Jeremiah 26:25

. And all the kings of Arabia,.... Of Arabia Petraea; and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert; the other Arabians or mixed people, that dwell in Arabia Deserta, as the Scenites, Nomades, Kedarenes, and others; and so the Targum, "and all the kings of the Arabians, that dwell in tents in the desert.'' Of these, see the prophecy in Jeremiah 49:28. Jeremiah 25:25 Ver. 25. And all the kings of Zimri,.... Of Arabia Felix, so called from Zimran, a son of Abraham by Keturah, Genesis 25:2; the same whom Pliny {n} calls Zamerenes; and all the kings of Elam; or Persia; who are prophesied against in Jeremiah 49:34; and all the kings of the Medes; who commonly go together with the Persians. {n} Nat. Hist. I. 6. c. 28. Jeremiah 25:26 Ver. 26. And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another,.... That were on the north of Judea, the kings of Syria, and those that were near to the kingdom of Babylon, whether more remote from Judea, or nearer it and which joined one another in that part of the world; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth; the whole Babylonian monarchy, called the whole world; as the Roman empire afterwards was, Luke 2:1; and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them; or the king of Babylon, as the Targum; and that Babylon is meant by "Sheshach" is certain from Jeremiah 51:41; but why it is so called is not so easy to say.

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.

Elnathan was one of the chief of the Jerusalem princes under Jehoiakim ( Jeremiah 26:22 ; Jeremiah 36:12, 25 ). His daughter, Nehushta - the Noste of Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 10:6. § 3) - was probably the ruling spirit of the time during her son's short reign. We find mention of her in Jeremiah 26:26; 29:2; and in Josephus, 'Ant. Jud.,' 10:6. § 3, and Jeremiah 10:7. § 1. Ewald suggests that she "energetically supported" her son in the policy whereby he offended Nebuchadnezzar. 2 Kings 24:8

. 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.

In the latter sense sôd occurs in two passages illustrating the present one, Jeremiah 23:18 ; Jeremiah 23:22 , where Jeremiah implies that the true prophets have access to the “council” of Jehovah, and preach the principles which are there approved (cf. Job 15:8 , R.V. marg. ; also Psalm 89:7 ). his servants the prophets ] An expression otherwise used chiefly by writers of the age of Jeremiah ( 2 Kings 17:13 ; 2 Kings 17:23 ; 2 Kings 21:10 ; 2 Kings 24:2 ; Jeremiah 7:25 ; Jeremiah 25:4 ; Jeremiah 26:5 ; Jeremiah 29:19 ; Jeremiah 35:15 ; Ezekiel 38:17 ; also Zechariah 1:6 ; Daniel 9:10 ).

6 . The guilt is the greater, because Israel had been warned, but had not listened to the warning. neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets ] A reminiscence of Jeremiah 26:5 ; cf. Jeremiah 7:25 ; Jeremiah 25:4 ; Jeremiah 29:19 ; Jeremiah 35:15 ; Jeremiah 44:4 (all containing the expression ‘my servants the prophets,’ followed by ‘and ye ( or they) hearkened not’). to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land ] The same combination in Jeremiah 44:21 ; cf. ‘our fathers, our kings, and our princes,’ Jeremiah 44:17 : comp. Nehemiah 9:32 ; Nehemiah 9:34 .

(15) Rising up betimes and sending. —i.e., constantly and earnestly. Jeremiah 25:3-4 : “The Lord hath sent all his servants, the prophets, rising early and sending them” (comp. also Jeremiah 26:5 ; Jeremiah 29:19 ; Jeremiah 35:14-15 ). He had compassion on.—He spared, was forbearing with. Dwelling place.—Mācôn (2Chronicles 30:27; Psalm 26:8; comp. Jeremiah 25:6).

13 . the Lord testified against [R.V. unto ] Israel and against [R.V. unto ] Judah ] The preposition is that which is usually rendered ‘in’. And God’s witness by His prophets was at first a witness of warning and exhortation, and his anger was long restrained and not at first grievously kindled against them. by all the prophets , and by all the seers ] R.V. by the hand of every prophet and of every seer . The R.V. has translated the consonants in the word which is rendered by A.V. ‘prophets’ but has divided them differently. As the A.V. has taken them there is no conjunction ‘and’ expressed, but by dividing the consonants in a different way the word becomes = ‘prophet and’. Thus the sense and grammar are complete, which they were not before. Turn ye from your evil ways ] For the language cf. Jeremiah 7:3 ; Jeremiah 18:11 ; Jeremiah 25:5 ; Jeremiah 26:13 ; Jeremiah 35:15 . But the same message was in substance preached by every one of the prophets from Samuel to Malachi. by my servants ] R.V. by the hand of my servants . As in the earlier part of this verse and again in verse 23, this Hebraism is preserved by the Revisers. It has become so rooted in the Biblical language of our country that there is no need to avoid a literal rendering of it.

aith and holiness. ## Jeremiah 52:24 See Poole " 2Ki_25:18 " , where we have the same words. This Seraiah was not he mentioned Jer_51:59, but the son of Azariah, 1Ch_6:14. By the ## second priest, interpreters understand him that supplied the place of the high priest in case he were sick, &c., he that was sent by Zedekiah to the prophet, Jer_21:1, and whom Jeremiah chose by his letters, Jer_29:25, for not setting Jeremiah in the stocks. It is probable there were more keepers of the door, but the captain of the guard took only three of the principal. Jeremiah 52:25 See 2Ki_25:19; only there is mention out of five men, here there is mention of seven, but probably two of them were of less note. Jeremiah 52:26 No text from Poole on this verse. ## Jeremiah 52:27 See 2Ki_25:20 ,21 . Jeremiah 52:28 That is, in the time of Jehoiachin, 2Ki_24:12-14; here it is said to be in the seventh year, there in the eighth year, it might be in part ## of both. But there is a difference in the number of the captives, which are here said to be three thousand and twenty-three, and 2Ki_24:14 ,16 , seven thousand, or eight. It is thought by some that the number here mentioned were such as properly belonged to Judah, and the number mentioned 2Ki 24 , were the number of the captives of Judah and Benjamin. See the English Annotations. Jeremiah 52:29 That was the year when the city was broken up.