CHAPTER LII _This chapter was added after Jeremiah's time probably by Ezra,_ _after the return from the captivity, of which it gives a short_ _account, nearly the same as in_ Jeremiah 52:2; Jeremiah 24:18; Jeremiah 25:1. _It is very properly subjoined to the preceding prophecies, in_ _order to... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:2. _AND HE DID - EVIL_] This and the following verse are the same as 2 Kings 24:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:3. _THROUGH THE ANGER OF THE LORD_] Here is a king given to a people in God's anger, and taken away in his displeasure.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:4. _NINTH YEAR - TENTH MONTH_] Answering nearly to our January.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:5. _SO THE CITY WAS BESIEGED_] It held out _one year and six_ _months_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:6. _AND IN THE FOURTH MONTH_] Jeremiah 39:1, c. The _fourth_ month answers nearly to our July.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:8. _THE ARMY OF THE CHALDEANS PURSUED_] 2 Kings 25:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:9. _KING OF BABYLON TO RIBLAH_] Jeremiah 39:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:11. _HE PUT OUT THE EYES OF ZEDEKIAH_] Jeremiah 39:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:12. _NOW IN THE FIFTH MONTH_] Answering nearly to our August.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:13. _AND BURNED THE HOUSE OF THE LORD_] Thus perished this magnificent structure, after it had stood _four hundred and_ _twenty-four_ years _three_ months and _eight_ days. It was built A.M. 2992, and destroyed A.M. 3416.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:15. _THOSE THAT FELL AWAY_] The deserters to the Chaldeans during the siege.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:16. _THE POOR OF THE LAND_] Jeremiah 39:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:17. _ALSO THE PILLARS_] Jeremiah 27:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:18. In reference to these verses see the parallel texts in the margin, the various readings there, and the notes. (Exodus 27:3; 2 Kings 25:14-12; 1 Kings 7:47; 1 Kings 7:15; 2 Chronicles 3:15; 1 Kings 7:20)... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:19. Jeremiah 52:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:20. Jeremiah 52:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:21. Jeremiah 52:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:22. Jeremiah 52:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:23. Jeremiah 52:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:24. _THE SECOND PRIEST_] 2 Kings 25:18. _THE THREE KEEPERS_] The priests who stood at the door to receive the offerings of the people, see 2 Kings 20:9; 2 Kings 23:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:25. _SEVEN MEN - THAT WERE NEAR THE KING'S PERSON_] These were privy counsellors.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:28-24. On these verses Dr. _Blayney_ has some sensible remarks; I will extract the substance. These verses are not inserted in 2 Kings xxv. Are we to conclude from these verses that the whole number of the Jews which Nebuchadnezzar, in all his expeditions, carried away, was no mor... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:29. Jeremiah 52:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:30. Jeremiah 52:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:31. _IN THE TWELFTH MONTH_] Answering nearly to our _twenty-fifth_ of April, A.M. 3442. _LIFTED UP THE HEAD OF JEHOIACHIN_] This phrase is taken from Genesis 40:13. It is founded on the observation that those who are in sorrow hold down their heads, and when they are comforted, or... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:32. _SPAKE KINDLY_] Conversed freely with him. _SET HIS THRONE_] Gave him a more respectable _seat_ than any of the captive princes, or better than even his own princes had, probably near his person.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:33. _AND CHANGED HIS PRISON GARMENTS_] That is, Jehoiachin changed his own garments, that he might be suited in that respect to the state of his elevation. Kings also, in token of favour, gave caftans or robes to those whom they wish to honour. _AND HE DID CONTINUALLY EAT BREAD BE... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 52:34. _AND - THERE WAS A CONTINUAL DIET GIVEN HIM_] This was probably a ration allowed by the king for the support of Jehoiachin's household. For other particulars, 2 Kings 25:30. _ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE._] I believe these words have been by mistake added from the preceding verse.... [ Continue Reading ]