Jeremiah 38:1
PASHUR. See note on Jeremiah 20:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
PASHUR. See note on Jeremiah 20:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOETH FORTH. Some codices add "and falleth". LIFE. soul.... [ Continue Reading ]
WELFARE. peace.... [ Continue Reading ]
DUNGEON. See note on Jeremiah 37:16. HAMMELECH. the king. See note on Jeremiah 36:26. PRISON. house of detention. SUNK IN THE MIRE. To be preferred to the moral sinking of Zedekiah in Jeremiah 38:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
EBED-MELEOH THE ETHIOPIAN. See Jeremiah 39:16. and compare Acts 8:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
EBED-MELECH. Some codices add "the Ethiopian".... [ Continue Reading ]
THIRTY. The king knew the danger. No need to suppose that "thirty" is. copyist's error for "three"!... [ Continue Reading ]
OLD CAST. cast-off clothes. CLOUTS. patches. Ang. -Sax. _clut =_. patch.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARMHOLES. armpits.... [ Continue Reading ]
REMAINED. See note on Jeremiah 37:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN, &C. This is the last picture of Zedekiah, and the house of Judah.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILT THOU NOT... ME?. thou wilt not. This second clause is not. question in the Hebrew text.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD, THE GOD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 35:17. THE GOD OF HOSTS. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, omit "God", and read "Jehovah. baioth, God of Israel".... [ Continue Reading ]
AFRAID. apprehensive.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRINCES. Showing that Nebuchadnezzar himself was not there. Compare Jeremiah 39:1. SET THEE ON. persuaded thee. See note on Jeremiah 20:7. SUNK IN THE MIRE. The moral sinking of Zedekiah far worse than Jeremiah's physical sinking.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. THOU SHALT CAUSE THIS CITY TO BE BURNED. Hebrew thou wilt burn. Note the idiom by which the _act_ is put for the _declaration_ that it should be done.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE TOLD THEM, &C. In Holy Scripture we have an inspired _record_ of what was said and done by others, but it does not follow that all that was so said and done was inspired. COMMANDED. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, add "him".... [ Continue Reading ]
ABODE. See the note on Jeremiah 37:16. further date: viz. "in the tenth day of the month".... [ Continue Reading ]