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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
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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...
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_the word_ viz. the picture of the women which follows. Dr. makes it
to be an actual vision on the part of the prophet, and so renders "all
the women … were brought forth … while they said, etc....
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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...
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_BUT JEREMIAH SAID, THEY SHALL NOT DELIVER THEE. OBEY, I BESEECH THEE,
THE VOICE OF THE LORD, WHICH I SPEAK UNTO THEE: SO IT SHALL BE WELL
UNTO THEE, AND THY SOUL SHALL LIVE._
No JFB commentary on th...
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1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the
publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes....
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וְ אִם ־מָאֵ֥ן אַתָּ֖ה לָ צֵ֑את זֶ֣ה
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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...
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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...
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He then adds, _If thou refuse to go forth, this is the word which God
hath shewed to me _Jeremiah again declares that Zedekiah resisted in
vain, because he kicked, as it is said, against the goad, for...
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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...
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BUT IF THOU REFUSE TO GO FORTH,.... Out of Jerusalem, to the Chaldean
army, and submit to them:
THIS [IS] THE WORD THAT THE LORD HATH SHOWED ME, or the thing which
should certainly come to pass; the...
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But if thou refuse to go forth, this [is] the word that the LORD hath
shewed me:
Ver. 21. _Bat if thou refuse to go forth._] Promises and threatenings
make an excellent mixture; the tartness of the o...
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_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...
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But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath
showed me, the alternative to the mockery of the fugitive Jews:...
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Jeremiah's Advice to the King...
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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Jeremiah 38:21 refuse H3986 surrender H3318 (H8800) word H1697 LORD
H3068 shown H7200 (H8689)
if thou -...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's imprisonment, continued. His private conference
with the king.
CHARACTERS: Shephatiah, Gedaliah, Jucal, Pashur, Jeremiah, Zedekiah,
Malchiah, Ebed-melech, Jonathan.
CONCLUSION: G...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 18:6; Acts 20:26; Acts 20:27; Exodus 10:3; Exodus 10:4;...