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Verse Jeremiah 38:16. _AS THE LORD LIVETH, THAT MADE US THIS SOUL_]
He is the _living_ God, and he is the Author of that _life_ which each
of us possesses; and as sure as he _lives_, and we _live_ by...
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THAT MADE US THIS SOUL - This very unusual addition to the formula of
an oath 1 Samuel 20:3 was intended to strengthen it. By acknowledging
that his soul was God’s workmanship Zedekiah also implied hi...
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CHAPTER 38
_ 1. Jeremiah in the dungeon and his rescue (Jeremiah 38:1) _
2. Jeremiah with Zedekiah: His last appeal (Jeremiah 38:14)
Jeremiah 38:1. Jeremiah is next accused of high treason. Th
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Zedekiah asks Jeremiah about the future, swearing immunity to him,
whatever his answer (Jeremiah 38:16). Jeremiah urges him to save
himself and the city by surrender to Nebuchadrezzar's princes
(Nebuc...
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AS THE LORD LIVETH. By the life of Jehovah.
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh_ (App-13): i.e. May He Who gave us both our
life, take mine away if. take thine, or give thee, &c....
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_that made us this soul_ i.e. that gave us our life (cp. Isaiah
57:16), a form of oath suitable to the occasion when the prophet's
life was in danger....
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THAT MADE US THIS SOUL— _Who hath given us this time to breathe;_
that is to say, "this intermission from the siege, by the absence of
the Chaldeans....
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E. Interviewed by the King Jeremiah 38:14-26
TRANSLATION
(14) Zedekiah the king sent and had Jeremiah the prophet brought unto
him at the third entrance of the house of the LORD. And the king said
un...
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So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the
LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death,
neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy...
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1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the
publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes....
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AS THE LORD LIVETH, THAT MADE US THIS SOUL. — The formula of the
oath was obviously intended to be one of unusual solemnity; more so
even than the simpler form of “The Lord liveth” (Jeremiah 16:14).
T...
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וַ יִּשָּׁבַ֞ע הַ מֶּ֧לֶךְ
צִדְקִיָּ֛הוּ אֶֽל...
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Under these circumstances he continued to foretell the victory of the
Chaldeans, with the result that the anger of the princes was stirred
up against him, and he was cast into a most loathsome dungeon...
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This must have been a very interesting interview between the king and
the Prophet; and it is impossible but to take concern in it, and to
wish that Zedekiah had listened to the Prophet's advice. And a...
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The king, desirous of having a new revelation, promised safety to the
Prophet by an oath. He then swore that he would not take revenge,
though he might be displeased with the Prophet’s answer he might...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 AND 38.
Chapter 37 gives us Zedekiah in the same state of disobedience. A show
of religion is kept up, and, having a moment of respite which excites
some h...
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SO ZEDEKIAH THE KING SWORE SECRETLY UNTO JEREMIAH,.... The king not
only gave the prophet his word, but also annexed to it his oath, that
his life should be in no danger, either from him or his prince...
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So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, [As] the
LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death,
neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy...
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_The king sware, As the Lord liveth, that made this soul_ That is, who
gave me my life and thee thine, and who, as he is the author, so he is
the preserver, of our life and being: who may uphold or ta...
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Jeremiah's Advice to the King...
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So Zedekiah, the king, sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the
Lord liveth, that made us this soul, a most solemn oath by the God of
life and by his own life, I WILL NOT PUT THEE TO DEATH, NEITHE...
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14-28 Jeremiah was not forward to repeat the warnings, which seemed
only to endanger his own life, and to add to the king's guilt, but
asked whether he feared to do the will of God. The less men fear...
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Zedekiah saith nothing to the latter part of Jeremiah's speech,
promising nothing as to his hearing and obeying his counsel: as to the
former, he gives him the security of his oath, that he would neit...
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ZEDEKIAH ONCE AGAIN CONSULTS JEREMIAH AND KEEPS HIM SAFELY IN THE
COURT OF THE GUARD UNTIL JERUSALEM IS TAKEN (JEREMIAH 38:14).
This was to be Zedekiah's last consultation with Jeremiah. During it
he...
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JEREMIAH'S EXPERIENCES IN THE COURT OF THE GUARD (JEREMIAH 38:1).
But even the fact that Jeremiah was in the court of the guard did not
prevent him from further maltreatment by those who saw him as a...
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Jeremiah 38
Ropes and rags.
I. Help always comes from above. Jeremiah found it so. It was useless
to try to climb out of the dungeon, it was only to fall deeper into
the mire. "Salvation is of the L...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's imprisonment, continued. His private conference
with the king.
CHARACTERS: Shephatiah, Gedaliah, Jucal, Pashur, Jeremiah, Zedekiah,
Malchiah, Ebed-melech, Jonathan.
CONCLUSION: G...
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Jeremiah 38:7. _Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,_ the king's chamberlain. It
seems to have been a new name given him on his promotion to office;
but God gave him long life for preserving the life of Jeremia...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 38:16 SECRETLY. Zedekiah’s promise had
no public weight (Jeremiah 37:17)....
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES as on preceding
chapter.
Personal Allusions. Jeremiah 38:1. “_Shephatiah_,” never elsewhere
mentioned. “_Gedaliah_,” possibly son of “Pashur” the vio...
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CONTINUATION.
EXPOSITION
The object of the princes being frustrated (for in the "court of the
guard" Jeremiah had perfect freedom and opportunity of speech), the
princes resolve upon a more effectua...
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Now we come to the third part of the book of Jeremiah and this covers
the period of Zedekiah the king. These particular prophecies,
thirty-seven through thirty-nine, cover from the time that Zedekiah...
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Ecclesiastes 12:7; Hebrews 12:9; Isaiah 57:16; Jeremiah 34:20;...