_Then spake Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah_ Called _Jazaniah, Jeremiah 42:1_. We may observe many like instances in the books of Kings and Chronicles, of the same persons being called by two different names. _And all the proud men_ They who refused to obey Almighty God when his commands crossed their... [ Continue Reading ]
_So Johanan and all the captains, &c., obeyed not_, &c. That is, they resolved not to obey the message God had sent them by Jeremiah; _but took all the remnant of Judah that were returned_, &c. The resolution which they had formed they presently put in practice. Though Jeremiah and Baruch, and proba... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then came the word of the Lord to Jeremiah in Tahpahnes_ Jeremiah was now among idolatrous Egyptians and treacherous Israelites, yet here the _word of the Lord came to him, and he prophesied._ God can visit his people with his grace, and the revelations of his mind and will, wherever they are; and... [ Continue Reading ]
_And say, Thus saith the Lord, I will send Nebuchadrezzar,_ &c. God now commands his prophet to expound to the Jews the design of the order given him in the preceding verse. The stones hid in the clay, at the entry of Pharaoh's house, were intended to be a sign that the king of Babylon should make h... [ Continue Reading ]
_And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt_ I will cause the temples of the gods of Egypt to be set on fire, and their images to be consumed, or carried away, as being neither able to save their worshippers nor themselves. God here speaks of himself as the prime mover, or principal... [ Continue Reading ]