Hawker's Poor man's commentary
Jeremiah 37:1,2
What an awful thing it is, when children tread in the steps of their ungodly fathers, and the rising generation seem but to exceed the former in impiety.
What an awful thing it is, when children tread in the steps of their ungodly fathers, and the rising generation seem but to exceed the former in impiety.
CHAPTER XXXVII _Zedekiah succeeds Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim, in the Jewish_ _throne, and does that which is evil in the sight of the Lord_, 1, 2. _The king sends a message to Jeremiah_, 3-5. _...
It is evident that Zedekiah was well affected toward Jeremiah. In Jer. 37–38, dealing with events during the siege of Jerusalem, we have an account of his relations with Jeremiah and of the prophet’s...
JEREMIAH AND ZEDEKIAH AND THE FALL OF JERUSALEM (37-39) CHAPTER 37 _ 1. Jeremiah's warning (Jeremiah 37:1) _ 2. Jeremiah's arrest (Jeremiah 37:11) Jeremiah 37:1. To understand more fully
JEREMIAH 37, 38. FORTUNES OF JEREMIAH DURING THE SIEGE (588- 586). JEREMIAH 37:1. Zedekiah, made vassal-king in place of his nephew, Jehoiachin (in 597) sends Jehucal (Jeremiah 38:1) and Zephaniah (J...
CONIAH: i.e. Jeconiah, called also Jehoiachin. whom: i.e. Zedekiah....
_And Zedekiah … reigned as king_ This and Jeremiah 37:2 are apparently an editorial note to indicate to the reader that the narrative now no longer relates, as did the last two chs., to the reign of J...
MADE KING— Zedekiah was but a tributary king, having taken an oath of homage to the king of Babylon. He was not so bad as many of his predecessors, though he was feeble, irresolute, and had but little...
CHAPTER SIXTEEN EVENTS DURING THE LAST DAYS OF JERUSALEM Jeremiah 37:1 to Jeremiah 39:18 A period of some eighteen years separates the events of Chapter s 36 and 37. The focus in Chapter s 37 throug...
And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. CONIAH - curtailed from Jeconiah by way of r...
CONIAH] see on Jeremiah 22:24. WHOM] referring to Zedekiah....
1-5. The general position....
XXXVII. (1) AND KING ZEDEKIAH THE SON OF JOSIAH... — The eight Chapter s that follow form a continuous narrative of the later work and fortunes of the prophet. They open with recording the accession o...
וַ יִּ֨מְלָךְ ־מֶ֔לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ בֶּן ־יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ...
CHAPTER XI A BROKEN COVENANT Jeremiah 21:1, Jeremiah 34:1, Jeremiah 37:1 "All the princes and peoplechanged their minds and reduced to bondage again all the slaves whom they had set free....
This and the two following Chapter s contain the history of the siege up to the fall of the city. In the first part of this chapter Jeremiah was free. Zedekiah occupied the throne, but was disobedient...
And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of (a) Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (b) made king in the land of Judah. (a) Who was called Jehoiachin, or Jecon...
_Sedecias. He was less impious than his two predecessors; but too weak to do good._...
The Prophet tells us here, that after Jeconiah the king had been led into exile, the Jews had not on that account repented, though God had as it were forced them to return to him; for it was so severe...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 AND 38. Chapter 37 gives us Zedekiah in the same state of disobedience. A show of religion is kept up, and, having a moment of respite which excites some h...
AND KING ZEDEKIAH THE SON OF JOSIAH REIGNED,.... The brother of Jehoiakim, whose untimely death, and want of burial, are prophesied of in the preceding chapter. The name of Zedekiah was Mattaniah befo...
_And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah._ Ver. 1. _And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah....
_Zedekiah, whom Nebuchadrezzar made king_ See 2 Kings 24:17; 2 Chronicles 36:10, where is related the history of Zedekiah's succession. He was but a tributary king, having taken an oath of homage to t...
And King Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, whose original name had been Mattaniah, a brother of Jehoiakim, 2 Kings 24:17, REIGNED INSTEAD OF CONIAH, or Jeconiah, THE SON OF JEHOIAKIM, WHOM NEBUCHADNEZZAR,...
A PROPHECY CONCERNING THE OUTCOME OF THE SIEGE...
1-10 Numbers witness the fatal effects of other men's sins, yet heedlessly step into their places, and follow the same destructive course. When in distress, we ought to desire the prayers of minister...
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 37 The Egyptians raise the siege of the Chaldeans; and king Zedekiah sendeth to Jeremiah, to pray and inquire of the Lord for them, JEREMIAH 37:1. He prophesieth the Chaldeans return...
Jeremiah 37:1 King H4428 Zedekiah H6667 son H1121 Josiah H2977 reigned H4427 (H8799) Coniah H3659 son H1121 Jehoia
THE DISOBEDIENCE OF JUDAH AND ITS KING IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THEIR TREATMENT OF THE PROPHET OF YHWH (JEREMIAH 37:1 TO JEREMIAH 38:28). These events once again took place during the reign of Zedekiah, the...
A SUMMARY OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION AT THIS STAGE (JEREMIAH 37:1). The political situation at this stage can be summed up in a few words. Jerusalem was under siege because Zedekiah, Jehoiakim's uncle...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's imprisonment in the days of Zedekiah. CHARACTERS: Zedekiah, Coniah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah, Jehucal, Zephaniah, Jonathan, Irijah. CONCLUSION: It is no new thing for those who h...
Jeremiah 37:5. _Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt._ The Chaldeans were afraid of them, and raised the siege. But this joy to Jerusalem was of short continuance; the Chaldeans returned after t...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 37:1 ZEDEKIAH. Reigned c. 597–586 B.C. CONIAH. Another name for Jehoiachin, who reigned for only three months in 598–597 B.C. ...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. In the tenth and eleventh year of Zedekiah. Later than chap. 21, for that embassy was sent when Nebuchadnezzar was marching against Jerusal...
EXPOSITION Nothing worthy of relation appears to have happened to Jeremiah till the latter period of the reign of Zedekiah. The first two verses of this chapter form the transition. The embassy to Je...
Now we come to the third part of the book of Jeremiah and this covers the period of Zedekiah the king. These particular prophecies, thirty-seven through thirty-nine, cover from the time that Zedekiah...
1 Chronicles 3:15; 1 Chronicles 3:16; 2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Chronicles 36:9;...