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CHAPTER 21
The Prophetic Warning
_ 1. Zedekiah's inquiry (Jeremiah 21:1) _
2. Jehovah's answer through Jeremiah (Jeremiah 21:3)
Jeremiah 21:1. It has been said that this chapter is historical
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See note introductory to section. These _vv_. are quite out of
connexion with either the preceding or following. They are made up of
Jeremiah 22:3 and Jeremiah 4:4, and seem to be a fragment of Jeremi...
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_And touching_ rather, _And to … Judah_, adding _thou shalt say_,
apparently fallen out in the Hebrew. Otherwise we should omit _And_and
make "Touching …" a title to what follows. Cp. Jeremiah 23:9....
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4. _The alternatives for the royal house_ (Jeremiah 21:11-14)
TRANSLATION
(11) And to the house of the king of Judah: Hear the word of the LORD!
O house of David, thus says the LORD: Judge with justi...
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_AND TOUCHING THE HOUSE OF THE KING OF JUDAH, SAY, HEAR YE THE WORD OF
THE LORD;_
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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11-14. Exhortation and warning to the royal house....
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SAY, HEAR YE THE WORD OF THE LORD. — The interpolated “say” is
not wanted, and tends to convey the probably wrong impression that we
are dealing with a new message rather than a continuation of the
fo...
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וּ לְ בֵית֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה
שִׁמְע֖וּ דְּבַ
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The final series before the fall of Jerusalem consists of messages
delivered to Zedekiah (21-27). The occasion of these was, in the first
place, Zedekiah's deputation to the prophet. The scourge which...
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It was the glory of Jerusalem, and for which the Prophet boasted, that
she should be a quiet habitation, whose tabernacle should not be taken
down, nor one of her stakes removed. But this was because...
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Now the Prophet tells us that he was sent to the king and his
counsellors. Hitherto he has been addressing the king and the whole
people indiscriminately; but here a special message is committed to
hi...
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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...
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AND TOUCHING THE HOUSE OF THE KING OF JUDAH, [SAY],.... Or "to the
house of the king of Judah" p; that is, his palace, as Calvin
understands it; go to it, and there say as follows, as in Jeremiah
22:1...
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And touching the house of the king of Judah, [say], Hear ye the word
of the LORD;
Ver. 11. _And touching the house of the king of Judah, say,_] _i.e., _
His courtiers and his counsellors. which proba...
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_And touching the house of the king of Judah_, &c. The house of
Zedekiah, the court, or those who were magistrates. _Hear ye the word
of the Lord_ These, how great soever, are not excused from the com...
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A MESSAGE TO JUDAH AND ITS KING...
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And touching the house of the king of Judah, addressing himself to the
reigning house, SAY, HEAR YE THE WORD OF THE LORD:...
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11-14 The wickedness of the king and his family was the worse because
of their relation to David. They were urged to act with justice, at
once, lest the Lord's anger should be unquenchable. If God be...
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By THE HOUSE OF THE KING OF JUDAH he means the house of Zedekiah, the
court, or those (as appeareth by the next verse) who were the
magistrates. These, how great soever, are not excused from the commo...
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Jeremiah 21:11 house H1004 king H4428 Judah H3063 Hear H8085 (H8798)
word H1697 LORD H3068...
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A GENERAL PLEA TO THE HOUSE OF DAVID NOT TO BE PRESUMPTIOUS BUT TO
EXERCISE JUSTICE AND MERCY IF THEY WOULD ESCAPE JUDGMENT (JEREMIAH
21:11).
Jeremiah now makes a general plea to ‘the house of David'...
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CONTENTS: Message to King Zedekiah. Babylonian captivity foretold.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Zedekiah, Pashur, Zephaniah,
Nebuchadnezzar.
CONCLUSION: If God be for us, none can be against us, but i...
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Jeremiah 21:1. _Pashur the son of Melchiah,_ a different person from
the Pashur named in the preseding chapter, who was son of Immer.
Jeremiah 21:8. _I set before you the way of life, and the way of
d...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 21:1 Jeremiah’s Confrontations. Having
solidified his relationship with God, Jeremiah confronts his enemies
and their beliefs. He opposes kings ...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.
Beginning of Zedekiah’s reign. _Vide_ Notes, and especially
_Personal Allusions_ to chap. 1. _Usher_ dates the chapter B.C. 589;
_Hales_ B....
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EXPOSITION
The chapter falls into three parts, two of which seem to be in some
sort of connection, while the third is isolated. First comes a warning
to the messengers of Zedekiah of the unfortunate i...
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Jeremiah chapter 21.
Now the book of Jeremiah is not written in a consecutive kind of an
order. This particular prophecy Jeremiah dates. They're just the
prophecies of Jeremiah at particular times in...
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Jeremiah 13:18; Jeremiah 17:20; Micah 3:1...