IN THE BEGINNING ... ZEDEKIAH - Probably a gloss put into the margin to explain “the same year,” from where it has crept into the text. GIBEON - A city of priests Joshua 21:17. Hananiah was probably a priest as well as a prophet. He chose either a Sabbath or a new moon, that he might confront Jerem... [ Continue Reading ]
WITHIN TWO FULL YEARS - literally, In yet two years even days. Hananiah probably was induced to fix this date by the expectation that the confederacy then on foot would defeat Nebuchadnezzar.... [ Continue Reading ]
JECONIAH - Zedekiah not being popular, the people would have preferred the young king, who had not reigned long enough to make enemies. Probably also Zedekiah had started for Babylon Jeremiah 51:59.... [ Continue Reading ]
Jeremiah’s own wishes concurred with Hananiah’s prediction, but asserts that that prediction was at variance with the language of the older prophets. Jeremiah 28:9 THEN SHALL THE PROPHET ... - Or, “shall be known as the prophet whom the Lord hath truly sent.”... [ Continue Reading ]
The multitude would see in Hananiah’s act a symbol of deliverance.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL CAST THEE - Rather, I send thee away. God had not sent Hananiah to prophesy, but He does now send him away to die. TAUGHT REBELLION - As Nebuchadnezzar was Yahweh’s servant, to teach rebellion against him was to teach rebellion against his Master.... [ Continue Reading ]