CHAPTER 42 _ 1. Jeremiah the intercessor (Jeremiah 42:1) _ 2. The answer from Jehovah (Jeremiah 42:7) Jeremiah 42:1. The remnant, the few who were left after the terrible happenings recorded in the
JEREMIAH 42:1 TO JEREMIAH 43:7. THE MIGRATION INTO EGYPT. Jeremiah is asked by the leaders (Jeremiah 42:1 _mg.,_ with LXX) and the people to seek Yahweh's guidance, which they solemnly ...
SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. I AM WITH YOU. See the Structure, above....
_of whom ye are afraid_ They may well have feared that the king's vengeance for the murder of Gedaliah would involve innocent and guilty alike....
Du. (see introd. note to section) considers Jeremiah 42:15 as wholly an addition, and Jeremiah 42:9 as containing much editorial matter....
See introd. summary to the section....
3. _The response of the Lord_ (Jeremiah 42:7-22) TRANSLATION (7) And it came to pass at the end of ten days that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah. (8) And he called Johanan the son of Kareah,...
_BE NOT AFRAID OF THE KING OF BABYLON, OF WHOM YE ARE AFRAID; BE NOT AFRAID OF HIM, SAITH THE LORD: FOR I AM WITH YOU TO SAVE YOU, AND TO DELIVER YOU FROM HIS HAND._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
JEREMIAH'S MESSAGE FROM GOD TO JOHANAN 1. Jezaniah] the Azariah of Jeremiah 43:2 (and probably not the Jezaniah of Jeremiah 40:8). 7-22. The people are forbidden to go down to Egypt. Jeremiah had alw...
אַל ־תִּֽירְא֗וּ מִ פְּנֵי֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל א
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...
Before going forward, Johanan and those associated with him, gathered to Jeremiah, and asked that he pray for them and seek divine guidance. He consented at once to their request, and they promised ob...
Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I [am] with you to save you, and to deliver you (e) from his hand. (e) Because all king's hearts...
Reader! do remark the graciousness of God. And recollect, that from the first threatenings, such was the uniform language the Lord used. And had Zedekiah listened to it, what calamities would have bee...
The Prophet obviates the doubt which might have grieved or agitated the minds of the people. They ought, indeed, to have recumbed on God’s promise alone; but it was difficult to be without doubts in a...
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...
BE NOT AFRAID OF THE KING OF BABYLON, OF WHOM YE ARE AFRAID,.... Lest he should revenge the death of Gedaliah upon them, which was a groundless fear; see Jeremiah 41:18; or that they should be dealt h...
Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I [am] with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. Ver. 11. _Fear not the king of Ba...
_Be not afraid of the king of Babylon_ As if he had said, I know what you are afraid of; you fear lest the king of Babylon should send a force against you and utterly root you out, because one of your...
Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid, the fear of whose vengeance had caused them to prepare for flight; BE NOT AFRAID OF HIM, SAITH THE LORD, FOR I AM WITH YOU TO SAVE YOU AND...
The Lord's Warning Answer...
7-22 If we would know the mind of the Lord in doubtful cases, we must wait as well as pray. God is ever ready to return in mercy to those he has afflicted; and he never rejects any who rely on his pr...
I know whom you are afraid of; you fear that the king of Babylon will come and utterly root you out, because one of your nation hath murdered his viceroy Gedaliah: suffer not your passion of fear to r...
Jeremiah 42:11 afraid H3372 (H8799) of H6440 king H4428 Babylon H894 whom H6440 afraid H3373 afraid H3372 ...
THE REFUGEES SEEK YHWH'S GUIDANCE THROUGH JEREMIAH BUT ON RECEIVING IT REJECT IT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT FIT IN WITH THEIR INCLINATIONS WITH THE CONSEQUENCE THAT JEREMIAH PROPHESIES JUDGMENT AGAINST THEM...
JEREMIAH BRINGS TO THE PEOPLE THE WORD OF YHWH (JEREMIAH 42:7). The break of ten days during which Jeremiah waited on YHWH brings out the importance of what is to be said. The run of cultic prophets s...
CONTENTS: God's answer to the inquiry of the people and Jeremiah concerning the calamities recently befallen. God's charge to the people in the land. CHARACTERS: God, Johanan, Jezaniah, Jeremiah. CON...
Jeremiah 42:1. _Then came all the captains of the forces._ שׂרי _sari,_ the princes of the army. _Johanan and Jezaniah_ are for dignity named last, because they were of royal blood. All the people, be...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—CHRONOLOGY as in previous chapter. Observe: _Jeremiah and Baruch_ had been _among the captives of Ishmael_, whom Johanan _rescued_ (chap. Jeremiah 43:6). STATE OF THE NA...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah receives a request to inquire of God concerning the proposed emigration, and a "word of the Lord" follows. JEREMIAH 42:1 JEZANIAH THE SON OF HOSHAIAH. For "Jezaniah," the Septuag...
So in chapter 42: Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, they came unto Jeremiah, and said unto him, We beg you, that you will accept our supplication, and pray for us un...
2 Chronicles 32:7; 2 Chronicles 32:8; 2 Kings 25:26; 2 Timothy 4:17;...