Jeremiah 43:1
ALL. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Whole), App-6, for the greater part, not all without exception. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Whole), App-6, for the greater part, not all without exception. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Plural of _'enosh._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
BARUCH.. man of noble family (Jeremiah 32:12) suspected here. The reason may be found in Jeremiah 45:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHITHER, &C. Compare Jeremiah 40:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew, plural _of geber._ App-14. CHILDREN. young children. PERSON. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. GEDALIAH. See note on Jeremiah 41:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAHPANHES. An Egyptian fortress on the eastern or Syrian frontier of Lower Egypt (Compare Jeremiah 2:16), where the Pharaoh had his palace. See Jeremiah 43:9. Now _Tell Defenneh;_ where Petrie discovered (in 1886). ruin called _Kasr el Bint Yehudi =_ the palace of the daughter of Judah, assigned dou... [ Continue Reading ]
THE THIRTY-EIGHTH PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). Then. And. The Structure shows that. new member commences here.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BRICKKILN. the brick pavement before the royal palace. Laid bare in 1886 by Flinders Petrie. See note on 2 Samuel 12:31. There could be no "brickkiln "close to the entrance of the palace. But such. platform is seen to-day outside all great, and most small, houses in Egypt. It is called _mastaba,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 7:3. The longer title is used to show the solemnity of the utterance. NEBUCHADREZZAR... WILL SET, &C. This was fulfilled to the letter. Josephus records it (_A_. _t_. _x._ 9, 10), but Egyptian history is naturally silent. It took place five... [ Continue Reading ]
SUCH AS ARE, &C. See note on 2 Samuel 12:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
IMAGES. standing images, or obelisks. Probably _Asherim._ See App-42. BETH-SHEMESH. Hebrew. House (or Temple) of the Sun; Greek, "Heliopolis"; Egyptian, "On"; about ten miles northeast of Cairo. THAT IS IN THE LAND OF EGYPT. This is to distinguish it from the Beth-shemesh of Joshua 15:10. Jdg 1:33... [ Continue Reading ]