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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Jeremiah
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 357,402 words · 646 reading sections
Jeremiah 38:9
Jeremiah 38:9 Ver. 9. My lord the king,.... He addresses him as a courtier, with great reverence and submission, and yet with great boldness: these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet; meaning the princes, who might be present, and whom he pointed at, and mentioned by name; which sho…
448 wordsSECTION 482Jeremiah 38:10
Jeremiah 38:10 Ver. 10. Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian,.... Being affected with the case of the prophet; and repenting of the leave he had given the princes to do with him as they pleased, gave orders as follows: saying, take from hence thirty men with thee; from the place where the king was, the ga…
312 wordsSECTION 483Jeremiah 38:11
Jeremiah 38:11 Ver. 11. So Ebedmelech took the men with him,.... The thirty men, as the king ordered: as soon as ever he had got the grant, he immediately set about the work, and lost no time to save the prophet's life: and went unto the house of the king under the treasury; from the gate of Benjamin he went to the k…
201 wordsSECTION 484Jeremiah 38:12
Jeremiah 38:12 Ver. 12. And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah,.... Being come to the dungeon, and at the mouth of it, he addressed him in a very humane and friendly manner, and directed him how to make use of the rags he let down for his ease and benefit: put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under …
192 wordsSECTION 485Jeremiah 38:13
Jeremiah 38:13 Ver. 13. So they drew up Jeremiah with cords,.... The men that were with Ebedmelech, as many as were necessary; he overlooking, directing, and encouraging: and he took him out of the dungeon; alive, according to the king's orders and design, and in spite of the prophet's enemies: the thing succeeded ac…
176 wordsSECTION 486Jeremiah 38:14
Jeremiah 38:14 Ver. 14. Then Zedekiah the king sent and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him,.... When the prophet was taken out of the dungeon, and brought to the court of the prison, of which the king had knowledge, he sent some person or persons to bring him to him, to have some private conversation with him: into t…
300 wordsSECTION 487Jeremiah 38:15
Jeremiah 38:15 Ver. 15. Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah,.... Here follows the prophets answer, in which he tacitly desires to be excused saying any thing upon this head, since it might be attended with danger to himself, and be of no service to the king; and therefore prudently thought fit to come into some agreement…
3,254 wordsSECTION 488Jeremiah 39:1
Jeremiah 39:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 39 This chapter gives an account of the taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, according to the several prophecies of Jeremiah concerning it. The time of taking it, and by whom, after a siege of eighteen months, Jer 39:1; several things relating to King Zedekiah; his flight; the …
444 wordsSECTION 489Jeremiah 39:2
Jeremiah 39:2 Ver. 2. [And] in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month,.... The month Tammuz, which answers to part of June, and part of July: the ninth [day] of the month, the city was broken up; or taken by storm; the walls of it were broken by engines and battering rams, so that the Chaldeans could ente…
94 wordsSECTION 490Jeremiah 39:3
Jeremiah 39:3 Ver. 3. And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in,.... Into the city: a breach being made in the walls to take possession of it: and sat in the middle gate; according to Jarchi, this was a gate of the temple; the gate Nicanor, the eastern gate, which was between the gate of the court of the wom…
525 wordsSECTION 491Jeremiah 39:4
Jeremiah 39:4 Ver. 4. And it came to pass, [that] when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war,.... That is, when Zedekiah and his soldiers saw the princes and generals of the Chaldean army enter the city through a breach made in the wall, and take possession of the middle gate; which they might se…
359 wordsSECTION 492Jeremiah 39:5
Jeremiah 39:5 Ver. 5. But the Chaldean army pursued after them,.... Being informed of the flight of them, by those who surrendered to them, as Josephus says; or not finding the king, his family, nobles, and guards, at the palace, where they expected them; and, knowing which way they must take, pursued after them; not …
383 wordsSECTION 493Jeremiah 39:6
Jeremiah 39:6 Ver. 6. Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes,.... Not with his own hands, but gave orders to do it: these must be very young, at least some of them; since Zedekiah at this time was but thirty two years of age. This must be a dreadful spectacle for him to behold; an…
173 wordsSECTION 494Jeremiah 39:7
Jeremiah 39:7 Ver. 7. Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes,.... By what means is not certain; however, hereby the prophecy of Jeremiah was fulfilled, that his eyes should see the king of Babylon, as they did, before they were put out, and that he should not die by the sword, Jer 34:3; and also the prophecy of Ezekiel, …
157 wordsSECTION 495Jeremiah 39:8
Jeremiah 39:8 Ver. 8. And the Chaldeans burnt the king's house,.... His palace: this was a month after the city was taken, as appears from Jer 52:12; and the houses of the people, with fire; the houses of the common people, as distinct from the king's house, and the houses of the great men, Jer 52:13; though Jarchi i…
178 wordsSECTION 496Jeremiah 39:9
Jeremiah 39:9 Ver. 9. Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard,.... The Targum is, "the captain of those that kill;'' of the soldiers, of the militia. Some render it, the captain of the "cooks"; others, of the "butchers" {l}; but no doubt it was a military office he bore; he was captain of the forces that were left…
193 wordsSECTION 497Jeremiah 39:10
Jeremiah 39:10 Ver. 10. But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah,.... Because they would have been of no service to the Chaldeans, but a burden to them; and because they had nothing to fear from them; they had no arms to rebel against them, nor mo…
245 wordsSECTION 498Jeremiah 39:11
Jeremiah 39:11 Ver. 11. Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard,.... Of whom he had heard, by one or another of his generals or officers; who had been informed, by those Jews that deserted to them, that Jeremiah had prophesied of the taking of the city…
143 wordsSECTION 499Jeremiah 39:12
Jeremiah 39:12 Ver. 12. Take him, and look well to him,.... Take him out of prison; take him under your immediate care; receive him kindly, and use him humanely; provide everything necessary for him, and let him not want for anything: or, "set thine eyes upon him" {m} look pleasantly at him, and let him be always unde…
166 wordsSECTION 500Jeremiah 39:13
Jeremiah 39:13 Ver. 13. So Nebuzaradan captain of the guard sent,.... When he was come to Jerusalem, one of the first things he did was, he sent a messenger or messengers to the court of the prison where Jeremiah was, to bring him from thence; and this he did not alone, but with the rest of the princes, who had the sa…
1,254 wordsSECTION 501Jeremiah 40:1
Jeremiah 40:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 40 This chapter treats of the release of Jeremiah, and the care taken of him; of the gathering of the princes and people of the Jews to Gedaliah, appointed their governor, dispersed about Judea, and other countries; and of a conspiracy against him, of which information was given…
586 wordsSECTION 502Jeremiah 40:2
Jeremiah 40:2 Ver. 2. And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah,.... When he mustered his prisoners, to his great surprise he found the prophet among them, whom he took out from them, and set him free; though, before he dismissed him, he had the following conversation with him: and said unto him, the Lord thy God ha…
169 wordsSECTION 503Jeremiah 40:3
Jeremiah 40:3 Ver. 3. Now the Lord hath brought [it], and done according as he hath said,.... As he purposed, so it came to pass; as he foretold by his prophet, so it was brought about by his providence. This Heathen captain acknowledges the hand of the Lord in all this; and suggests, that his master, the king of Baby…
243 wordsSECTION 504Jeremiah 40:4
Jeremiah 40:4 Ver. 4. And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which [were] upon thine hands,.... Or rather are; for, when he said these words, it is highly probable they were on him, though now ordered to be taken off; these were not what were put upon him by the Jews, when in the court of the prison; f…
347 wordsSECTION 505Jeremiah 40:5
Jeremiah 40:5 Ver. 5. Now while he was not yet gone back, [he said], go back also to Gedaliah,.... These words, by different versions, are made difficult to be understood, both, whose words they are, and of whom they are spoken. Jarchi makes them to be words of God, and the sense this, "and by all this he (Jeremiah) …
463 wordsSECTION 506Jeremiah 40:6
Jeremiah 40:6 Ver. 6. Then went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah,.... A city in the tribe of Benjamin, not far from Ramathon; which, as Josephus says, was about five miles from Jerusalem. Jeremiah took the captain's advice, though it might have been better with him had he gone along with him to Babylon…
120 wordsSECTION 507Jeremiah 40:7
Jeremiah 40:7 Ver. 7. Now when all the captains of the forces which [were] in the fields,.... Not the captains of the king of Babylon's forces, but the captains of the king of Judah's forces; who either during the siege had lurked in the fields and villages, not daring to fall upon the Chaldean army, or attempt to rai…
255 wordsSECTION 508Jeremiah 40:8
Jeremiah 40:8 Ver. 8. Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,.... Having heard that the Chaldean army was gone, and so were in no fear of that; and also that Gedaliah was made deputy governor, one of their own nation, a pious, prudent, good man, a man of ingenuity, mildness, and integrity; under whose government they mi…
227 wordsSECTION 509Jeremiah 40:9
Jeremiah 40:9 Ver. 9. And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan aware unto them and to their men,.... They might express their fears, that should they continue with Gedaliah, as they were inclined to do, could they be safe; that seeing they had encouraged Zedekiah to hold out the siege to the last against the …
231 wordsSECTION 510Jeremiah 40:10
Jeremiah 40:10 Ver. 10. As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans that come unto us,.... Here he urges his own example, as before their welfare, to engage them to dwell in the land, and serve the Chaldeans; this was what he had determined to do, and had fixed upon Mizpah, a frontier town, and i…
427 wordsSECTION 511Jeremiah 40:11
Jeremiah 40:11 Ver. 11. Likewise, when all the Jews that [were] in Moab,.... Who had fled thither, and to the places after mentioned, when the king of Babylon first invaded the land, and where they had continued unto this time: and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that [were] in all the countries; in all other n…
214 wordsSECTION 512Jeremiah 40:12
Jeremiah 40:12 Ver. 12. Even all the Jews returned from all places whither they were driven,.... Through fear of the Chaldean army; they came all of them from the several countries before mentioned; so that here was like to be a happy settlement and a flourishing commonwealth again; here being princes and generals, so…
236 wordsSECTION 513Jeremiah 40:13
Jeremiah 40:13 Ver. 13. Moreover, Johanan the son of Kareah,.... Who seems to be the principal captain next to Ishmael, against whom an information is brought, and so not present; this captain is here only mentioned by name, and before next to Ishmael: and all the captains of the forces that [were] in the fields; or …
1,105 wordsSECTION 514Jeremiah 41:1
Jeremiah 41:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 41 This chapter relates the event of the conspiracy against Gedaliah Johanan and the princes had informed him of, to which he gave no credit; but it proved true. An account is given of the murder of Gedaliah, and of the Jews and Chaldeans with him; and of the perpetrators of it,…
779 wordsSECTION 515Jeremiah 41:2
Jeremiah 41:2 Ver. 2. Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him,.... After they had eat and drank well, they rose up from their seats at table: and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him; they all drew their swords and thrust at him, and were…
201 wordsSECTION 516Jeremiah 41:3
Jeremiah 41:3 Ver. 3. Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, [even] with Gedaliah, at Mizpah,.... Not only those that were at table, but that were in the city also. Josephus {f} says, that having slain those that were at the feast with him, he went out in the night, and slew all the Jews in the city, and t…
222 wordsSECTION 517Jeremiah 41:4
Jeremiah 41:4 Ver. 4. And it came to pass, the second day after he had slain Gedaliah,.... That is, the day following, for it was in the night, as Josephus relates, as before observed, the murder was committed: and no man knew [it]; not any out of the city, or in remote parts; for those that were in the city must be …
106 wordsSECTION 518Jeremiah 41:5
Jeremiah 41:5 Ver. 5. That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria,.... Places in the ten tribes, and which belonged to the kingdom of Israel; so that it seems even at this distance of time, though the body of the ten tribes had been many years ago carried captive, yet there were still some reli…
370 wordsSECTION 519Jeremiah 41:6
Jeremiah 41:6 Ver. 6. And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth to Mizpah to meet them,.... Hearing there was such a number of men upon the road to Jerusalem, in such a habit, and upon such a design, he thought it advisable to go out and meet them, and stop them, and decoy them into the city, and there destroy them;…
258 wordsSECTION 520Jeremiah 41:7
Jeremiah 41:7 Ver. 7. And it was [so], when they came into the midst of the city,.... Where Gedaliah's house was, to which he invited them; and as they went in, he shut up the court, as Josephus {h} says, and slew them, as it here follows: that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, [and cast them] into the midst of…
132 wordsSECTION 521Jeremiah 41:8
Jeremiah 41:8 Ver. 8. But ten men were found among them, that said unto Ishmael, slay us not,.... They begged for their lives, using what follows as an argument to prevail upon him: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey; not that they had then a stock upon the ground at…
247 wordsSECTION 522Jeremiah 41:9
Jeremiah 41:9 Ver. 9. Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies,.... Not only of those seventy men of Samaria, &c. but of the men whom he had slain because of Gedaliah; because of their attachment to him: or, "by the hand of Gedaliah" {k}; not by him, as an instrument; unless, as Jarchi observes, becau…
334 wordsSECTION 523Jeremiah 41:10
Jeremiah 41:10 Ver. 10. Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that [were] in Mizpah,.... All that were not slain by him, that remained after the slaughter he had made, chiefly the unarmed people; they being men of war who fell by his sword: [even] the king's daughters; whether they were the …
331 wordsSECTION 524Jeremiah 41:11
Jeremiah 41:11 Ver. 11. But when Johanan the son of Kareah,.... The same that is mentioned Jer 40:8; and who had informed Gedaliah of Ishmael's designs against him, but he would not believe him: and all the captains of the forces that [were] with him; his brother Jonathan, Seraiah, the sons of Ephai, and Jezaniah, Je…
149 wordsSECTION 525Jeremiah 41:12
Jeremiah 41:12 Ver. 12. Then they took all the men,.... All the soldiers that were under their command; this they did at once, believing the report to be true, as they had reason to do; since they knew of Ishmael's designs, and had given notice and warning of them to Gedaliah, though he would not listen to them: and …
244 wordsSECTION 526Jeremiah 41:13
Jeremiah 41:13 Ver. 13. Now it came to pass, [that], when all the people which [were] with Ishmael,.... That is, those which he had brought captives from Mizpah; not those that came with him thither: saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that [were] with him, they were glad; looking upon t…
78 wordsSECTION 527Jeremiah 41:14
Jeremiah 41:14 Ver. 14. So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about,.... Or turned about, and wheeled off from Ishmael, and deserted him at once; not at all regarding his authority, nor fearing his menaces or his power; being in sight of the captains and their forces, they were deter…
984 wordsSECTION 528Jeremiah 42:1
Jeremiah 42:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH CAHPTER 42 This chapter contains a request of the Jews to Jeremiah, to pray to the Lord for them to direct them, and the Lord's answer to it. The request is made by the captains and all the people, Jer 42:1; which Jeremiah undertook to present to the Lord, Jer 42:4; they promisi…
425 wordsSECTION 529Jeremiah 42:2
Jeremiah 42:2 Ver. 2. And said unto Jeremiah the prophet,.... That is, some one of them, as the mouth of the whole body, very probably Johanan: let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee; they treat the prophet with great respect, and are very humble and submissive, as if they were very hearty and…
307 wordsSECTION 530Jeremiah 42:3
Jeremiah 42:3 Ver. 3. That the Lord thy God may show us the way wherein we may walk,.... Not the way of their duty as to religious worship, or their moral conversation, which was the way of God's commandments, and had been shown them, and they knew it; but which way they should steer their course for their safety; the…
137 wordsSECTION 531Jeremiah 42:4
Jeremiah 42:4 Ver. 4. Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard [you],.... He took notice of what they said to him, and found himself disposed to comply with their request, and readily granted it: behold, I will pray unto the Lord your God, according to your words; be an intercessor for them; use his int…
201 wordsSECTION 532Jeremiah 42:5
Jeremiah 42:5 Ver. 5. Then they said to Jeremiah, the Lord be a true and faithful witness between us,.... Which is the form of an oath; a solemn appeal to God, as a witness to what they were about to say, and to the sincerity of their hearts in it; who is true to his word, and faithful to his promises and threatenings…
174 wordsSECTION 533Jeremiah 42:6
Jeremiah 42:6 Ver. 6. Whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil,.... Not morally good, or evil; for nothing but what is good, and not evil, in this sense, can come from God; but whether pleasantly or profitably good or evil; whether agreeable or disagreeable, pleasing or displeasing, advantageous or not; whether i…
217 wordsSECTION 534Jeremiah 42:7
Jeremiah 42:7 Ver. 7. And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah. Abarbinel thinks it was on the tenth day of the seventh month, the day of atonement, that the answer was returned; but it is clear, from the context, that it was ten days from the time the Jews applied to the prophe…
185 wordsSECTION 535Jeremiah 42:8
Jeremiah 42:8 Ver. 8. Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah,.... That is, Jeremiah, as soon as he had received the answer from the Lord, called to Johanan; who, after the death of Gedaliah, was a person of the greatest authority, and had the command of the people, to come unto him, and hear what it was: he either c…
146 wordsSECTION 536Jeremiah 42:9
Jeremiah 42:9 Ver. 9. And said unto them, thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel,.... That had chosen Israel; had a favour for that people, and bestowed many blessings on them, and continued in a covenant relation to them; and therefore what he said should be regarded by them. This preface is made by the prophet, to s…
208 wordsSECTION 537Jeremiah 42:10
Jeremiah 42:10 Ver. 10. If ye will still abide in this land,.... In the land of Judea, their native country, where they had always lived, and where they continued when their brethren were carried captive; and yet they thought of going out of it, which the Lord knew; and therefore to encourage them to abide in it, and …
195 wordsSECTION 538Jeremiah 42:11
Jeremiah 42:11 Ver. 11. Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid,.... Lest he should revenge the death of Gedaliah upon them, which was a groundless fear; see Jer 41:18; or that they should be dealt hardly with by him, and be cruelly oppressed, and not able to live in subjection to him; see Jer 40:9…
158 wordsSECTION 539Jeremiah 42:12
Jeremiah 42:12 Ver. 12. And I will show mercies unto you,.... Bestow blessings of goodness upon them, out of pure mercy and compassion to them, and not according to their merits; or I will cause others to show mercy to them, even the king of Babylon, as follows: God shows mercy to men when he stirs up the compassion o…
247 wordsSECTION 540Jeremiah 42:13
Jeremiah 42:13 Ver. 13. But if ye say, we will not dwell in this land,.... Or continue any longer in it, but go into Egypt:, neither obey the voice of the Lord your God; or, "so as not to hearken to" or "obey", &c. {u}; for they did not say in so many words that they would not obey the voice of the Lord; they had pro…
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