Jeremiah 45:17

. John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Jeremiah 45:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 45 This chapter contains a prophecy, delivered to Baruch for his personal use. The time of it is expressed, Jeremiah 45:1; a reproof is given him for his immoderate grief and sorrow, Jeremiah 45:2; the destruction of the land of Judea is prophesied of; and therefore it was wrong in him to seek great things for himself at such a time; however, he is assured of his own safety, Jeremiah 45:4. Ver. 1. The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah,....

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).

He calls Babylon "Sheshach," to imply that it was during this feast the city was taken [S CALIGER ]. 42. The sea —the host of Median invaders. The image (compare Jeremiah 47:2; Isaiah 8:7, 8) is appropriately taken from the Euphrates, which, overflowing in spring, is like a "sea" near Babylon (Jeremiah 51:13, 32, 36). 43. Her cities —the cities, her dependencies. So, "Jerusalem and the cities thereof" (Jeremiah 34:1). Or, the "cities" are the inner and outer cities, the two parts into which Babylon was divided by the Euphrates [G ROTIUS ]. 44. Bel … swallowed —in allusion to the many sacrifices to the idol which its priests pretended it swallowed at night; or rather, the precious gifts taken from other nations and offered to it (which it is said to have "swallowed"; compare "devoured," "swallowed," Jeremiah 51:34; Jeremiah 50:17), which it should have to disgorge (compare Jeremiah 51:13; Jeremiah 50:37). Of these gifts were the vessels of Jehovah's temple in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 36:7; Daniel 1:2). The restoration of these, as foretold here, is recorded in Ezra 1:7-11. flow —as a river; fitly depicting the influx of pilgrims of all "nations" to the idol. 45, 46. (See on Jeremiah 51:6). 46. And lest —Compare, for the same ellipsis, Genesis 3:22; Exodus 13:17; Deuteronomy 8:12. "And in order that your heart may not faint at the (first) rumor" (of war), I will give you some intimation of the time. In the first "year" there shall "come a rumor" that Cyrus is preparing for war against Babylon.

Verses 9-17. - The oblations of the people to the prince for the sanctuary. Verse 9. - In continuation of the foregoing thought, the princes of Israel first are reminded that whatever they should obtain from the people for the sanctuary was not to be extorted from them by violence and spoil (comp. Ezekiel 7:11, 23 ; Ezekiel 8:17 : Jeremiah 6:7 ; Jeremiah 20:8 ; Habakkuk 1:3 ) or by exactions - literally, expulsions, or drivings of persons out of their possessions, such as had been practiced on Naboth by Ahab ( 1 Kings 21 .) - but levied with judgment and justice , which, besides, should regulate their whole behavior towards their subjects (comp. 2 Samuel 8:15 ; Jeremiah 23:5 ; Jeremiah 32:25 ). Ezekiel 45:9

Anointing was in particular practised on festal occasions; and oil was accordingly a mark of joy ( Psalm 23:5 ; Psalm 45:7 ; Psalm 92:10 ; Isaiah 61:3 ; Ecclesiastes 9:8 ), while not to anoint oneself was a token of mourning ( 2 Samuel 14:2 ). but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph ] more lit., are not sick for the breach (or wound ) of Joseph . The words bring out the irony of their position: immersed themselves in a vortex of pleasure, they are unconcerned by the thought of the breach or wound in the body politic, i.e. the impending material ruin, the signs of which the prophet can only too clearly discern, though they are invisible to the self-satisfied political leaders of the nation. For the term breach (or wound ), applied to a nation, cf. Isaiah 30:26 ; Jeremiah 6:14 (“the breach of the daughter of my people”), Jeremiah 8:21 , Jeremiah 10:19 , Jeremiah 14:17 , Jeremiah 30:12 ; Jeremiah 30:15 ; Nahum 3:19 ; Lamentations 2:13 (A.V., R.V., often “hurt”).

Verse 13. - And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord. "Thence" means "from Jerusalem," which he entered and plundered, notwithstanding Jehoiachin's submission, so that not much was gained by the voluntary surrender. A beginning had been made of the carrying off the sacred vessels of the temple in Jehoiakim's third (fourth?) year ( Daniel 1:1 ), which was the first of Nebuchadnezzar. The plundering was now carried a step further; while the final complete sweep of all that remained came eleven years later, at the end of the reign of Zedekiah (see 2 Kings 25:13-17 ). And the treasures of the king's house (comp. 2 Kings 20:13 ). If the treasures which Hezekiah showed to the envoys of Merodach-Baladan were carried off by Sennacherib ( 2 Kings 18:15 ), still there had probably been fresh accumulations made during their long reigns by Manasseh and Josiah. And out in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon King of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord. (For an account of these vessels, see 1 Kings 7:45-50 .) They consisted in part of articles of furniture, like the altar of incense and the table of shrewbread, which were thickly covered with plates of gold; in part of vessels, etc., made wholly of the precious metal, as candlesticks, or rather candelabra, snuffers, tongs, basins, spoons, censers, and the like. As the Lord had said (comp. 2 Kings 20:17 ; Isaiah 39:6 ; Jeremiah 15:13 ; Jeremiah 17:3 ; Jeremiah 20:5 , etc.). 2 Kings 24:13

In dwelling upon the action of Pilate and the guilt of the Jews, the Apostle loses the direct grammatical construction; he emphasises the denial ( ἠρνήσασθε twice) and its baseness; but nothing in reality was more natural, more like St. Peter’s impetuosity.— κατὰ πρόσωπον , coram, cf. Luke 2:31 , 2 Corinthians 10:1 —the expression need not be explained as a Hebraism, it is found several times in Polybius; see Dalman, Die Worte Jesu , p. 23. In the LXX it is frequent in various senses, and sometimes simply in the sense of before, in the presence of, a person, 1 Samuel 17:8 , 1 Kings 1:23 , 1 Chronicles 17:25 , Sir 45:3 , Jeremiah 52:12 ; Jeremiah 52:33 , Jdt 10:23 ; Jdt 11:5 , etc. Rendall takes the words as usually denoting open encounter with an opposite party face to face, cf.

## [ ← 34 ] Psalms 73:22; Proverbs 30:2 ## [ ← 35 ] Romans 6:16; 1 Corinthians 3:16 ## [ ← 36 ] 1Thes 4.4; Galatians 5:22-23; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ## [ ← 37 ] “Where is the word of the Lord?” Jeremiah 17:15 Vulgate ## [ ← 38 ] Psalms 1:2; 119.97 ## [ ← 39 ] Psalms 108:1; 119.20; 139.17-18 ## [ ← 40 ] Psalms 119:30; Hebrews 12:2 ## [ ← 41 ] Rom, 7.22; Psalms 109:4; Isaiah 58:10 ## [ ← 42 ] To open like a cask so that it spills its contents. ## [ ← 43 ] 2 Samuel 12:3 ## [ ← 44 ] Romans 1:25; Matthew 10:37; Proverbs 18:11; Jeremiah 17:5 ## [ ← 45 ] Ephesians 3:17; Revelation 12:1 ## [ ← 46 ] Psalms 34:2; Lamentations 3:24 ## [ ← 47 ] 1 Chronicles 22:19; 2 Chronicles 15:15 ## [ ← 48 ] Matthew 6:33; Psalms 27:4 ## [ ← 49 ] “So much for Plato’s pride!” ## [ ← 50 ] Song of Solomon 1:3; Psalms 54:8 ## [ ← 51 ] Galatians 6:14; Song of Solomon 2:16 ## [ ← 52 ] Alleine is referring the kingdom of Britain, and to India, its prize possession at the time. ## [ ← 53 ] John Lambert died with these words on his lips. He was a Protestant martyr burnt at the stake in 1538 in London. ## [ ← 54 ] Acts 2:37; 16.30 ## [ ← 55 ] Psalms 119:112, 128, 137-138 ## [ ← 56 ] For here and now. ## [ ← 57 ] Psalms 119:86, 160, 162-163 ## [ ← 58 ] Psalms 119:124-125, 169; 25.4-5 ## [ ← 59 ] Psalms 119:18-19, 27, 33, 64, 66, 68, 78, 108, 124 ## [ ← 60 ] Psalms 17:3; 119.50 ## [ ← 61 ] 1 John 5:3; Psalms 119:60, 72 ## [ ← 62 ] Psalms 40:8; Jeremiah 31:33 ## [ ← 63 ] Psalms 119:32, 45; James 1:25 ## [ ← 64 ] 1 Samuel 10:26. ## [ ← 65 ] Psalms 119:159, 163, 167 ## [ ← 66 ]

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