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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 21:9

He that ... falleth to the Chaldeans - This was to counsel desertion, and would have been treason in an ordinary man: but the prophets Spoke with an authority above that even of the king, and constantly interfered in political matters with summary decisiveness. Compare Matthew 24:16.

A prey - Something not a man’s own, upon which he seizes in the midst of danger, and hurries away with it. So must the Jews hurry away with their lives as something more than they had a right to, and place them in the Chaldaean camp as in a place of safety.

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See also Jeremiah 21:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE OUTCOME OF THE SIEGE (588 B.C.). Zedekiah, apparently at an early stage of the siege of Jerusalem (whilst Jeremiah 37:3 refers to a similar, but later, incident) sends envoys, Pashhur (not the sam...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HE THAT GOETH OUT, &C. Many acted on this promise (Jeremiah 39:9; Jeremiah 52:15). FALLETH. shall fall. HE SHALL LIVE. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "then (or so) shall he live...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _for a prey_ something snatched up hurriedly and borne away with him rather than his secure possession. For the phrase cp. Jeremiah 38:2; Jeremiah 39:18; Jeremiah 45:5....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See introd. note to section. Owing to such advice Jeremiah was later charged with lack of patriotism, and in fact with treachery (Jeremiah 37:13 ff., Jeremiah 38:2 ff.)....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. _The advice to the people_ (Jeremiah 21:8-10) TRANSLATION (8) And unto this people you shall say, Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death. (9) The...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    21:9 deserteth (b-26) Lit. 'falleth.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH'S TWELFTH PROPHECY (REIGN OF ZEDEKIAH DURING THE SIEGE). ZEDEKIAH'S ROLL This chapter commences a new division of the book extending to the end of Jeremiah 24. We pass from the time of Jehoi...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HE THAT GOETH OUT, etc.] Many acted upon this suggestion: see Jeremiah 39:9; Jeremiah 52:16. HIS LIFE SHALL BE UNTO HIM FOR A PREY] i.e. he shall snatch it from destruction....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND FALLETH TO THE CHALDEANS. — The words must have seemed to the messengers to counsel treachery and desertion, and were remembered against the prophet in the taunt of Jeremiah 37:13. They were, howe...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הַ יֹּשֵׁב֙ בָּ † עִ֣יר הַ זֹּ֔את...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XI A BROKEN COVENANT Jeremiah 21:1, Jeremiah 34:1, Jeremiah 37:1 "All the princes and peoplechanged their minds and reduced to bondage again all the slaves whom they had set free....

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall b...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Spoil. He shall be happy to escape naked, chap. xxxviii. 3. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    As with the priest, so with the people was the prediction of the prophet; see Isaiah 24:1. And what an awful state is that nation in, where corruption is universal?...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    _Thou shalt say to this people, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold I set before you the way of life and the way of death. _Which was the way of death? _Whosoever, _he says, _abides in this city, shall die by...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HE THAT ABIDETH IN THIS CITY,.... Imagining himself safe there; not fearing its being taken by the king of Babylon; though it was so often foretold by the prophet of the Lord that it should: SHALL DI...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall b...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And unto this people thou shalt say_, &c. By the civil message which the king sent to Jeremiah it appeared that both he and the people began to have respect for him; but the reply which God obliged h...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    A MESSAGE TO JUDAH AND ITS KING...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword and by the famine and by the pestilence, the three great scourges of God's punishment which have been mentioned time and again; BUT HE THAT GOETH OU...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-10 When the siege had begun, Zedekiah sent to ask of Jeremiah respecting the event. In times of distress and danger, men often seek those to counsel and pray for them, whom, at other times, they de...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    But certainly, if ever any man spake high treason, this prophet now did it, when there was an enemy besieging them, telling them, that if they would save their lives, they must revolt from their king,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 21:9 remains H3427 (H8802) city H5892 die H4191 (H8799) sword H2719 famine H7458 pestilence H1698 out...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ZEDEKIAH APPEALS TO JEREMIAH AS A LAST RESORT, ONLY TO LEARN THAT THERE IS NO HOPE OF INTERVENTION BY YHWH WHOSE WILL IS BEING DONE (JEREMIAH 21:1). As we have seen these verses form an inclusio along...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 21:8 Jerusalemites have two choices: surrender to Babylon and LIVE, or fight Babylon and DIE....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 27:13; Jeremiah 38:17; Jeremiah 38:2;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    His life — This is a proverbial expression, signifying a man's possession of his life as a prey, or booty recovered from the enemy....

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