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1 Jeremiah, being set free by Nebuzar-adan, goes to Gedaliah.
7 The dispersed Jews repair unto him.
13 Johanan revealing Ishmael's conspiracy is not believed.
* The word.
This, and the four following chapters, record the events which
occurred in Judea from the taking of Jerusalem to the retreat
of the remnant of the people to Egypt; and contain several
prophecies of Jeremiah concerning them there; which were "the
word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord." It appears that
Jeremiah, after being freed from prison, continued among the
Jews, till he was bound, with others of them, and carried to
Ramah; where he was set a liberty in the manner related.
* after.
# 39:11-14
* Ramah.
# 31:15 Jos 18:25 1Sa 7:17
* bound.
# Ps 68:6 107:16 Ac 12:6,7 21:13 28:20 Eph 6:20 *marg:
* chains. or, manacles.
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* The Lord.
# 22:8,9 De 29:24-28 1Ki 9:8,9 2Ch 7:20-22 La 2:15-17
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* because.
# 50:7 Ne 9:28,33 Da 9:11,12 Ro 2:5 3:19
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# 4
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* Go back.
# 39:14 41:2 2Ki 25:22-24
* Ahikam.
# 26:24 2Ki 22:12,14 2Ch 34:20
* or go.
# 4 15:11 Ezr 7:6,27 Ne 1:11 2:4-8 Pr 16:7 21:1
* gave him.
# 52:31-34 2Ki 8:7-9 Job 22:29 Ac 27:3,43 28:10 Heb 13:6
* victuals and a reward.
Rather, "victuals, ({aruchah,} a stated allowance, sufficient
for the journey,) and a present," {masseäth.}
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* Then.
It has been doubted whether Jeremiah acted prudently in this
decision, as the event seems to indicate the contrary, and as
it was the evident meaning of all his predictions that the
Jews should not prosper in their own country till the
expiration of seventy years. But he was evidently influenced
by the most unbounded love to his country, for whose welfare
he had watched, prayed, and lived; and he now chose rather to
share her adversities, her sorrows, her wants, her
afflictions, and her disgrace, than to be the companion of
princes, and to sit at the table of kings. His patriotism was
as unbounded as it was sincere: he only ceased to live for
country when he ceased to breathe.
# 39:14
* Mizpah.
# Jos 15:38 Jud 20:1 21:1 1Sa 7:5,6
* Mizpeh.
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* all the.
# 39:4 2Ki 25:4,22,23-26
* the poor.
# 39:10 Eze 33:24-29 45:16
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* came.
# 6,11,12
* even.
# 14 41:1-16 2Ki 25:23,25
* Johanan.
# 41:11,16 42:1,8 43:2,5
* Jonathan.
# 37:15,20 38:26
* Netophathite.
# 2Sa 23:28,29 1Ch 2:54 11:30 Ezr 2:2,22 Ne 7:26
* Maachathite.
# De 3:14 Jos 12:5 2Sa 10:6,8 23:34 1Ch 2:48
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* sware.
# 1Sa 20:16,17 2Ki 25:24
* Fear.
# 27:11 38:17-20 Ge 49:15 Ps 37:3 128:2
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* serve. Heb. stand before.
# 35:19 De 1:38 Pr 22:29 Lu 21:36
* gather.
# 39:10
* summer.
# 12 48:32 2Sa 16:1 Isa 16:9 Mic 7:1
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* all the Jews.
# 24:9 Isa 16:4 Eze 5:3,12 25:2,6,8,12 35:5,15 Ob 1:11-14
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# 12
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* Johanan.
Johanan and his companions seem to have acted honestly in this
affair. They had received intelligence of designs formed
against Gedaliah's life, and consequently against the whole
new settlement. Ishmael, being a branch of David's family,
was probably displeased that another was preferred above him;
and the king of the Ammonites, out of hatred to the Jews,
employed him to slay Gedaliah. But Gedaliah, conscious of his
own integrity and benevolence, took the portrait of others
from his own mind; and therefore believed evil of no man,
because he felt none towards any in his own breast. He may be
reproached for being too credulous and confiding; but this
only serves to shew the greatness of his soul; for a little
mind is always suspicious, and ready to believe the worst of
every person and thing.
# 6-8
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* Ammonites.
# 25:21 41:10 49:1-6 1Sa 11:1-3 2Sa 10:1-6 Eze 25:2-6
# Am 1:13-15
* Ishmael.
# 8 41:2,10 Pr 26:23-26 Isa 26:10 Mic 7:5
* slay thee? Heb. strike thee in soul. believed.
# 1Co 13:5-7
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* Let.
# 1Sa 24:4 26:8 Job 31:31
* wherefore.
# 12:3,4 2Sa 18:3 21:17 Eze 33:24-29 Joh 11:50
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* Thou shalt.
# 41:2 Mt 10:16,17 Ro 3:8
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1 Ishmael, treacherously killing Gedaliah and others,
purposes with the residue to flee unto the Ammonites.
11 Johanan recovers the captives, and is minded to flee into
Egypt.
* the seventh month.
This was the month {Tisri,} answering to the new moon of
September, the seventh of the sacred, but the first of the
civil year; on the third day of which the Jews keep a fast, in
commemoration of the death of Gedaliah, to which the prophet
Zechariah refers, ch. 8:19; 39:2; 52:6. 2 Ki 25:3, 8, 25.
Zec 7:5; 8:19.
* Ishmael.
# 40:6,8
* Elishama.
# 36:12,20
* of the.
# Pr 13:10 27:4 Jas 4:1-3
* seed.
# 2Ki 11:1 2Ch 22:10 Eze 17:13
* they did.
# 40:14-16 2Sa 3:27 20:9,10 Ps 41:9 109:5 Pr 26:23-26
# Da 11:26,27 Lu 22:47,48 Joh 13:18
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* and smote.
# 2Ki 25:25
* whom.
# 40:7
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# 11,12 2Ki 25:25 Ec 9:18 La 1:2
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* after.
# 1Sa 27:11 Ps 52:1,2
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* came.
# 2Ki 10:13,14
* Shechem.
# Ge 33:18 34:2 Jos 24:32 Jud 9:1 1Ki 12:1,25
* Shiloh.
# 7:12,14 Jos 18:1
* Samaria.
# 1Ki 16:24,29
* their beards.
All these were signs of deep mourning; which, though forbidden
on funeral occasions, were customary, and perhaps counted
allowable, on seasons of public calamity, and this mourning
was probably on account of the destruction of Jerusalem.
# Le 19:27,28 De 14:1 2Sa 10:4 Isa 15:2
* to the.
# 1Sa 1:7 2Ki 25:9 Ps 102:14
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* weeping, etc. Heb. in going and weeping.
# 50:4 2Sa 1:2-16 3:16 Pr 26:23-26
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* slew.
# 1Ki 15:28,29 16:10-12 2Ki 11:1,2 15:25 Ps 55:23 Pr 1:16
# Isa 59:7 Eze 22:27 33:24-26 Ro 3:15
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* Slay.
# Job 2:4 Ps 49:6-8 Pr 13:8 Mt 6:25 16:26 Mr 8:36,37 Php 3:7-9
* treasures.
These "treasures hid in the field" were doubtless laid up in
subterranean pits, similar to the {mattamores} in Barbary, in
which, Dr. Shaw informs us, they deposit the grain when
winnowed; two or three hundred of them being sometimes
together, and the smallest holding four hundred bushels. The
same mode of keeping corn prevails in Syria and the Holy Land.
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* the pit.
This was probably a large reservoir for receiving rain water,
which Asa had caused to be made in the midst of the city, in
case of a siege.
* because of Gedaliah. or, near Gedaliah. Heb. by the hand,
or the side of Gedaliah. was it.
# Jos 10:16-18 Jud 6:2 1Sa 13:6 14:11,22 24:3 2Sa 17:9
# Heb 11:38
* for fear.
# 1Ki 15:17-22 2Ch 16:1-10
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* all the.
# 40:11,12
* even.
# 22:30 39:6 43:5-7 44:12-14
* whom.
# 40:7
* to the.
# 40:14 Ne 2:10,19 4:7,8 6:17,18 13:4-8
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* Johanan.
# 2,3,7 40:7,8,13-16 42:1,3 43:2-5
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* to fight.
# Ge 14:14-16 1Sa 30:1-8,18-20
* the great.
# 2Sa 2:13
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* that when.
They appear to have been weary of the tyranny of Ishmael, and
glad of an opportunity to abandon him.
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# 14
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* escaped.
# 1Sa 30:17 1Ki 20:20 Job 21:30 Pr 28:17 Ec 8:11,12 Ac 28:4
* eight men.
# 2 2Ki 25:25
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* even.
# 10 42:8 43:4-7
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* Chimham.
# 2Sa 19:37,38
* to go.
As Johanan and the other princes had taken a decided part
against Ishmael, they had no sufficient reason to fear that
the Chaldeans would revenge on them the murder of Gedaliah;
but perhaps Johanan was unwilling to be superseded in the
command which he had rightly assumed, and so used his
influence to induce the whole company to take refuge in Egypt;
and their old attachment to the Egyptians rendered them more
ready to concur in this ruinous measure.
# 42:14,19 43:7 Isa 30:2,3
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* for they.
# 42:11,16 43:2,3 2Ki 25:25 Isa 30:16,17 51:12,13 57:11
# Lu 12:4,5
* because.
# 2
* whom.
# 40:5
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1 Johanan desires Jeremiah to enquire of God, promising
obedience to his will.
7 Jeremiah assures him of safety in Judea;
13 and destruction in Egypt.
19 He reproves their hypocrisy, in enquiring of the Lord that
which they mean not to follow.
* all the.
# 8 40:8,13 41:11,16 43:4,5
* Jezaniah.
# 2Ki 25:23 Eze 8:11 11:1
* Jaazaniah.
* from.
# 8 5:4,5 6:13 8:10 44:12 Ac 8:10
* came.
# 20 Isa 29:13 48:1 58:1,2 Eze 14:3,4 20:1-3 33:31 Mt 15:8
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* be accepted before thee. Heb. fall before thee.
# 36:7 37:20 *marg:
* and pray.
# 17:15,16 21:2 37:3 Ex 8:28 9:28 1Sa 7:8 12:19,23 1Ki 13:6
# Isa 1:15 37:4 Ac 8:24 Jas 5:16
* left.
# Le 26:22 De 4:27 28:62 Isa 1:9 La 1:1 Eze 5:3,4 12:16
# Zec 13:8,9 Mt 24:22
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# 6:16 De 5:26,29 1Ki 8:36 Ezr 8:21 Ps 25:4,5 27:11 86:11
# Ps 143:8-10 Pr 3:6 Isa 2:3 Mic 4:2 Mr 12:13,14
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* Jeremiah.
The princes seem to have wholly neglected Jeremiah, till on
this occasion they wanted his sanction to their purpose of
going to Egypt. In order to induce him to favour them, they
applied to him with one consent, in the most respectful and
plausible manner: they used language to prepossess him with a
favourable opinion of them, and to move his compassion; and,
in words expressing great humility, they entreated his prayers
in their behalf, and that he would enquire of the Lord what he
would have them to do. The prophet readily acquiesced; and
doubted not but that he should receive an answer from God,
which he would unreservedly declare to them; and they called
the Lord to witness that they would implicitly follow his
directions.
* I will pray.
# Ex 8:29 1Sa 12:23 Ro 10:1
* whatsoever.
# 23:28 1Ki 22:14-16 2Ch 18:13-15 Eze 2:7
* I will keep.
# 1Sa 3:17,18 Ps 40:10 Ac 20:20,27
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* The Lord be.
# 5:2 Ge 31:50 Ex 20:7 Jud 11:10 1Sa 12:5 20:42 Mic 1:2
# Mal 2:14 3:5 Ro 1:9 Re 1:5 3:14
* if we.
# Ex 20:19 De 5:27-29
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* it be good.
# Ro 7:7,13 8:7
* that it.
# 7:23 De 5:29,33 6:2,3 Ps 81:13-16 128:2 Isa 3:10
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At this time he was waiting for a revelation from God in
answer to the enquiries of the people; who probably thus
delayed to make known his will, in order to shew them that
Jeremiah did not speak of his own mind, but when and as he was
directed. The delay was also suited to give time for
consideration, and to retard their rash project; and, as it
would render them impatient, it tended to detect their
hypocrisy, and to shew more clearly their determined rebellion
against God.
# Ps 27:14 Isa 28:16 Hab 2:3
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* Johanan.
# 1 40:8,13 41:11-16 43:2-5
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* unto.
# 2 2Ki 19:4,6,20-37 22:15-20
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* abide.
# Ge 26:2,3 Ps 37:3
* then.
# 24:6 31:28 33:7 Ps 69:35 102:16 Eze 36:36 Ac 15:16
* for I.
# 18:7-10 26:19 Ex 32:14 De 32:36 Jud 2:18 2Sa 24:16 Ps 106:45
# Ho 11:8 Joe 2:13 Am 7:3,6 Jon 3:10 4:2
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* afraid.
# 27:12,17 41:18 2Ki 25:26 Mt 10:28
* for I.
# 1:19 15:20 De 20:4 Jos 1:5,9 2Ch 32:7,8 Ps 46:7,11 Isa 8:8-10
# Isa 41:10 43:2,5 Mt 28:20 Ac 18:10 Ro 8:31 2Ti 4:17
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# Ne 1:11 Ps 106:45,46 Pr 16:7
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# 10 44:16 Ex 5:2
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* we will go.
# 41:17 43:7 De 29:19 Isa 30:16 31:1
* nor hear.
# 4:19,21 Ex 16:3 17:3 Nu 11:5 16:13
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* If.
If ye are determined to go into Egypt, the evils which ye
dreaded by staying in your own land shall overtake and destroy
you there; "and there shall ye die." God turned the policy of
the wicked to their own destruction; for while they thought
themselves safe in Egypt, there Nebuchadnezzar destroyed both
them and the Egyptians.
# 17 44:12-14 Ge 31:21 De 17:16 Da 11:17 Lu 9:51
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* that the sword.
# 13 44:13,27 De 28:15,22,45 Pr 13:21 Eze 11:8 Am 9:1-4
# Zec 1:6 Joh 11:48
* follow close. Heb. cleave. there ye.
# 44:11,12,27