CHAPTER XL _This and the four following chapters contain a distinct account_ _of what passed in the land of Judah from the taking of_ _Jerusalem to the retreat of the remnant of the people to Egypt;_ _together with the prophecies of Jeremiah concerning that place,_ _whither he himself accompani... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 40:2. _THE LORD THY GOD HATH PRONOUNCED_] I know that thou art a true prophet, for what thou hast predicted from thy God is come to pass.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 40:4. _COME; AND I WILL LOOK WELL UNTO THEE_] Thou art now at full liberty to do as thou pleasest; either to come to Babylon or to stay in thy own land.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 40:5. _GO BACK ALSO TO GEDALIAH_] If thou wilt stay in thy own land, thou hadst best put thyself under the protection of thy countryman Gedaliah, whom the King of Babylon has made governor of the land.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 40:8. _ISHMAEL THE SON OF NETHANIAH_] This is he who afterwards murdered Gedaliah. He had been employed to do this by Baalis, king of the Ammonites, with whom he appears to have taken refuge during the siege. See Jeremiah 40:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 40:14. _BUT GEDALIAH THE SON OF AHIKAM BELIEVED THEN NOT._] The account given of this man proves him to have been a person of uncommon greatness of soul. Conscious of his own integrity and benevolence, he took the portrait of others from his own mind; and therefore believed evil of no... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 40:16. _THOU SHALT NOT DO THIS THING_] He cannot be so base. _THOU SPEAKEST FALSELY OF ISHMAEL._] He thought it quite possible that the man who was capable of becoming an _assassin_ was capable of telling a _lie_; and therefore he would not credit what he said. Had he been a little m... [ Continue Reading ]