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TO SERVE THE CHALDEANS - literally, as margin; to be their minister
and lieutenant. Gedaliah supposed that officers of high rank would
come from time to time from Babylon to look after the king’s
inte...
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III. AFTER THE FALL OF JERUSALEM (40-45)
Chapter S 40-41
The Treachery in the Land and the Flight to Egypt
_ 1. Jeremiah's choice (Jeremiah 40:1) _
2. Gedaliah and Ishmael's deed (Jeremiah 40:7; J
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THE GOVERNORSHIP OF GEDALIAH. The scattered Jewish forces which
remained heard of Gedaliah's appointment as governor, and made
submission to him at Mizpah. He guaranteed their security, and
encouraged...
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WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27.
SUMMER FRUITS. Hebrew "summer". Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of
Adjunct), App-6, for the fruits gathered in summer....
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_to stand before_ probably meaning that, as a servant of the
Chaldaeans, he would be able in their presence to defend the interests
of the Jews. See on Jeremiah 15:1....
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I WILL DWELL AT MIZPAH, &C.— "I will keep my residence here, to be
ready to obey any orders which the king of Babylon sends me by his
servants....
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B. The Program of Gedaliah Jeremiah 40:7-12
TRANSLATION
(7) When all the army officers and their men who were in the field
heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam over...
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As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans,
which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits,
and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities t...
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GEDALIAH AS GOVERNOR (586 B.C.)
Jeremiah 40:7 to Jeremiah 43:6 are briefly summarised in 2 Kings
25:22. The account in the book of Kings mentions merely the
accomplished results; while here the proces...
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GATHER YE WINE, etc.] Make provision for the winter....
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GATHER YE WINE, AND SUMMER FRUITS. — The words show that the
application took place in the autumn. The captains and their followers
were invited to help themselves freely from the fields and vineyards...
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וַ אֲנִ֗י הִנְנִ֤י יֹשֵׁב֙ בַּ †
מִּצְפָּ֔ה...
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CHAPTER XIII
GEDALIAH
Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 52:1
"Then arose Ishmael ben Nethani
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Chapter s forty and forty-one, which contain the prophecies of
Jeremiah after the fall of Jerusalem, constitute his last messages to
the chosen people. These fall into two parts-first, prophecies agai...
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_Answer. Hebrew, "stand before," as minister (Haydock) for the
Chaldeans. You need not be jealous of my power; and I can answer that
they will not hurt you, provided you continue quiet. (Calmet) --- H...
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It appears by the appointment of one of their own people among the
Jews to be Governor, that the King of Babylon meant kindness to the
lower orders of the people, though he had slain their king and no...
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And he ordered them to _gather _wine, and corn, and fruit, and to
store them up, as there would be no danger from war. He also ordered
them to dwell in the _cities _which they had taken, or to which t...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 39 THROUGH 44.
After this, chapter 39 and the following Chapter s give us the history
of the confusion and iniquity that reigned among the remnant who were
no...
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AS FOR ME, BEHOLD, I WILL DWELL AT MIZPAH, TO SERVE THE CHALDEANS THAT
COME UNTO US,.... Here he urges his own example, as before their
welfare, to engage them to dwell in the land, and serve the Chal...
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As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans,
which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits,
and oil, and put [them] in your vessels, and dwell in your cities...
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_Now when all the captains of the forces heard, &c., they came to
Gedaliah_ By the taking of Jerusalem the Chaldeans made a complete
conquest of Judea; whereupon that part of the Jewish army which had...
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GEDALIAH MADE GOVERNOR AND THREATENED BY THE JEWS...
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As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans
which will come unto us, cheerfully recognizing the authority of the
governors, or satraps, representing the Babylonian government, an...
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7-16 Jeremiah had never in his prophecies spoken of any good days for
the Jews, to come immediately after the captivity; yet Providence
seemed to encourage such an expectation. But how soon is this h...
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That is, I have made choice of Mizpah, a city upon the frontiers,
where I intend to make my residence, it being a convenient place for
me to receive orders from the king of Babylon, and to manage stat...
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POLITICAL EVENTS IN THE NEW JUDAH - GEDALIAH RE-ESTABLISHES JUDAH BUT
IS ASSASSINATED (JEREMIAH 40:7 TO JEREMIAH 41:18).
What follows is a description of the events that followed the
appointment of Ge...
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RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF JUDAH UNDER THE GOVERNORSHIP OF GEDALIAH (JEREMIAH
40:7).
Once the news got about that Gedaliah had been appointed governor,
that Judah was now populated by ‘the poor of the land',...
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THE COMMENCEMENT OF JUDAH'S RESTORATION IS THWARTED BY THE
ASSASSINATION OF GEDALIAH THE GOVERNOR AND BY THE REFUSAL OF THE
PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO JEREMIAH AS THEY TAKE REFUGE IN EGYPT (JEREMIAH
40:1 TO...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah discharged. The Jews under Gedeliah as Governor.
Ishmael's design against Gedeliah.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Nebuzaradan, Gedeliah, Ishmael, Johanan,
Seraiah, Jezaniah, Baalis.
C...
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Jeremiah 40:1. _The word which came to Jeremiah bound in chains._ This
word is found in Jeremiah 42:9; and the intervening history is a
parenthesis of Ishmael's treason. Jeremiah was now about seventy...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—A purely historical chapter, of
events following the city’s ruin. It records the out-gleaming of a
ray of hope upon the appalling gloom which had befallen the land, in
t...
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EXPOSITION
The first of a series of chapters (40-45.) describing Jeremiah's
fortunes and ministry after the fall of Jerusalem.
JEREMIAH 40:1
The liberation of Jeremiah.
JEREMIAH 40:1
THE WORD THAT...
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Now as we come into the fourth part of the book of Jeremiah, these are
the prophecies of Jeremiah to the people after Zedekiah was carried
away and the remnant of the people who stayed here in the lan...
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2 Samuel 16:1; Deuteronomy 1:38; Isaiah 16:9; Jeremiah 35:19;...
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I will dwell — I have choice made of Mizpah, a city upon the
frontiers, to make my residence, it being a convenient place for me to
receive orders from the king of Babylon. But ye — Gather such fruits...