Jeremiah 37:1
CONIAH: i.e. Jeconiah, called also Jehoiachin. whom: i.e. Zedekiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONIAH: i.e. Jeconiah, called also Jehoiachin. whom: i.e. Zedekiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORDS. prophecies.... [ Continue Reading ]
PHARAOH'S: i.e. Pharaoh Hophra's. Compare Jeremiah 44:30. The Apries of Herodotus, and fourth successor of Psammeticus on the throne of Egypt. He came to help Zedekiah (Ezekiel 17:15), but was defeated by the Chaldeans, and Egypt subdued. Compare 2 Kings 24:7; Ezekiel 29:1 and chs. 30-33. Also Jerem... [ Continue Reading ]
THE THIRTY-FOURTH PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). THE LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 11:3. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._... [ Continue Reading ]
YOURSELVES. your own souls. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO GO, &C. Probably to Anathoth. TO SEPARATE HIMSELF THENCE. to assign [himself] his portion there (i.e. at Anathoth, in Benjamin, three and. half miles north-east of Jerusalem), where he drew his living. IN THE MIDST: for safety, and to avoid detection.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GATE OF BENJAMIN: i.e. the northern gate, called also "the gate of Ephraim" (2 Kings 14:13.Nehemiah 8:16; Nehemiah 8:16), leading to Anathoth. HANANIAH. Perhaps the false prophet mentioned in Jeremiah 28:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRINCES. Named in Jeremiah 38:1. none of whom had been favourable to Jeremiah in the days of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 26:16).... [ Continue Reading ]
SMOTE. scourged. PUT HIM IN PRISON. Note Jeremiah _'_. prison experiences:. (1) put in on false charge (Jeremiah 37:11); (2) released, but confined in the court of the prison; (3) imprisoned again in Malchiah's miry dungeon (Jeremiah 38:1); (4) released again as before (Jeremiah 38:13); (5) carried... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN, &C.. For Jeremiah [actually] entered, &c, DUNGEON. house of the pit. Hebrew. _bor._ See notes on Genesis 21:19 ("well"). Isaiah 14:19 ("pit"). CABINS. cells. REMAINED. abode. Note the Figure of speech _Cyeloides_, marking the refrain, which is repeated in Jeremiah 37:21, and in Jeremiah 38:... [ Continue Reading ]
IS THERE... THERE IS = Does there exist....... There does exist. Hebrew. _yesh_... _yesh_. See notes on Proverbs 8:21; Proverbs 18:24. and Luke 7:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFENDED. sinned. PRISON. the house of detention. See Jeremiah 37:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUR PROPHETS. Not Jehovah's. From the beginning they had prophesied falsely. See Jeremiah 6:14; Jeremiah 27:16; Jeremiah 28:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRISON. guard-house. Not the same word as in Jeremiah 37:15. PIECE. a cake. Compare Jeremiah 52:6. Three were reckoned as. meal (Luke 11:5);. soldier's ration at that time.... [ Continue Reading ]