Jeremiah 8:25

In Jeremiah 52:12 it is the tenth day of the month; which, how to be reconciled, See Gill on "Jeremiah 52:12" which is the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar; who, according to Ptolemy's canon, reigned forty three years; Metasthenes {u} says forty five; and from hence, to the end of 2 Kings 25:12 facts are related as in Jeremiah 52:12 whither the reader is referred. {u} De Judicio Temp. & Annal. Pers. fol. 221. 2. 2 Kings 25:9 Ver. 9. See Gill on "2 Kings 25:8" 2 Kings 25:10 Ver. 10. See Gill on "2 Kings 25:8" 2 Kings 25:11 Ver. 11. See Gill on "2 Kings 25:8" 2 Kings 25:12 Ver. 12. See Gill on "2 Kings 25:8" 2 Kings 25:13 Ver. 13-17. And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord,.... The two pillars in the temple, Jachin and Boaz. Benjamin of Tudela says {w}, that in the church of St. Stephen in Rome these pillars now are with the name of Solomon engraved on each; and the Jews at Rome told him, when there, (in the twelfth century,) that on the ninth of Ab (the day the temple was destroyed) every year sweat was found upon them like water; the one, I suppose, will equally be believed as the other, since it is here expressly said that the Chaldeans broke them in pieces.

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 ).

The sense of the expression, over whom my name was called , appears clearly from 2 Samuel 12:28 , where Joab, while besieging Rabbah of the Ammonites, invites David to come and take it himself “lest I (emph.) take the city, and my name be called over it ,” i.e. lest I get the credit of having captured it, and it be counted as my conquest. The phrase expresses thus the fact of ownership —whether acquired by actual conquest or otherwise (cf. Isaiah 4:1 ). It is used especially of the people of Israel, Jerusalem, or the temple, as owned by Jehovah: see Deuteronomy 28:10 ; Jeremiah 7:10-11 ; Jeremiah 7:14 ; Jeremiah 7:30 ; Jeremiah 14:9 ; Jeremiah 15:16 (of Jeremiah himself), Jeremiah 25:29 , Jeremiah 32:34 , Jeremiah 34:15 ; 1 Kings 8:43 (= 2 Chronicles 6:33 ); Isaiah 63:19 ; 2 Chronicles 7:14 ; Daniel 9:18-19 ; and the newly-recovered Hebrew text of Sir 47:18 . In A.V., R.V., the phrase is often, unfortunately, represented by the obscure paraphrase, “called by my name”; but the literal rendering, which is both clearer and more forcible than the paraphrase, is sometimes added in the margin of R.V. (e.g. 1 Kings 8:43 ). that doeth this ] An epithet confirmatory of the preceding promise; cf. Jeremiah 33:2 . Amos 9:11-12 stands in the LXX. (cod.

(23) The captains of the armies. —Rather, the army captains; or, the captains of the forces. They and their men had fled with the king, and dispersed themselves over the country ( Jeremiah 40:7 ). Now they came out of hiding. Their men.—The Hebrew text has the men, but all the versions, and Jeremiah 40:7, read rightly, their men. Mizpah.—See 1Kings 15:22. It was well suited to be the governor’s residence, as it lay high, and was a naturally strong position. Moreover, it was the seat of an ancient sanctuary (Judges 20:1), which might serve in some sort as a substitute for the destroyed Temple of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 41:5). Ishmael.—Grandson of Elishama the royal secretary (2Kings 25:25; Jeremiah 36:12; Jeremiah 36:20), and of royal blood (Jeremiah 41:1). Johanan the son of Careah.—Jeremiah 40:8, “and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Careah.” The Netophathite.—The words, “and the sons of Ophai,” have fallen out before this epithet (Jeremiah 40:8), and probably the names of these sons of Ophai in both passages. Netophah is mentioned in Ezra 2:22; Nehemiah 7:26. It may be Beit Nettif south-west of Jerusalem. The son of a (the) Maachathite.—His father was an alien, and belonged to the Syrian state of Maachah (2Samuel 10:6; 2Samuel 10:8).

5 . will leave thee thrown] I will throw thee down upon. brought together ] does not differ from “gathered,” meaning “buried,” cf. Jeremiah 8:2 ; Jeremiah 16:4 ; Jeremiah 25:33 . The great dragon’s carcase shall be flung upon the fields, which means death to the water monster; and the fowls and beasts shall feed on it. It is not necessary to allegorize the fowls and beasts, they belong to the figure of the carcase, ch. Ezekiel 39:17 seq .; Isaiah 18:6 ; Jeremiah 7:33 ; Jeremiah 34:20 . Ezekiel 29:5

Verse 8. - It is in some sense as though the work of purification, atoning, penitence, must precede that of practical repentance, of repairing , restoring, rebuilding. The original, however, does not warrant the laying of any stress on the when, found again in the Authorized Version. Shaphau. In the parallel ( 2 Kings 22:3 ) Shaphan is designated "the scribe." His descendants, to the second generation, at all events, did him honor ( Jeremiah 26:24 ; Jeremiah 29:3 ; Jeremiah 36:10, 12, 25 ; Ezekiel 8:11 ; see also 2 Kings 25:22 ). The names of Masseiah ( Jeremiah 35:4 ) and Joah ( 2 Kings 18:18 ) are known, but not marking the present persons. 2 Chronicles 34:8

He mentions "the throne of David, " lest they should think that, because David's kingdom was to be perpetual, no severe, though temporary, chastisements could interpose (Psalms 89:29-36). 17. vile figs — Hebrew, "horrible," or nauseous, from a root, "to regard with loathing" (see Jeremiah 24:8, 10). 18. removed to all … kingdoms —(Jeremiah 15:4; Deuteronomy 28:25). curse, &c.—(Jeremiah 29:6; 18:16; 19:8). 21. Zedekiah —brother of Zephaniah (Jeremiah 29:25), both being sons of Maaseiah; probably of the same family as the false prophet under Ahab in Israel (1 Kings 22:11, 24). 22. shall be taken … a curse —that is, a formula of imprecation. Lord make thee like Zedekiah —(Compare Genesis 48:20; Isaiah 65:15). roasted in the fire —a Chaldean punishment (Daniel 3:6). 23. villainy —literally, "sinful folly" (Isaiah 32:6). 24-32. A second communication which Jeremiah sent to Babylon, after the messenger who carried his first letter had brought a letter from the false prophet Shemaiah to Zephaniah, &c., condemning Jeremiah and reproving the authorities for not having apprehended him. Nehelamite —a name derived either from his father or from a place: alluding at the same time to the Hebrew meaning, "a dreamer" (compare Jeremiah 29:8). 25. in thy name —without sanction of "the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel," which words stand in antithesis to "thy name" (John 5:43). Zephaniah —the second priest, or substitute ( Sagan ) of the high priest.

Matthew 11:23 ], every one that passeth by it shall be astonished . [ שָׁמֵם primarily means to be dumb with astonishment, Gesen., Thessalonians 3. p. 1435] and shall hiss [ שָׁרַק , like "hiss," is an onomatopoetic word. It does not denote the hissing of terror (Bahr) but of derision; cf. Jeremiah 19:8 ; Jeremiah 49:17 ; Job 27:23 ; Lamentations 2:15, 16 . Rawlinson aptly remarks, as bearing on the authorship of the Kings, that this is a familiar word in Jeremiah (see 1 Kings 18:16 ; 25:9; 29:18; 50:13; 51:37, in addition to the passages cited above), and that the other prophets rarely use it. The fact that much of this charge is in Jeremiah's style, confirms the view taken above (note on ver. 4), that the ipsissima verba of the dream are not preserved to us. The author indeed could hardly do more than preserve its leading ideas, which he would naturally present in his own dress]; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land and to this house? [Similar words Deuteronomy 29:24, 25 ; Jeremiah 22:8 .] 1 Kings 9:8

But his empire was of no long duration, for it ended in his grandson Belshazzar, not seventy years after the delivery of this prophecy, nor above twenty-three years after the death of Nebuchadnezzar; which may be the reason why Daniel speaks of him as the only king, the rest being to be considered as nothing; nor do we read of any thing good or great performed by them. — Bishop Newton: see notes on Jeremiah 25:9 ; Jeremiah 25:11 ; Jeremiah 25:15-26 ; Jeremiah 27:6-8 . And wheresoever the children of men dwell, hath he made thee ruler over them all — The great monarchies assumed to themselves the title of being lords of the world; see Daniel 6:25 ; Daniel 8:5 ; so the word οικουμενη , the world, commonly signifies the Roman empire, in the New Testament. Thou art this head of gold — Thou and thy family and thy representatives. The Babylonian therefore was the first of these kingdoms, and it was fitly represented by the head of fine gold, on account of its great riches, and the splendour and glory of its capital city, Babylon, which for the same reason was called the golden city, Isaiah 14:4 , a golden cup, Jeremiah 51:7 , and the lady of kingdoms, Isaiah 47:5 ; Isaiah 47:7 , where see the notes.