them. Not Nebuchadnezzar; but, as the monuments now tell us, the soldiers who revolted against Hophra. He was delivered into their hands, as Zedekiah had already been delivered into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.
life. soul. Hebrew. nephesh.
as. according as.
Verse Jeremiah 44:30. _BEHOLD I WILL GIVE PHARAOH-HOPHRA_] That is, _Pharaoh_ _Apries_. How this and the prophecies in the preceding chapter were fulfilled, we learn from ancient historians. The sum...
Earnest as was the preceding expostulation, Jeremiah sees that it has produced no effect. He therefore utters his last warning, and with this last resistance to the sins of a debased and godless peopl...
CHAPTER 44 _ 1. The message to the Jews (Jeremiah 44:1) _ 2. Their punishment (Jeremiah 44:11) 3. Worshipping the queen of heaven (Jeremiah 44:15) 4. Jehovah's answer ...
JEREMIAH 44. DENUNCIATION OF THE JEWISH WORSHIP OF ISHTAR IN EGYPT. Jeremiah points to the desolation of Judah as the experienced consequence of idolatry, notwithstanding Yahweh's warnings (Jeremiah 4...
See introd. summary of the ch....
I WILL GIVE PHARAOH-HOPHRA— _Pharaoh,_ as we have often observed, was a name common to all the kings of Egypt. But several of them had some additional epithet to distinguish them from the rest. This p...
C. A Prophetic Affirmation Jeremiah 44:20-30 TRANSLATION (20) Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, the women and all the people who had answered him, (21) Did not the LORD remember and...
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Neb...
JEREMIAH'S LATEST PROPHECY (AFTER 586 B.C.). (THE PROPHECIES AGAINST THE GENTILE NATIONS (JEREMIAH 46-51) WERE MOSTLY UTTERED AFTER THE BATTLE OF CARCHEMISH, 605 B.C.) He denounces the unabated idola...
BEHOLD, I WILL GIVE PHARAOH-HOPHRA... — The fate of the Egyptian king is announced, coming, as it did, before that of the fugitives, as a “sign” that the prediction of their doom also would in due cou...
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CHAPTER XV THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN Jeremiah 44:1 "Since we left off burning incense and offering libations to the Queen of Heaven, we have been in want of everything, and have been consumed by the swo...
The next prophecy in Egypt was of a fiery protest against the persistent rebellion of the people of God. The prophet reminded them of the patience of God, and of how His anger had already been poured...
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will (p) give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of N...
Enemies. Herodotus (ii. 161, 169.) informs us that Apries reigned fortunately twenty-five years, when he lost many of his men fighting against the Cyreneans, and was dethroned by Amasis, and strangled...
Here the Lord calls upon them to be prepared for the destruction of Egypt. No place, no kingdom shall give shelter to those whom God will punish. In their own land, or in the land of strangers, the Lo...
REFLECTIONS READER! we are engaged, in the perusal of this Chapter, in a most solemn and awful history. Israel, given up to idolatry, and their neck hardened against all the calls of the Lord's long s...
This sign then had a reference to what was future. But the sign given to Moses was retrospective, for the people more clearly saw that God had _been _their deliverer, because it had been predicted to...
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...
THUS SAITH THE LORD, BEHOLD, I WILL GIVE PHARAOHHOPHRA KING OF EGYPT,.... Pharaoh was a common name of the kings of Egypt, who usually had some surname, by which they were distinguished; and the surna...
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuc...
_And this shall be a sign unto you_ Signs are usually antecedent to the thing signified, as Isaiah 38:7; but here, as Exodus 3:12; Isaiah 37:30, and Luke 2:12, th
thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra, king of Egypt, into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of them that seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah, king of Judah, into the hand of N...
The Answer of the Jews and the Lord's Prophecy of Punishment...
20-30 Whatever evil comes upon us, it is because we have sinned against the Lord; we should therefore stand in awe, and sin not. Since they were determined to persist in their idolatry, God would go...
Pharaoh was a name common to all the Egyptian kings, as may be learned from GENESIS 12:15, GENESIS 41:1 EXODUS 1:8,11; but they had besides that name another peculiar to them. Whether this _Hophra_ wa...
Jeremiah 44:30 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 give H5414 (H8802) Hophra H6548 king H4428 Egypt H4714 hand...
4). A FURTHER WORD CONFIRMING YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON ALL JEWS LIVING IN EGYPT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TURNED TO OTHER GODS AND ARE TRUSTING IN PHARAOH HOPHRA AS THEIR DELIVERER (24-39). We have here the last pr...
THE WORD OF YHWH COMES AGAINST ALL HIS PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN REFUGE IN EGYPT IN THE PAST BECAUSE INSTEAD OF LEARNING THEIR LESSON FROM WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM THEY HAVE TURNED TO OTHER GODS, SO...
CONTENTS: Message to the Jews in Egypt. Further judgments threatened. Contempt of the people for the admonitions. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Pharaoh-hophra, Zedekiah, Nebuchadnezzar. CONCLUSION: God'...
Jeremiah 44:1. _Migdol_ was not far from the Red sea. Exodus 14:2. It was now a great city, being in several places put first by Jeremiah, situate only twelve hundred paces from Damiette. _Pathros_ wa...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 44:29 God offers the people a sign: when Egypt’s current king dies, they will know that God has spoken truly. HOPHRA ruled Egypt c. 589–570 B.C. He supported ZEDEKIAH ag
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—A considerable interval must be placed between this chapter and the two preceding, which record their arrival in Egypt; for we here find th...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah's debate with the Jewish fugitives in Pathros; his last prophecy. JEREMIAH 44:1 Accusation brought against the obstinately idolatrous people. JEREMIAH 44:1 WHICH DWELL; rather,...
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt (Jeremiah 44:1), And this is Jeremiah's final message to the people. God's last word to the nation that have tur...
2 Kings 25:4; Ezekiel 30:26; Ezekiel 31:18; Ezekiel 32:1; Je