Jeremiah 40:17

3 And it happened the day after, that Pashur brought out Jeremiah from prison; and Jeremiah said to him, — Not Pashur has Jehovah called thy name, But terror on every side: 4 For thus saith Jehovah, — Behold, I will make thee a terror To thyself and to all thy friends; And fall shall they by the sword of thine enemies, While thine eyes are looking on; And all Judah will I deliver Into the hand of the king of Babylon; And he shall carry them into Babylon, And shall smite them with the sword: 5 And I will give up all the strength of this city, And all its labor and its every precious thing; And all the treasures of the kings of Judah Will I give up into the hands of their enemies; And they shall spoil them and take them away, And they shall lead them into Babylon. 6 And thou, Pashur, and all the inhabitants of thy house, Go shall ye into captivity; Thou shalt come to Babylon, and there die, And there shalt thou be buried and thy friends, To whom thou hast falsely prophesied.

18 Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah the king of Judea, They shall not bewail him, — "Ah, my brother! Ah, sister!" They shall not bewail him, — "Ah, Lord! Ah, his glory!" 19 With the burial of an ass shall he be buried, Drawn out and cast forth Beyond the gates of Jerusalem. 20 Ascend into Lebanon and cry, And on Bashan lift up thy voice, And cry all around, For destroyed are all thy lovers. 21 I spake to thee in thy tranquillity, Thou saidst, "I will not hear:" It has been thy manner from thy youth That thou didst not hear my voice. 22 Thy pastors shall the wind consume, And thy lovers, into exile shall they go: Surely ashamed shalt thou then be, And blush for all thy wickedness. 23 Thou hast set thy seat on Lebanon, Thou hast made thy nest among the cedars: How gracious wilt thou be When come on thee shall sorrows, The pain as of one in travail! 24 Live do I, saith Jehovah; Were Coniah the son of Jehoiakim the king of Judah A sealing ring on my right hand, I would thence pluck thee off: 25 And I will deliver thee Into the hand of those who seek thy life, And into the hand of those whose face thou dreadest, Even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar The king of Babylon, And into the hand of the Chaldeans: 26 And I will cast thee and thy mother who bare thee Into a foreign land where ye were not born, And there shall ye die; 27 And into the land they set their mind to return, Thither they shall not return. 28 Is this man Coniah a despised and broken statue?

His residence was at Mizpah (Jeremiah 40:5). home —the house of Gedaliah, wherein Jeremiah might remain as in a safe asylum. As in Jeremiah 40:1 Jeremiah is represented as "bound in chains" when he came to Ramah among the captives to be carried to Babylon, this release of Jeremiah is thought by M AURER to be distinct from that in Jeremiah 40:5, 6. But he seems first to have been released from the court of the prison and to have been taken to Ramah, still in chains, and then committed in freedom to Gedaliah. dwelt among the people —that is, was made free. 15-18. Belonging to the time when the city was not yet taken, and when Jeremiah was still in the court of the prison (Jeremiah 38:13). This passage is inserted here because it was now that Ebed-melech's good act (Jeremiah 38:7-12; Matthew 25:43) was to be rewarded in his deliverance. 16. Go —not literally, for he was in confinement, but figuratively. before thee —in thy sight. 17. the men of whom thou art afraid —(Jeremiah 38:1, 4-6). The courtiers and princes hostile to thee for having delivered Jeremiah shall have a danger coming so home to themselves as to have no power to hurt. Heretofore intrepid, he was now afraid; this prophecy was therefore the more welcome to him. ## 18. life … for a prey —(See on Jeremiah 21:9; Jeremiah 38:2; Jeremiah 45:5). put … trust in me —(Jeremiah 38:7-9). Trust in God was the root of his fearlessness of the wrath of men, in his humanity to the prophet (1 Chronicles 5:20; Psalms 37:40).

five men of them that were in the king's presence —that is, who belonged to the royal retinue. It is probable that there were five at first, and that other two were found afterwards (Jeremiah 52:25). 22-26. Nebuchadnezzar … made Gedaliah … ruler —The people permitted to remain were, besides the king's daughters, a few court attendants and others (Jeremiah 40:7) too insignificant to be removed, only the peasantry who could till the land and dress the vineyards. Gedaliah was Jeremiah's friend (Jeremiah 26:24), and having, by the prophet's counsel, probably fled from the city as abandoned of God, he surrendered himself to the conqueror (Jeremiah 38:2, 17), and being promoted to the government of Judea, fixed his provincial court at Mizpeh. He was well qualified to surmount the difficulties of ruling at such a crisis. Many of the fugitive Jews, as well as the soldiers of Zedekiah who had accompanied the king in his flight to the plains of Jericho, left their retreats (Jeremiah 40:11, 12) and flocked around the governor; who having counselled them to submit, promised them on complying with this condition, security on oath that they would retain their possessions and enjoy the produce of their land (Jeremiah 40:9). ## 25.

The Lord would bring against it from afar a barbarous, hardhearted nation, which knew not pity. "From afar" is still further strengthened by the addition of the words, "from the end of the earth." The greater the distance off, the more terrible does the foe appear. He flies thence like an eagle, which plunges with violence upon its prey, and carries it off with its claws; and Israel does not understand its language, so as to be able to soften its barbarity, or come to any terms. A people "firm, hard of face," i.e., upon whom nothing makes an impression (vid., Isaiah 50:7 ), - a description of the audacity and shamelessness of its appearance ( Daniel 8:23 ; cf. Proverbs 7:13 ; Proverbs 21:29 ), which spares neither old men nor boys. This description no doubt applies to the Chaldeans, who are described as flying eagles in Habakkuk 1:6 ., Jeremiah 48:40 ; Jeremiah 49:22 ; Ezekiel 17:3 , Ezekiel 17:7 , as in the verses before us; but it applies to other enemies of Israel beside these, namely to the great imperial powers generally, the Assyrians, Chaldeans, and Romans, whom the Lord raised up as the executors of His curse upon His rebellious people. Isaiah therefore depicts the Assyrians in a similar manner, namely, as a people with an unintelligible language ( Deuteronomy 5:26 ; Deuteronomy 28:11 ; Deuteronomy 33:19 ), and describes the cruelty of the Medes in Deuteronomy 13:17-18 , with an unmistakeable allusion to Deuteronomy 28:50 of the present threat.

The Lord would bring against it from afar a barbarous, hardhearted nation, which knew not pity. "From afar" is still further strengthened by the addition of the words, "from the end of the earth." The greater the distance off, the more terrible does the foe appear. He flies thence like an eagle, which plunges with violence upon its prey, and carries it off with its claws; and Israel does not understand its language, so as to be able to soften its barbarity, or come to any terms. A people "firm, hard of face," i.e., upon whom nothing makes an impression (vid., Isaiah 50:7 ), - a description of the audacity and shamelessness of its appearance ( Daniel 8:23 ; cf. Proverbs 7:13 ; Proverbs 21:29 ), which spares neither old men nor boys. This description no doubt applies to the Chaldeans, who are described as flying eagles in Habakkuk 1:6 ., Jeremiah 48:40 ; Jeremiah 49:22 ; Ezekiel 17:3 , Ezekiel 17:7 , as in the verses before us; but it applies to other enemies of Israel beside these, namely to the great imperial powers generally, the Assyrians, Chaldeans, and Romans, whom the Lord raised up as the executors of His curse upon His rebellious people. Isaiah therefore depicts the Assyrians in a similar manner, namely, as a people with an unintelligible language ( Deuteronomy 5:26 ; Deuteronomy 28:11 ; Deuteronomy 33:19 ), and describes the cruelty of the Medes in Deuteronomy 13:17-18 , with an unmistakeable allusion to Deuteronomy 28:50 of the present threat.

[Bible] 44:29. And this shall be a sign to you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place: that you may know that my words shall be accomplished indeed against you for evil. 44:30. Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will deliver Pharao Nechao king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life: as I delivered Sedecias king of Juda into the land of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon his enemy, and that sought his life. Jeremias Chapter 45 The prophet comforts Baruch in his affliction. 45:1. The word that Jeremias the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Nerias, when he had written these words in a book, out of the mouth of Jeremias, in the fourth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, saying: 45:2. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel to thee, Baruch: 45:3. Thou hast said: Woe is me, wretch that I am, for the Lord hath added sorrow to my sorrow: I am wearied with my groans, and I find no rest. 45:4. Thus saith the Lord: Thus shalt thou say to him: Behold, them whom I have built, I do destroy: and them whom I have planted, I do pluck up, and all this land. 45:5. And dost thou seek great things for thyself? Seek not: for behold I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord! but I will give thee thy life, and save thee in all places whithersoever thou shalt go. Jeremias Chapter 46 A prophecy against Egypt. The Jews shall return from captivity. 46:1. The word of the Lord that came to Jeremias the prophet against the Gentiles, 46:2. Against Egypt, against the army of Pharao Nechao king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Charcamis, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon defeated, in the fourth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda. 46:3. Prepare ye the shield and buckler, and go forth to battle. 46:4. Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen: stand forth with helmets, furbish the spears, put on coats of mail.

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## negative particle no is to be understood; as 2 Samuel 15:27 , "The king said unto Zadok the priest (art not) thou a seer?" that is, thou dost perfectly see how things go; see Ezekiel 8:6; 1 Samuel 2:27; 1 Kings 16:31; Jeremiah 31:20 , and Jeremiah 23:23 . The interrogative, pwv, quomodo , how, sometimes absolutely denies; Exodus 6:12,30; Deuteronomy 7:17; Judges 16:15; Psalms 73:11 , and Psalms 137:4; Matthew 12:26,34; 23:33; Mr 4:13; Luke 6:42 ," Romans 10:14-15; 1 Corinthians 14:7,9,16; 1 Timothy 3:5; Hebrews 2:3 (&c.) Why, therefore, XXXX, is often put for prohibition; Genesis 27:45 , "Why should I be deprived of you both in one day?" that is, let me not be deprived of both: 1 Samuel 19:17 , "Why should I kill thee?" that is, let me not kill thee: see 2 Samuel 2:22; 2 Chronicles 25:16; Psalms 79:10; Ecclesiastes 5:5 , and Ecclesiastes 7:17- 18; Jeremiah 27:13,17 , and Jeremiah 40:15; Ezekiel 33:11; Daniel 1:10 . The use of interrogations is various, and almost serves every affection; ## 1. An interrogation, which denotes absurdity in a way of exploring it; as John 3:4 , "How can a man be born when he is old, can he enter a second time into his mother's womb?" as if he had said, this is absurd, and in my judgment cannot be; John 6:52 , "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" as if he had said, this is most absurd: see verse 60, and chap. xii. 34.

should be sent to Caesar in Italy," etc. The Latin Vulgate and the Arabic also read "he" instead of "we."] It occurs ## only in the following places: 1 Sa 18:25; Esther 8:3; 9:24,25; Isaiah 33:8; Jeremiah 49:20; 50:45; Lamentations 2:8; 2 Sa 14:14; Jeremiah 49:30; Genesis 1:20; Job 35:2; 2 Sa 14:13; Ezekiel 38:10; Jeremiah 18:8 Psalms 21:11; 140:2,4; Jeremiah 11:19; 48:2; Amos 6:5; Psalms 10:2; Isaiah 53:3, Jeremiah 26:3; Micah 2:3; Nahum 1:11; Jeremiah 18:11; Job 13:24; 41:27,29, Psalms 32:2; 35:5; Isaiah 10:7; Job 19:11; 33:10; Genesis 15:6; 38:15; 1 Sa 1:13; Psalms 52:2; Jeremiah 18:18; Zechariah 7:10; Job 6:26; 19:11; Isaiah 13:17; 1 Ki 10:21; Numbers 18:27,30; Psalms 88:4; Isaiah 40:17; Lamentations 4:2; Isaiah 40:17; Lamentations 4:2; Isaiah 40:15; Genesis 31:15. I have examined all the passages, and, as the result of my examination, have come to the conclusion, that there is not one in which the word is used in the sense of reckoning or imputing to a man that which does not strictly belong to him; or of charging on him that which ought not to be charged on him as a matter of personal right. The word is never used to denote imputing in the sense of transferring , or of charging that on one which does not properly belong to him. The same is the case in the New Testament. The word occurs about forty times, (see Schmidius' Concord .,)and in a similar significa