Jeremiah 37:16

When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; THE DUNGEON ... THE CABINS. The prison consisted of a pit (the "dungeon") with vaulted cells round the sides of it. [ Hachªnuyowt (H2588), the Hebrew for "cabins," comes from a root, chaanaah, to bend one's self]...

The particle כי, _ki, _is to be taken here as an adverb of time, as I think, though interpreters have not observed this, _When Jeremiah_, he says, _came into the house of the pit _or dungeon, or of the prison. The word בור means also sometimes the grave, but is to be taken here for a pit or a deep place: he means that it was a dark and filthy prison. And he adds, _and to the dwellings _I know not why some have rendered it, “victualling houses;” for the word החניות _, echeniot, _means narrow prisons, which we call at this day _cachots: _(108) he was therefore cast into a dungeon, where there were narrow places, that, the holy man had no space either freely to rise or to stand or to sit down, or to he down. Then the Prophet shews that he was so confined by the straitness of the place, that he could hardly sit or lay d

11-21 There are times when it is the wisdom of good men to retire, to enter into their chambers, and to shut the doors, Isaiah 26:20. Jeremiah was seized as a deserter, and committed to prison. But it is no new thing for the best friends of the church to be belied, as in the interests of her worst enemies. When thus falsely accused, we may deny the charge, and commit our cause to Him who judges righteously. Jeremiah obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful, and would not, to obtain mercy of man, be unfaithful to God or to his prince; he tells the king the whole truth. When Jeremiah delivered God's message, he spake with boldness; but when he made his own request, he spake submissively. A lion in God's cause must be a lamb in his own. And God gave Jeremiah favour in the eyes of the king. The Lord God can make even the cells of a prison become pastures to his people, and will raise up fr...

Verse Jeremiah 37:16. _ENTERED INTO THE DUNGEON, AND INTO THE CABINS_] The dungeon was probably a deep pit; and the cabins or _cells_, niches in the sides, where different malefactors were confined. See _Blayney_....

DUNGEON - literally, house of a cistern or pit, and evidently underground. In this cistern-like excavation were several cells or arched vaults, in one of which with little light and less ventilation Jeremiah remained a long time....

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 Jeremiah mentioned in verse 3 took place after the temporary withdrawal of the Chaldeans from Jerusalem. JEREMIAH 37:1 CONIAH; _i.e._ Jehoiachin (see on Jeremiah 22:24). WHOM NEBUCHADREZZAR … MADE KING. Zedekiah, not Jehoiachin, is referred to (see 2 Kings 24:17). JEREMIAH 37:3 AND ZEDEKIAH THE KING SENT. Th

WHEN JEREMIAH WAS ENTERED INTO THE DUNGEON,.... Or, "into the house of the pit" l; a dungeon, like a pit or ditch, dark, dirty, or dismal: AND INTO THE CABINS; or "cells" m; into a place more inward than the cells, as the Targum; into the innermost and worst part in all the prison, where a man could not well lie, sit, nor stand: AND JEREMIAH HAD REMAINED THERE MANY DAYS; in this very uncomfortable condition; very probably till the Chaldean army returned to Jerusalem, as he foretold it should. l אל בית הבור "in, [vel] ad domum laci", Pagninus, Montanus; "in domum foveae", Schmidt. m ואל החניות "et in cellulas illius", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "et ad cellas", Schmidt....

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 these Chapter s it must be remembered that the besieging army before the gates of Jerusalem was temporarily withdrawn, because an Egyptian army had appeared against it. This was no doubt an occasion for the false prophets to preach their false hope, so that the people were deceived. Once more Zedekiah sent to the prophet a deputation (Jeremiah 21:1) after Nebuchadnezzar had made him king. The occasion was on

Jeremiah, during the interval in the siege, is leaving the city by a northern gate on private business (perhaps connected with the earlier incident of Jeremiah 32:6 ff.), when he is arrested by the officer on duty under charge of desertion (plausible in view of Jeremiah 21:9; _cf._ Jeremiah 38:19). His denial is disregarded, and he is beaten and imprisoned by the princes (those friendly to him, _cf._ Jeremiah 26:16; Jeremiah 36:19, were now probably exiles). After a lengthy imprisonment, the king sends for him secretly ...

WHEN, &C.. For Jeremiah [actually] entered, &c, DUNGEON. house of the pit. Hebrew. _bor._ See notes on Genesis 21:19 ("well"). Isaiah 14:19 ("pit"). CABINS. cells. REMAINED. abode. Note the Figure of speech _Cyeloides_, marking the refrain, which is repeated in Jeremiah 37:21, and in Jeremiah 38:13; Jeremiah 38:28. as shown in the Structure....