e It ſpeaketh nothing but the Impotency, and Paſhon, and de- bauchery of humane Nature, - to ſwell againſt any Revelations of the Divine Will. The Countels of the Lord ſtall ſtand, and Men only further entangle themſelves by fſtrugling in the Lord's Net. Tehoitkim burns one Roll, God will have the ſame thing wrote in another, f We learn here both what was the matter of Feremiah's Prophecy, and rhe caule of the king's anger ; he had propheft'd that the Ring of Babylon ſhould come, take Feruſalem, and lay the Country waſte, which as to Jehotakims part was fulfilled within fix years after this, more fully in 18 Years, but corrupt Princes can indure nothing that ſhall make their lives uneafie,
39 Therefore thus ſah the LORD of Jehoiakim the king of Judah, He ſhall have none to {it upon the throne of David f, and his dead body ſhall be * caſt out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the froſt g.
f That is, none that ſhall be King any conſiderable time, Fe- coniah, or Fehoigchin his ſon was ſet up, but kept his Throne but three Months, 2 Kjirg.24.8, 9,10. g We no where read of the time or manner of this king's Death, but that he had an ignomi- nions Burial, Chap. 22. 19. like the Burial ot an Aſs ; none ac. company ing, his Corps, none mourning tor him, and it appears trom this Text, that where-eyer he dyed, his Body lay tor a time unburied,
31 And I will F puniſh him, and his ſeed, and his ſervants, for their iniquity,and I will bring upon
them, and vpon the Inhabitants of Jeruſakm, and,
upon the Men of Judah, all the evil that I have pro- nounced azainſt them, but they hearkned not h.
h As to the People God tiareatneth, they ſhould fee), what ney were not wil.ing to tear, even al] the evil which God by his Prophet had pronounced againſt them.
39 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch, the ſcribe, the fon of Neriah, who wrote rherein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book, wiuch Jjehotakim the king of Judah, had burnt in the fire, and there were added beſides unto them many + like words z,
i Wicked Men get nothing by oppoſing themſelves to the re. vealed W:ll of God, how ungrateful foever it be to them, but the 2ddition of guilt to their Souls, and the increaſe of Divine Wrath, God's Counſels ſhall ſtand, and what he ſpeaks ſhall moſt certainly be accompliſhed. Here 1s another Roll written with ad- &itional Threatnings confirmative of what God had before ſaid.
CHAP. XXXVIL
Te Fey ptians raiſe the Siege of the Chaldeans: And King Zede- kiah ſent to Jeremiah, to pray and enquire of the Lord for them, 1 ——=5. He propheſzed the Chaldeans Return and Vidory, 6 ———10, He is apprehended for a Fugitive, beaten, and put into Priſon, x1 15. He aſſureth Zedekiah of the Captiviiyz an, intreating {or Liberty , obtaineth ſome Favour,
I ———T,
[ ND king Zedekiah the ſon of Joſjah 4, reigned inſtead of Coniah b the ſon of Jcho- iakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the Land of Judah c. « The Hiſtory of this Succeſſion we have, 2 Kings 24. 17. 2 Chroy, 36. 10. Zedekiah's Name was Mattaniab, the King of Babylon cnanged his Name ro Zedekiah. b He reigned in ſtead of Fehojachin, the fon of Febotachim who reigned but three months, 2 Kings 24. 8. his Name was feconiah, 1 Chron. 3. 16. and ina way of derifion or contempr.is here called theConiah.cThe King of Bbylon made this Zedekiah King, who is here called the
A | \ 7 | M14 H Chap. XXXV1, a Ch Sen of Joſiah, and 2 Kings 24. 17. Jeboakhim's Father's Brother, = to diſtinguiſh !him trom another Zedekiah Son of Jehoiakim, as « appears from 1 Chron. 3. 16. Li 2 But ncither he nor his ſervants, nor the people + Heb. mae t aſcend. j Or, 1 ſlip an from th in thi midſt 0 p?eple.
by the bar;
4 This Zedekiah was little better than Jehojakim,j He ſeemeth of theprot!
by his Story to be of a little better Temper, nor ſo cruel and bloody ; but he no more regarded God's word by his Prophet than J:horakim had done.
3 And Zedekiah t':e king ſent Jehucal, the ſon of Shelemuah, and * Zephaniah the ſon of Maaſeiah the * Chay, prieſt, to the prophet Jeremiah, ſaying, Pray now un- z9. 25. | to the LORD our God for us c. and 52.4. þ
e This was apparently in the time of the Siege, for v. 5. we | read of Pharaoh's Army deing come to relieve the Beſigged. Whe- ther it was before the Babylonians were departed,or no, 15 ur.cer- rain ; but it is plain, if they were departed, the King was afraid they would come back again. That which is moſt oblervable for we us from hence, is this, That wicked Men of all ranks are defirous as of the Prayers of thoſe Miniſters in their Diſtreſſes, whoſe Coun- i ſels and Admonitions they never regard while they are-in a time of proſperity ; which is an Evidence of their aRing contrary ta the convictions of their Conſciences, in obedience to their Luſts, in their contempt of their Inſtructions and Admonitionss When Afiction hath cooled their Luſts. then their Coniciences can be heard in diftating their Duty to them.
4 Now Jeremiah came in, and went out amonepft oY the people, for they had not put him into pri- = 3 ſon f. ML
f We ſhall readafterward, ver. i5.that he was impriſoned, | I and we have heard chap. 32. of two Revelations he had while he was in priſon, but as yet he walked at liberty.
5 Then Pharaot's army was come forth out of Egypt, and * when the Chaldeans that beſieged Jeru- - ſalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Je- « Chap: rulalem g. |
g Zedehiah was ſet up by the Ring of Babylon. inſtead of Je- bezakim, whom the King of Babylon had carried into Babylon, Zedekiah (as is uſual in thoſe caſes, and as it appeareth, Exzk. 17. 16.) had taken an Oath of Allegiance to the King of Babylon, bur brake it, and the Covenant which he made with him,ver. 16. and F ver. 15. rebelled againſt him, and ſent bis Ambaſſador into Egype for Horſes and much People, Now the King of Egypt came in Perion no more after the great overthrow given him in Car- chemiſh by the River Euphrates, of which we read, chap. 46. 2. | which was thirteen or fourteen years before this ; yet he ſent an SES T Heb. Army at Zeeki2h's requeſt to relieve him, at this time beſieged 2% falſhoo; by the Arms of the King of Babylon. The CholJeans that were Dh a lye. ta the Stege of Jeruſalem hearing of it, raiſed the Siege for a time, 47 during which time (probably) it was that Zedekiah ſent to the Prophet to pray for them.