e Ir ſpeaketh nothing but the impotency, and Paſſion, and des. bauchery of humane nature, to ſwell againſt any Revelations of
the Divine Will, the Counſels of the Lord ſhall ſtand, and Men on= ly further entangle themſelves by ſtruglng in the Lord's Net, Jee loiakim burns one Roll, God will have the ſame thing wrote 1n a-
here both what was the matter of Feremabs nother;, f We learn here wy arrrag
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x It appeareth by Yr: 14. that this Jehud; was a Meſſenger com«.
either the king nor any of his ſervants that heard all ,,
muſt be greatly affiſtant to Feremish in writing this Roll, all the .
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XXXVII.
Prophecy, and the that the King of Babylon, ſhould come, - Country waſte, which as-to Jeho/akim's part, ears after this, more fully in 18 Years, bur corrupt indure nothing that ſhall make their Lives vneafie., 30 Therefore thus ſaith the LORD of Jehoiakim the king of Judah,He ſhal have none to ſit upon the throne "of David f, and his dead body ſhall be * caſt our in the TChap:22. - Ah : : he froſt 29. day to the heat, and in the night to the Irolt g. f That is, none that ſhall be King any conſiderable time, Feconiah, - or Jehoiachin his ſon'was ſent up, but kept bis Throne bur three Months, 2 Kings 24. 8, 9, 10. g Weno where read of the time, or manner of this King's Death, but that he had an 1gnominious Burial, Chap. 22. 19. like the Burial ofan 4s; none accompany-
ing his Corps, none mourning for him, and it appears from this ext, that wherever he dyed, his body lay for a time unburied.
- 3x AndI will f puniſh him, and his ſeed, and his
+ Heb.vieſervants, For their iniquity,and I will bring upon them, f# wen, and upon the inhabitants of Jeruſalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced a- gainſt them, but they hearkened not 5. h As to the People God threatnerh, they ſhould f:el, what they * were not willing to hear, even all the evil which God by his Pro- phet had pronounced againſt them. ; -" 22 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch, the ſcribe, the ſon of Neriah,who wrote there- in from the month of Jeremiah all the words of the book, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah, had burnt in the fire, and chere were added belides unto them many Þ like words 5. 5 Wicked Men get nothing by oppoſing themſelves to the reveal- ed Will of God, how. ungrateful ſcever it be to them, bur the addit1- -on of guilt to their Souls, and. the increaſe of Divine Wrath,God's Counſels hel] ſtand, and what he ſpeaks ſhall moſt certainly be ac- - compliſhed. Here is another Roll written with additional Threat- nings confirmative of what God had- before ſaid. | | CH AP, XXXVII.
D The Egyptians raiſe the Siege of the. Chaldeans : And King Zedekiah ſend- F, i . eth ro Jeremiah, to pray and enquire of the Lord for them, 1——5: He
. F Heb. as Thy
2 propbeſieth the Chaldeans Return and Viftory, 6—10. He is apprehen- "by ded-for a Fugitive, beaten, and put into Priſon, 11——=15. He aſſureth Zedekrah of the Captivity ; and, intreating for Liberty, obraineth ſome Favour, 16——2T.
F ; A ND king Zedekiah the ſon of Joſiah «, reigned - in ſtead of Coniah b the fon of Jehojakim, whom + * _ - Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the & land of Judahc. | *Y s The Hiſtory of this Succeſſion we have, 2 Kings 24, 17. 2 =. - Chrone 36; 10, Zedekiah's Name was Mattaniah, the King of Babylon = Changed his Name to Zedekiah. b He reigned in ſtead of Fehojachin, BY the ſon of Jehojak:m who reigned but three months, 2 Kings 24,8. we.” his Name'was Jeconiah, 1 Chron: 3.16. and and in deriſion or con-
tempt, is here called Coniah. c The king of Babylon made this Ze- Aekiah King, who is here called the Son of Foſiab, and 2 Kings 24. 27. Jehoiakims Father's Brether, to diſtinguiſh him from another Ze- dekiah Son of Jehoiakim, as appears from 1 Chron 3. 16. 2 But neither he, nor his ſervants, nor the people F Heb: by of the land, did hearken to the words of the LORD
P _— - f which he ſpake by + the Prophet Jeremiah d.
d This Zedekiah was little better than Jehoiakim, he ſeemeth by his Story to be of a little betrer Temper, not ſo cru?), and bloody; but he no more regarded God's Word by his Prophet thanJehoachm had done.
3 And Zedekiah the king ſent Jehucal, the ſon of Shelemiah, and * Zephaniah the ſon of Maaſeiah the- prieſt, to the prophet Jeremiah, ſaying, Pray now un- to the LORD our God for us e.
e This wasapparently in the time of the Siege 3 for wer: 5. we read of Phargoh's Army being come to relieve the beſieged, whether
- 1t was before the Babylonians. were departed, or no, 1s uncertain ;
but ir is plain, fif they were departed, the king was afraid they would come back again, That which is moſt obſerveable for us from hence, is this, That wicked mea of all ranks are deſireous of the prayers of thoſe Miniſters in their Diſtreſſes, whoſe Counſels and Admonitions they never regard, while they are ina time of
Proſperity; which is an evidence of their ating contrary to the
convictions of their Conſciences,in obedience to their Luſts, in their
contempr of their inſtru&ions and admonitions, When affliction
hath cooled their Luſts, then their Conſciences can be heard in di-
| | Rating their duty to ther. . 4 Now Jeremiah came in, and went out amongſlt the
people, for they had not put him into priſon f.
f We ſtallread afterward, wer: 15. that he was impriſoned; and we have heard, chap; 32. of two Revelations he had while he was 1n priſon, but as yet he walked at liberty.
|. 5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of E- * Chap: 8Y Pt, and * when the Chaldeans thar belieged Jeruſa- 34-21: Jem, heard tidings of them, they departed from Jeru-