Jeremiah 52:31

And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison, IN THE SEVEN AND THIRTIETH YEAR OF THE CAPTIVITY OF JEHOIACHIN ... EVIL-MERODACH ... LIFTED UP THE HEAD OF JEHOIACHIN - (). IN THE FIVE AND TWENTIETH DAY OF THE MONTH - but in it is "the twenty-seventh day." Probably on the 25th day the decree for his elevation was given, and the preparations for it made by releasing him from prison; and on the 27th day it was carried into effect. Evil-merodach...

31-34 See this history of king Jehoiachin in 2 Kings 25:27-12. Those under oppression will find it is not in vain for them to hope and quietly to wait for the salvation of the Lord. Our times are in God's hand, for the hearts of all we have to deal with are so. May we be enabled, more and more, to rest on the Rock of Ages, and to look forward with holy faith to that hour, when the Lord will bring again Zion, and overthrow all the enemies of the church....

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 the cause of their sorrow removed, _they lift up their heads_. The Hebrew phrase, _lift up the head_, signifies to _comfort, cheer, make_ _happy_....

EXPOSITION The contents of this chapter prove that it is not an independent narrative, but the concluding part of a history of the kings of Judah. It agrees almost word for word with 2 Kings 24:18-12, from which we are justified in inferring that it is taken from the historical work which the editor of the Books of Kings closely followed. It is most improbable that Jeremiah was the author. Would the prophet have contented himself with the meagre statement that Zedekiah "did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord" (verse 2), or with such a summary description of the siege of Jerusalem? Apparently the editor who attached Jeremiah 52:1. as an appendix to the Book of Jeremiah omitted the account of Gedaliah (preserved in...

AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE SEVEN AND THIRTIETH YEAR OF THE CAPTIVITY OF JEHOIACHIN KING OF JUDAH,.... He was eighteen years of age when he was carried captive; so that he must be now fifty five years old; see 2 Kings 24:8; IN THE TWELFTH MONTH, IN THE FIVE AND TWENTIETH [DAY] OF THE MONTH; in the month Adar, which answers to part of February, and part of March: in 2 Kings 25:27; the favour shown by the king of Babylon to Jeconiah, after related, is said to be in the twenty seventh day of the month; it might have been determined and notified on the twenty fifth, but not executed till the twenty seventh; or it might be begun to be put in execution on the twenty fifth, and not finished till the twenty seventh, The Jews, in their chronicle, say n that Nebuchadnezzar died on the twenty fifth

TWELFTH MONTH That is, March....

CHAPTER S 50-51 BABYLON These two final Chapter s contain a great prophecy concerning Babylon, her overthrow and doom. The fifty-first chapter closes with the statement “thus far are the words of Jeremiah.” There is a direct statement that Jeremiah wrote all these words. We find it at the close of Jeremiah 51:59. “Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.” It would be a brazen infidelity which says Jeremiah did not write all these words. Yet the almost universally accepted view of the critics is that these Chapter s cannot be the work of Jeremiah. The German infidel, Professor Eichhorn, the man who coined the phrase “higher criticism,” started this denial; Kuenen, Budde and others have followed in his steps. Others have modified this radical view and concede the possibility that Jeremiah may have b

JEREMIAH 52. HISTORICAL APPENDIX. This is taken from 2 Kings 24:18 ff., and gives an account of the capture of Jerusalem, etc., in 586, _i.e._ of the fulfilment of Jeremiah's repeated declarations. Except for Jeremiah 52:28, this chapter has been taken, virtually verbatim, from its source, which should be consulted for the commentary (see _mgg.)._ The differences of text are of minor importance, _e.g._ the addition here of Jeremiah 52:10 b, and the last clause of Jeremiah 52:11, the reading tenth, for seventh (2 Kings 25:7)

SEVEN AND THIRTIETH YEAR. Compare 2 Kings 25:27. See App-50. JEHOIACHIN. Elsewhere in this book called "Jeconiah" (Jeremiah 24:1; Jeremiah 29:2), or "Coniah" (Jeremiah 22:24; Jeremiah 22:28). FIVE AND TWENTIETH. The order given then, but probably not carried out till the "seven and twentieth", according to 2 Kings 25:27. EVIL-MERODACH. The son of Nebuchadnezzar. LIFTED UP THE HEAD. Hebrew idiom for rel

_the seven and thirtieth year_ b.c. 561. _five and twentieth_ 2 Kgs has _seven and twentieth_. _Evil-merodach_ See on Jeremiah 27:7. _lifted up the head_ For the phrase generally, but not always, used as here in a good sense cp. Genesis 40:13; Genesis 40:20....