL BURN THEM, AND CARRY THEM AWAY CAPTIVES_] Some of these gods, such as were of _wood_, he will burn; those of _metal_ he will carry away. Some of them were of _gold_. Se...
I WILL KINDLE - Or, “he shall kindle.” HE SHALL BURN THEM ... - i. e., he shall burn the temples, and carry away the gods. AND HE SHALL ARRAY - literally, “And he shall wrap himself in the land of Eg...
CHAPTER 43 _ 1. The rebellion against Jeremiah (Jeremiah 43:1) _ 2. Jeremiah's prediction about the conquest of Egypt (Jeremiah 43:8) Jeremiah 43:1. No sooner had Jeremiah finished communicating th
THE FUTURE CONQUEST OF EGYPT BY NEBUCHADREZZAR. According to an imperfect inscription (given in Rogers's _Cuneiform Parallels to the OT,_ p. 367), he actually invaded Egypt in 567 B.C. Jeremiah symbol...
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_I will kindle_ LXX (better) _he will kindle_. _array himself … garment_ The Heb. verb means to roll up, or to wrap round, as a garment, but interpretations of the figure here used differ: viz. (_a_)...
I WILL KINDLE A FIRE— _He shall kindle a fire._ Houbigant. "Nebuchadrezzar shall burn by my orders the temples of Egypt, and the palaces of the great men; and shall lead into captivity the kings, the...
II. EVENTS IN THE LAND OF EGYPT Jeremiah 43:8 to Jeremiah 44:30 It is impossible to determine precisely what year the Jews immigrated to Egypt. The year 583 or 582 B.C. would probably not be far wron...
And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garm...
THE FATE OF EGYPT 1-7. They disobey and go to Egypt....
Nebuchadnezzar shall have no more difficulty in spoiling Egypt than has the shepherd in wrapping his outer garment about him after his labour....
I WILL KINDLE A FIRE. — The change of person is full of significance. Jehovah Himself kindles the fire which is to destroy the temples of the gods of Egypt, and the Chaldæan king is but His instrument...
וְ הִצַּ֣תִּי אֵ֗שׁ בְּ בָתֵּי֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י מִצְ
CHAPTER XIV THE DESCENT INTO EGYPT Jeremiah 42:1 Jeremiah 43:1 "They came into the land of Egypt, for they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah."- Jeremiah 43:7 THUS within a few days Jeremiah had exper...
CHAPTER XVII EGYPT Jeremiah 43:8, Jeremiah 44:30, Jeremiah 46:1 "I will visit Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods and their kings: even Pharaoh and all them that trust in him....
The accuracy of Jeremiah's judgment of the people was immediately manifest. Their leaders charged him with having spoken falsely under the inspiration of Baruch, and immediately all of them passed ove...
And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a (m) shepherd putteth on his g...
_Temples. Hebrew also, "the palaces of the princes," as temples occur below. --- Captives. The idols share the fate of their votaries, chap. xlviii. 7. --- Array; or Hebrew, "cover with soldiers the l...
Reader! look at God's people in their vassalage: part of them in Babylon, and part in Egypt! Is this the Lord's heritage? Well might the Prophet use his lamentations in the way he hath, and pour out h...
He goes on with the same subject; and he ascribes to God the kindling of the fire, that the Jews might know that the war would be conducted by a divine power, and that Nebuchadnezzar would not come ex...
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...
AND I WILL KINDLE A FIRE IN THE HOUSES OF THE GODS OF EGYPT,.... Not only men should not be spared, but their gods also, and their temples should be burnt, as was usually done when cities were taken a...
And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garme...
_And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt_ I will cause the temples of the gods of Egypt to be set on fire, and their images to be consumed, or carried away, as being neither able t...
JEREMIAH IN TAHPANHES...
And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, to show the helplessness of the idols in the country whose security the Jews were seeking; AND HE SHALL BURN THEM AND CARRY THEM AWAY CAPTI...
8-13 God can find his people wherever they are. The Spirit of prophecy was not confined to the land of Israel. It is foretold that Nebuchadnezzar should destroy and carry into captivity many of the Eg...
God by his prophet declares a particular hatred to the idols of Egypt, that he would burn up their temples, i.e. by the hands of Nebuchadnezzar. AND CARRY THEM AWAY CAPTIVES; he shall carry away both...
Jeremiah 43:12 kindle H3341 (H8689) fire H784 houses H1004 gods H430 Egypt H4714 burn H8313 (H8804) captive...
YHWH DECLARES TO JUDAH THAT FAR FROM ESCAPING THE VENGEANCE OF NEBUCHADREZZAR, IT WILL REACH THEM IN TAHPANHES (JEREMIAH 43:8). We know from a damaged Babylonian tablet that Nebuchadrezzar did invade...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah carried to Tahpanhes in Egypt. Sign of the hidden stones. CHARACTERS: God, Azariah, Johanan, Baruch, Nebuzaradan, Gedeliah, Nebuchadnezzar. CONCLUSION: It is common for unhumbled...
Jeremiah 43:3. _Baruch setteth thee on against us,_ in our purpose to seek an asylum in Egypt. Jeremiah's character as a prophet, having received the seals of providence, they durst not deny him the g...
_Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brick kiln._ JEREMIAH HIDES THE STONES IN THE BRICK KILN I. They preached of the historic past. 1. From the soil in which they wer...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 43:12 AS A SHEPHERD CLEANS HIS CLOAK OF VERMIN. Nebuchadnezzar will pick off Egypt’s cities as easily as a shepherd picks lice off his clothing....
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—Continuous with the preceding. 2. NATIONAL AFFAIRS.—The miserable “REMNANT” (Jeremiah 43:5) left by Nebuchadnezzar, now controlled by wilf...
EXPOSITION The flight to Egypt; Jeremiah's prediction of Nebuchadnezzar's conquest of Egypt. JEREMIAH 43:2 ALL THE PROUD MEN. It would seem as if the "proud men" were distinguished from others. Jere...
So it came to pass, when Jeremiah was through speaking to all of the people the words of Jehovah their God, then spake Azariah, and Johanan, and all of the proud men, saying to Jeremiah, You're speaki...
2 Samuel 5:21; Colossians 3:12; Colossians 3:14; Ephesians 4:24;...
How can these verses talk about the invasion of Nebuchadnezzar when there is no evidence that it ever happened? PROBLEM: According to this prophecy of Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar would attack and devast...