d having done this, he knew there was no
the men, and went to fight
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hters, who either had concealed themſelves at the taking of lefr behind by the Conquerors, as not like
\im there, ſo he haſtneth away tothe Ammonztes,
| Death of Gelaliah upon all the
Nethaniah, and found him ;
hanan coming with greater Forces, they contrived and| 4
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Chimbam, in order to their going into the land of Ezyvr. Th. iC "M54 coming to Jeremiah to go and enquire of the Lord tor them, tiis | ; fy Enquiry of God with the Reve!ation of the Divize Will into Þ HEAR hum ; that they ſhould nor go into Egyzr, promiſing God's Pro- 8 "FR 4 tection of the, if they did nor go, threatninz their Deſrudtion TRY ifthey did go. Their proud anſwer to Feremizh, nd Ry 2 ene Pe " Wi 4
to go, which they accordingly did.and there tell 1 with the 1c. latry of the Egyptians, for which God by his Þ
| il 7 ' TY'Yo [ q- _- ? 3171 them with an utter ris. rOpaet tareatneth "86-4
1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johan
_ {on of Kareah, and Jezantah the ſon of Hoſhi - h KF:
ah, and all the people from the lealt even to the . Zreateit came near 4.
4 After th.t this Captain Fohanzn(whonow had made hime!s
cad ot-the Jews) had lixed their abode in the Hibitztion of reve an 2 the way to Ezypr, with thoughts of going down ro .131ad't here for fear of the Ch thdeans, Fae. revenge the
remaincer of the Jews ; boch theſe Captains and many of ce People, or ſome of a!l forts of the People, (for it cannot be imagined that every particular Per- on care) made their Addreſs to the Prophet Feremiah,who pro- F bably was withchem cartied away by Ihmae! and reſcued by | this Captain. 2 And ſaid unto Jeremiah the prophet, '| Let weil 95 | ; beſeech thee our ſupplication be accepted before thee 56 Ky ; E $1) þ} —& Abs b, and pray for us, unto the LORD thy God, ever for all this remnant, (for we have left bt a few of | many as thine eves do behold us c.)
b Thefe Men (though wretched Hypocrites) yet come to the Prophet wit} great relpect and reverence, firlt defiring that he would allow them to make their requeſt to him ; probably the + evidence they had had to lately of his being aPropher of the Lord, by the fulfilling of all that he had foreto!d againſt both the Ciry and the Temple, might in ſome meaſure occaſion this. c Their requeſt was, that he would put up his Prayer to God tor the Remnant, tor now thete was but a linall Renmant of Jews lete, a iew of many.
3 That the LORD thy God may ſhew us the way whereln we may walk, and the thing that we may 0 4.
d The thing they would have him to pray to God for, was Dj- re&tion, what they ſhoull do in this deſolate ſtate inro which God had brought them. What could be more Pious > A Practice tounded upon a Divine Precepr, and encouraged by a Promile, Prov. 3. 6. Acknowledge him in all thy ways, and he thall 4
[ ' dire thy ſteps. Bat he maj*vell apply here what God had faid to their forefathers, Deut- 5. 29. when they had ſo freely promiſed their obedience to the Law of God. O that there were [uch an heart in-them, 8c.
4 Then Jeremiah the Prophet ſaid unto them, I have heard you 4, behold I will pray unto the LORD your God, according to your words, and it ſha'l come to pals r2r whatſoever thing the LORD ſhall anſwer you, I will declare zr unto you, I will * KEEP * x Sam. ?, nothing back from you e. RO
4 That 1;,I will do for you according as you deſire. w1ll be faithtul in giving you an account of what God ſhall reveal ro me to be his Will on your behalf. They called God Feremiab's God, here Ferzmizh calls him their Gol, both to mind them of God's relation to them, and their Duty towards him.
5 Then they ſaid to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and ftaithiul witneſs between us, if we do not according fo all things, for the which the LORD thy God ſhall ſend thee to us.
6 Whether z# be good, or whether zt be evil f, we w1ll obey the voice of ths LORD our God to whom
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Fohanan retired with a further deſign to go into Egypr.
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13 Becauſe of the Chaldeans ; for they were afrai : o | £ £2 of them, becauſe Iſhmael the ſon of Nethaniah had, _ _ i NOS co bao _ 8g each, flain Gedaliah the ſon of Ahikam, whom the king of! j;%;0 . <1 7 wes ng reg aw,
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Babylon made governor in the land 7.
n Here was one ſlain whom the Conqueror Nebuchadnez3ar had made Governour in the Land of Judah; and it was but rea- ſonable for them to think that Nebucadnezgar would take the Afff- front done to himſelt, he being conſtituted Governour by him; and though Jhanzn had nothing to do in that Murder ,yet he did not know but that the King of Babylon being ignorant of any Parties amongſt the ſews, might Jook upon themall as guilty who were Jews, and revenge Gedaliahs Blood upon all the re- mainder of that Nation ; he therefore chuſeth them an Habitati- on for the preſent from whence they might 1n a ſhort rime go down into Egypr, which was Johanan's deſign, as we fhall read in the next Chapter.
CHAP. XLIL
Johanan and the People defire Jeremiah to enquire of God, promi- fing Obedience i his Will, 1, — 6. Jeremiah aſſureth them of Safety in Judea, 7,—12. ' and Deſtruftion in Egypt, 13,18,
Reproveth their Hypocrifie and Obſtinacy, 1 9, 22, HE three following Chapters give us an account of what