Jeremiah 20:26

Verse 6. - Caused his children . Parallel ( 2 Kings 21:6 ), "his son ," in the singular number (see also 2 Kings 16:3 compared with our 2 Chronicles 28:3 ). There can be no doubt that this worst of cruel abominations, learned from Ammon and Moab, amounted to nothing less than the sacrifice of the child in the fire. It is, perhaps, something remarkable that we do not encounter anywhere any description of the exact manner of administration of this cruelty, and of its taking effect on the pitiable victim. The solemn commands of Leviticus 18:21 and Deuteronomy 18:10 bespeak sufficiently distinctly the prevision and earnest precaution of the Divine Ruler of Israel, through Moses, on behalf of his people. The following references all bear on the subject, and will be studied with advantage in order given: 2 Kings 3:27 ; 2 Kings 17:17 ; Ezekiel 20:26 ; Micah 6:7 ; Amos 5:26 ; Jeremiah 7:32 ; Jeremiah 19:4 ; Ezekiel 16:20 ; Ezekiel 20:26 . In the valley of the son of Hinnom ( Joshua 15:8 ; Joshua 18:16 ). On an elevation at the eastern extremity of this valley it was that Solomon erected "high places" to Moloch, entailing on himself a long and dire responsibility ( 1 Kings 11:7 ). Consult also our 2 Chronicles 28:3 and note there; with added reference, Stanley's 'Sinai and Palestine,' pp. 172, 482. Also he observed times ; Revised Version, and he practised augury. The Hebrew word is ועְונֵן .

Micah and Isaiah, a little later, speak of such opposition, in Judah, as habitual Micah 2:6; Isaiah 30:10-11; much more in Israel, where the opposition to God's law was more fundamental, and where God's prophet's had been all but exterminated. Even Asa, in his degenerate days, imprisoned Hanani for prophesying that he would "have wars" 2 Chronicles 16:7, 2 Chronicles 16:10; Joash killed Zechariah son of Jehoiada 2 Chronicles 24:20-21; Amaziah silenced the prophet who rebuked him, "Art thou made of the king's council? forbear. Why shouldest thou be smitten?" 2 Chronicles 25:15-16. Jehoiakim sent even into Egypt to fetch Uriah and killed him Jeremiah 26:20-23. Jeremiah's life was one continuous encounter with false accusations Jeremiah 20:10; Jeremiah 37:13; Jeremiah 38:4, contradictions by false prophets (Jeremiah 23:17 ff; Jeremiah 27:9-10, Jeremiah 27:14-16; Jeremiah 28; Jeremiah 29), hatred Jeremiah 15:10, mockery Jeremiah 17:15; Jeremiah 20:7-8; Jeremiah 23:33, persecution Jeremiah 17:18, imprisonment Jeremiah 20:2; Jeremiah 32:3; Jeremiah 33:1; Jeremiah 37:15-21; Jeremiah 38:6-13, attempts to destroy him (Jeremiah 11:18-21; Jeremiah 18:18, Jeremiah 18:20-23; Jeremiah 26:8 ff; Jeremiah 36:26). The complaint was, as here, "wherefore dost thou prophesy?" Jeremiah 32:3.

47. Urijah, the son of Shemaiah, prophesied under Jehoiakim. See Jeremiah 26:20, Jeremiah 26:21. 48. Zechariah, son of Barachiah, flourished in the second year of Darius, a ISAIAH 1: 2 Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for the LORD has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 1. God alone can give a revelation of his own will. 2. We must use the proper means in order to know this will. 3. We should know it in order to do it.

. Verse 19 They burnt the house of God - Here was an end to the temple; the most superb and costly edifice ever erected by man. Brake down the wall of Jerusalem - So it ceased to be a fortified city. Burnt all the palaces - So it was no longer a dwelling-place for kings or great men. Destroyed all the goodly vessels - Beat up all the silver and gold into masses, keeping only a few of the finest in their own shape. See 2 Chronicles 36:18. 2CHRONICLES 36: 20 He carried those who had escaped from the sword away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: 2CHRONICLES 36: 21 to fulfil the LORD’s word by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. As long as it lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfil seventy years. Verse 21 To fulfill the word of the Lord - See Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 25:12; Jeremiah 26:6, Jeremiah 26:7; Jeremiah 29:12. For the miserable death of Zedekiah, see 2Kgs 25:4, etc. 2CHRONICLES 36: 22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the LORD’s word by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,2 CHRONICLES Verse 22 Now in the first year of Cyrus - This and the following verse are supposed to have been written by mistake from the book of Ezra, which begins in the same way.

8 . The period since the decree of Cyrus a divinely appointed respite of probation. And now for a little space ] R.V. And now for a little moment. ‘For a little moment’, as in Isaiah 26:20 ‘Hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast’. Ezra means that as compared with the long periods of Israel’s disobedience ( Ezra 9:7 ), and Israel’s punishment, the interval of eighty years since Zerubbabel’s return was but a short chapter in the people’s history. grace ] The word in the Hebrew is practically always elsewhere in the O.T. rendered ‘supplication’ (e.g. 1 Kings 8:30 ; 1 Kings 8:38 ; 1 Kings 8:52 ; 1 Kings 9:3 ; Psalm 6:9 ; Psalm 55:1 ; Psalm 119:170 ; Jeremiah 36:7 ; Jeremiah 37:20 ; Jeremiah 38:26 ; Jeremiah 42:9 ; Daniel 9:20 ; 2 Chronicles 6:19 ; 2 Chronicles 6:29 ; 2 Chronicles 6:35 ; 2 Chronicles 6:39 ; 2 Chronicles 33:13 ). The only possible exception is Joshua 11:20 ‘That they might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favour ’ (marg. Or, might not sue for favour ).

ls aforehand to bewail their fate; for the days were now come when they should be slain and scattered. And he tells them their fall should be like the fall of a crystal glass, or some delicate tender vessel, which when it falleth breaketh in pieces, and cannot again be set together. Jeremiah 25:35 In ordinary dispensations of judgment, there is some way left to escape, and if there be any way of escape, great men are likeliest to find it; but he telleth them that the greatest men should find no way to flee from or escape this terrible dispensation of God. Jeremiah 25:36 That is, there shall be heard a great outcry of the princes and rulers, when they shall see how the Lord hath spoiled the cities in which, and their people upon which, they have lived, and amongst whom they were wont to feed securely. Jeremiah 25:37 That is, the places where these great men were wont to live splendidly, and dwell peaceably and securely, shall be as surely de stroyed, through the Lord’s anger, as if it were already done. Jeremiah 25:38 God had before compared himself to a lion, Jer_25:30; here he declares himself to be about to move like a lion, who when he goeth out to seek his prey, leaveth his covert: see Jer_50:44. The effects of this rising up of God out of his covert is the desolation of the land through the f ierceness of the enemy, caused from the fierce anger of God now ready to be poured out upon this people. ## Jeremiah 26:1 JEREMIAH CHAPTER 26 Th