Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 26:16
This man ... - literally, There is not to this man a sentence of death, i. e., he is acquitted by the princes and the congregation.
This man ... - literally, There is not to this man a sentence of death, i. e., he is acquitted by the princes and the congregation.
Verse Jeremiah 26:16. _THIS MAN_ IS _NOT WORTHY TO DIE_] The whole court acquitted him....
CHAPTER 26 Threatened with Death and His Deliverance _ 1. The temple like Shiloh, and Jerusalem to be a curse (Jeremiah 26:1) _ 2. Threatened with death (Jeremiah 26:8) 3. Jeremiah's defense ...
JEREMIAH 26. DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE FORETOLD: JEREMIAH'S PERIL (608 B.C.). Jeremiah is told to proclaim in the Temple (_cf._ Jeremiah 19:14; probably at some festival) a perilous message (keep not...
THEN SAID THE PRINCES, &C. In favour of Jeremiah. Note the Structure, p. 1053. THIS MAN, &C. See App-85. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14....
See introd. summary to ch....
The princes, not being prejudiced as were Jeremiah's accusers, give a fair decision and carry the people with them....
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2. _A legal precedent_ (Jeremiah 26:16-19) TRANSLATION (16) Then the princes and all the people said unto the priests and the prophets, There will be no judgment of death for this man! For he has spo...
I. THE ARREST AND TRIAL OF THE PROPHET Jeremiah 26:1-24 The faithful proclamation of the word of God is dangerous business. Amos, the prophet from Tekoa, was openly rebuked by Amaziah the high priest...
Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God. THEN SAID THE PRINCES AND ALL...
JEREMIAH'S FIFTEENTH PROPHECY (EARLY IN THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM) For Jeremiah 26:1 see intro. to Jeremiah 7-10. This chapter gives us a sketch of the difficulties and dangers under which Jeremiah had...
THIS MAN IS NOT WORTHY TO DIE. — Literally, as before in Jeremiah 26:11, _There is no judgment of death for this man._ Here again the later parallel comes unbidden to our memory. The lay-rulers are in...
וַ יֹּאמְר֤וּ הַ שָּׂרִים֙ וְ כָל ־הָ
Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 26:1 In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is plainly a fin
UNGRATEFUL FORGETFULNESS Jeremiah 2:1-8; Jeremiah 26:1-24; Jeremiah 27:1-22; Jeremiah 28:1-17; Jeremiah 29:1-32; Jeremiah 30:1-24; Jeremiah 31:1-40; Jeremiah 32:1-44 God regarded
Once again Jeremiah repeated a previous message, one delivered yet earlier, "in the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim." He had then been instructed to stand in the court of the Lord's house, and del...
_All. The populace easily changes either for better or for worse. (Worthington)_...
I pray the Reader to observe with me, who were the enemies of faithful Jeremiah: namely, the unfaithful priests. Oh! what a reproach is it to any age, and to every age of the Church, that the Redeemer...
_‘IN PERILS BY MY COUNTRYMEN’_ ‘This man is worthy to die.… This man is not worthy to die.’ Jeremiah 26:11; Jeremiah 26:16 I. JEREMIAH WAS NEVER SO NEAR MARTYRDOM AS AT THE TIME DESCRIBED IN THIS C...
Jeremiah shews here that the sentence pronounced on him by the priests and false prophets was soon changed. They had indeed heard him, and had given some appearance of docility, as it is the case with...
Chapter 26 begins this series of details with a prophecy of the commencement of Jehoiakim's reign. The people are warned, as being already in sin, that if they repent, they shall escape. We have const...
THEN SAID THE PRINCES AND ALL THE PEOPLE UNTO THE PRIESTS AND TO THE PROPHETS,.... Hearing Jeremiah's apology for himself, by which it appeared that he was to be justified in what he had done, took hi...
_Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man [is] not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God._ Ver. 16. _Then said the pri...
_Amend your ways, and the Lord will repent_, &c. It appears here again that God's determination to give up Jerusalem to destruction was conditional: see note on Jeremiah 18:7. If the people had repent...
But know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, in the hope of thereby getting rid of an unpleasant exhorter and escaping his warnings, YE SHALL SURELY BRING INNOCENT BLOOD UPON YOURSELVES AND UP...
Jeremiah's Defense and Deliverance...
16-24 When secure sinners are threatened with taking away the Spirit of God, and the kingdom of God, it is what is warranted from the word of God. Hezekiah who protected Micah, prospered. Did Jehoiak...
The judges in this case, with the assent of the people, acquit the prophet, and vindicate him from the charge of sedition given against him by the corrupt priests and false prophets, distinguishing be...
Jeremiah 26:16 princes H8269 people H5971 said H559 (H8799) priests H3548 prophets H5030 man H376 deserve H4941 d
SECTION 2 SUBSECTION 1 COMMENCING WITH A SPEECH IN THE TEMPLE JEREMIAH WARNS OF WHAT IS COMING AND REPUDIATES THE PROMISES OF THE FALSE PROPHETS, AND WHILE OPPOSED BY THE HIERARCHY, HAS HIS OWN STATUS...
A). JEREMIAH DECLARES IN THE TEMPLE THAT IF JUDAH WILL NOT REPENT THEIR SANCTUARY WILL END UP LIKE THAT AT SHILOH, WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY THE PHILISTINES, AND THEIR CITY WILL BE SUBJECT TO YHWH'S CURS...
CONTENTS: Message in the temple court. Spiteful treatment of Jeremiah and his brave stand. Martyrdom of Urijah. CHARACTERS: Jehoiakim, Jeremiah, Micah, Hezekiah, Urijah, Elnathan, Ahikam. CONCLUSION:...
Jeremiah 26:1. _In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim._ See the note on Jeremiah 26:3. Jeremiah 26:2. _Stand in the court of the Lord's house._ See the note on...
_When Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him, the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die._ THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A TRUE PROPHET I. The true prophet has a st...
_In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah._ AFFLICTIONS, DISTRESSES, TUMULTS Jehoiakim was, perhaps, the most despicable of the kings of Judah. Josephus says that he was...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 26:16 The OFFICIALS (judges) and PEOPLE (assembled community) oppose the religious leaders’ wishes....
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. About three years earlier than the prophecy of preceding chapter. _Cf_. chapter 7 with this, and it is evident that they are synchronous. E...
JEREMIAH'S TRIAL AND DELIVERANCE. EXPOSITION The prophecy in Jeremiah 26:2 is a summary of that contained in Jeremiah 7:1; the narrative, which stands in no connection either with...
Jer 26:1-24 through 30. In the twenty-second chapter of Jeremiah the Lord had ordered Jeremiah to go to the king's house, Zedekiah, and prophesy unto him. So these prophecies were those that Jeremiah...
Acts 23:29; Acts 23:9; Acts 25:25; Acts 26:31; Acts 26:32;...