JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 39:1 NINTH YEAR... TENTH MONTH. Perhaps December 589/January 588 B.C. BABYLON... CAME AGAINST JERUSALEM. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 39:2 ELEVENTH YEAR... FOURTH MONTH. Perhaps June/July 587 B.C. The siege lasted over two years. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 39:3 MIDDLE GATE. Mentioned only here. Perhaps in the middle of the northern wall, since BABYLON would likely have attacked from the north, the flattest terrain. THE OFFICIALS... SAT IN THE gate as judges. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 39:4 ZEDEKIAH now learns that Jeremiah was God’s true prophet. KING’S GARDEN. Most likely on the south side of Jerusalem. ARABAH. A region extending from the Jordan River Valley to the area south of the Dead Sea. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 39:5 Zedekiah did not get far when he fled (v. Jeremiah 39:4). The PLAINS OF JERICHO were perhaps as few as 14 miles (23 km) east of Jerusalem. RIBLAH. In Syria, 65 miles (105 km) north of Damascus. NEBUCHADNEZZAR ruled his armies and pronounced judgment on enemies there.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 39:6 Nebuchadnezzar was harsher than ZEDEKIAH feared his countrymen would be (Jeremiah 38:19). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 39:9 The PEOPLE WHO WERE LEFT IN THE CITY and THOSE WHO HAD DESERTED were taken to BABYLON. Not every Judean was taken, for the poorest people, WHO OWNED NOTHING, were given what remained in Judea. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 39:11 DO HIM NO HARM. God was still protecting Jeremiah (see Jeremiah 1:19). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 39:13 Nebuchadnezzar’s officials (v. Jeremiah 39:3) released JEREMIAH 1:1 from prison, which probably made some of the people think he was collaborating with the Babylonian king. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.le [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 39:15 Before Jerusalem fell, GOD sent a word concerning EBED-MELECH, who had saved JEREMIAH 1:1 from the cistern (Jeremiah 38:7). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (v [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 39:17 I WILL DELIVER YOU. This is the same promise that God gave Jeremiah at the outset of his ministry (Jeremiah 1:19). ON THAT DAY. God’s day of judgment on Jerusalem (Jeremiah 39:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 39:18 PUT YOUR TRUST IN ME. Ebed-melech, an Ethiopian Gentile, had saving faith in God. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]