Jeremiah 43:10

And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them. NEBUCHADNEZZAR, MY SERVANT. God often makes one wicked man or nation a scourge to another (Ezekiel 29:18). ROYAL PAVILION - the rich tapestry (literally ornament) which hung round the throne from above....

_Behold, I, _—_the _particle demonstrative and the pronoun are both emphatical, הנני, _enni; Behold, I send, _he says, _to bring Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne on these stones _We now understand the drift of the whole, even that these stones were thrown into the _cement, _that God might build up a throne for Nebuchadnezzar. The time, indeed, for building the throne had not yet _come; _but God’s purpose was to lay the foundations, so that they might be hid until the time arrived. The Prophet, then, built a throne for Nebuchadnezzar, when he cast; these stones into the place of the brick-kiln. We must now examine each particular in order. God says that he would send to bring Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. This mission must not be understood otherwise than that of the secret providence of God; for he had no attendants by whom he might send for...

8-13 God can find his people wherever they are. The Spirit of prophecy was not confined to the land of Israel. It is foretold that Nebuchadnezzar should destroy and carry into captivity many of the Egyptians. Thus God makes one wicked man, or wicked nation, a scourge and plague to another. He will punish those who deceive his professing people, or tempt them to rebellion....

MY SERVANT - See Jeremiah 25:9 note. THAT I HAVE HID - i. e., that I have embedded in the mortar by the instrumentality of my prophet. PAVILION - Rather, canopy. It probably means the parasol held over kings, which had a tall and thick pole, grasped with both hands, and in the early times a somewhat small circular top....

EXPOSITION The flight to Egypt; Jeremiah's prediction of Nebuchadnezzar's conquest of Egypt. JEREMIAH 43:2 ALL THE PROUD MEN. It would seem as if the "proud men" were distinguished from others. Jeremiah had called the whole people together (Jeremiah 42:8); but a few domineering men assumed to represent the rest. JEREMIAH 43:3 BARUCH THE SON OF NERIAH SETTETH THEE ON. A singular supposition—Jeremiah leaving the initiative to his secretary! It may be conjectured that Baruch had somehow made himself specially unpopular; he may have been a more practical man (comp....

AND SAY UNTO THEM,.... The men of Judah, now in Egypt: THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL; Jeremiah 42:15; BEHOLD, I WILL SEND AND TAKE NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING OF BABYLON, MY SERVANT; as all men are by creation, and as he was in a very eminent sense, being an instrument in his hand of executing his designs, both on the Jews and other nations; him he would send for, and take to perform his counsel; secretly work upon and dispose his mind to such an undertaking, and lay a train of providences, and, by a concourse of them, bring him to Egypt to do his will: AND WILL SET HIS THRONE UPON THESE STONES THAT I HAVE HID; which he had ordered the prophet to hide, and which he did by him; signifying, that the king at Babylon should come with his army against this city, and should take it, and set up his throne, an

CHAPTER 43 _ 1. The rebellion against Jeremiah (Jeremiah 43:1) _ 2. Jeremiah's prediction about the conquest of Egypt (Jeremiah 43:8) Jeremiah 43:1. No sooner had Jeremiah finished communicating the divine answer, but the captains and the proud men denounced him. They charged him that he spoke falsely, that all he had said was at the instigation of Baruch, that both were traitors. Then the leaders did not obey the voice of the Lord to dwell in the land; they took the remnant of Judah (Jeremiah 43:5 is explained by J

THE FUTURE CONQUEST OF EGYPT BY NEBUCHADREZZAR. According to an imperfect inscription (given in Rogers's _Cuneiform Parallels to the OT,_ p. 367), he actually invaded Egypt in 567 B.C. Jeremiah symbolically proclaims this by placing stones on the spot where the Babylonian king shall erect his throne and glittering canopy (Jeremiah 43:10 _mg.)._ He will make the land his, as easily as a shepherd puts on his garment (Jeremiah 43:12), and will destroy heathen temples, and the obelisks of Heliopolis (Jeremiah 43:13 _mg.;_ 6 m. NE. of Cairo) For the force of such symbolism see on Jeremiah 13:1 ff....

THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 7:3. The longer title is used to show the solemnity of the utterance. NEBUCHADREZZAR... WILL SET, &C. This was fulfilled to the letter. Josephus records it (_A_. _t_. _x._ 9, 10), but Egyptian history is naturally silent. It took place five years after his destruction of Jerusalem....

_Nebuchadrezzar_ Erbt (p. 72) points out that up to this time Jeremiah in his utterances seems to have avoided naming the king. _my servant_ See on Jeremiah 25:9. _and will set_ LXX (better) _he will set_. _his royal pavilion_ rather, as mg. _glittering_, as this appears to be the meaning of the root, though the actual word occurs only here. It refers either to the richly decorated carpet on which the throne was to be placed or to the canopy over it....