CONCERNING THE KINGS OF JUDAH (22:1-23:8) CHAPTER 22 _ 1. The message in the house of the king of Judah (Jeremiah 22:1) _ 2. Touching Shallum, the King of Judah (Jeremiah 22:11) 3. Concerning Jeho...
JEREMIAH 22:1 TO JEREMIAH 23:8. This section contains several distinct Jeremianic prophecies, relating to contemporary kings of Judah; they have been editorially collected, probably with some expansio...
EXECUTE YE, &C. See note on Jeremiah 7:5. JUDGMENT AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. Figure of speech _Hendiadys_. judgment, yea, righteous judgment. SPOILED. robbed. NO. NOR. NEITHER. Note the Figure of speech _...
B. General Remarks Regarding the Royal House Jeremiah 22:1-9 TRANSLATION (1) Thus says the LORD: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak there this word, (2) And say, Hear the word of th...
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, n...
1-9. Call to amendment of life....
The reference is to the special crimes of Jehoiakim more fully stated in Jeremiah 36:13 : cp. 2 Kings 23:35. He oppressed his people in order that though paying tribute to Necho he might yet build him...
EXECUTE YE JUDGMENT. — As the Hebrew verb is not identical with that in Jeremiah 21:12, and implies a less formal act, it might be better to render it, _do ye judgment..._ Do no wrong... — The Hebrew...
CHAPTER XXIX RUIN Jeremiah 22:1; Jeremiah 26:14 "The sword, the pestilence, and the famine,"- Jeremiah 21:9 and passim. "Terror on every side."-...
The message Jeremiah gave the deputation was not enough. He was commanded to go to the house of the king. This he did, and what he there said occupies the succeeding Chapter s up to and including chap...
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and (a) righteousness, and deliver him that is laid waste out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, no...
In the preceding Chapter messengers from the King, were sent to the Prophet, to know the Lord's will concerning his people. In this, the prophet is sent with a message to the King, and with promises o...
He says, first, _Do judgment and justice _This belonged especially to the king and his judges and governors; for private individuals, we know, had no power to protect their property; for though _every...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21, 22, AND 23. On the occasion of Zedekiah's request to Jeremiah to know if the Lord would interfere in favour of the people against Nebuchadnezzar, the Spir...
THUS SAITH THE LORD, EXECUTE YE JUDGMENT AND RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... Judge righteous Judgment; give the cause to whom it belongs, without respect of persons, and without a bribe or corruption; do no unrigh...
_Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, n...
_Thus saith the Lord, Execute ye judgment_, &c. That is, administer justice to all your subjects. The _stranger_, the _fatherless_, and the _widow_ are particularly named, as persons who have the fewe...
WARNING AGAINST UNRIGHTEOUSNESS AND OPPRESSION...
Thus saith the Lord, Execute ye judgment and righteousness, as the fundamental principle of Jehovah's nation, Cf. Jeremiah 7:6; Jeremiah 21:12, AND DELIVER THE SPOILED OUT OF THE HAND OF THE OPPRESSOR...
1-9 The king of Judah is spoken to, as sitting upon the throne of David, the man after God's own heart. Let him follow his example, that he may have the benefit of the promises made to him. The way t...
That is, Administer justice to all your subjects. THE STRANGER, THE FATHERLESS, AND THE WIDOW are particularly named, as persons who have fewest friends, and so are most exposed to the lusts of great...
Jeremiah 22:3 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 Execute H6213 (H8798) judgment H4941 righteousness H6666 deliver H5337 ...
THE ONE WHO SITS ON THE THRONE OF DAVID IS CALLED ON TO ENSURE JUSTICE AND FREEDOM FROM OPPRESSION FOR HIS PEOPLE, SOMETHING WHICH IF ACCOMPLISHED WILL RESULT IN HIS TRIUMPH, BUT ACCOMPANIED BY THE WA...
CONTENTS: Message to Zedekiah, concluded. The King exhorted to execute judgment. CHARACTERS: God, Zedekiah, Shallum, Jeremiah, Jehoiakim, Coniah, Nebuchadnezzar. CONCLUSION: God never casts one off...
Jeremiah 22:10. _Weep not for the dead,_ as you have wept bitterly for king Josiah, but weep for him who goes into captivity, for he shall return no more. Jeremiah 22:11. _Shallum the son of Josiah._...
_Do no wrong._ WRONG The meaning of the word “wrong” is, something that is twisted from the straight line. Do you say you have not done wrong? When you set yourself up as a pattern of goodness, and a...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 22:3 The king and those with him are not to use their power for personal advantage, but are to rule in JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. “Justice” means making right decisions accor...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Early in Jehoiakim’s reign; contemporary with chap. 22. See Notes. Dr. _Payne Smith_ places this prophecy prior to Jehoiakim’s manifestatio...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah 22:1 and Jeremiah 23:1, are connected together by similarity of subject. The temporal and spiritual leaders of the people, who are mainly responsible for the national catastrophe,...
Now the Lord commanded Jeremiah to go down to the king's house and speak there at the king's house this word. The other, it was a message sent back to the king. Now go on down to his house and speak t...
2 Kings 24:4; 2 Samuel 23:3; Deuteronomy 10:18; Deuteronomy 16:18;...