Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 22:25
And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand [of them] whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
25. The diffuseness of this v., though somewhat less conspicuous in LXX, renders it rather suspicious. Du., Co. and Gi. all reject it.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
That is, into the power of the Chaldeans and Babylonians, whom they were afraid of, and justly, for they thirsted after their blood and ruin.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
25. give . . . into . . . hand“Iwill pluck thee” from “my right hand,” and”will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life.“
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life,…. Cruel and bloodthirsty enemies, whom nothing would satisfy but his life; such were the persons following:
and into the hand [of them] whose face thou fearest: being a terrible savage people, to be dreaded both for their number and their cruelty; a strange change this, to be removed out of the hand of God into the hand of such an enemy;
even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;
[See comments on Jer 21:2];
and into the hand of the Chaldeans: who were the merciless and formidable people before mentioned: and this was fulfilled within three months after Jeconiah or Jehoiachin began to reign, and when he was but eighteen years of age, 2Ki 24:8.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
This verse is connected with the last, and more fully explains what had been briefly said. The plucking off of the sealing ring from God’s finger took place when Jeconiah was deprived of his glory and his kingdom, and made subject; to the king of Babylon. (66) Though the king spared his life, as sacred history testifies, (2Kg 25:7; 2Ch 36:6; Jer 52:11,) yet when he surrendered himself to him, he trembled as though he saw the sword ready to cut off his head; for he expected no mercy, and his fear made him to go out of the city, and to surrender himself to his inveterate enemy. The import of the whole is, that King Jeconiah would come to extremities, for he would be forced to give up himself helpless and unarmed into the hands of his cruel enemies.
But he repeats the commination, and enlarges on the subject; I will deliver thee, he says, into the hand of those who seek thy life, and then, into the hand of those whose face thou dreadest, and, in the third place, into the hand of Nebuchadnezer, (Nabuchadnezer, king of Babylon, is called here and in other places, Nebuchadrezer,) and lastly, into the hand of the Chaldeans. Thus the Prophet recounts, as it were in order, several kinds of death, that Jeconiah might know how dreadful God’s judgment would be. He adds —
(66) There is here a striking contrast: God would pluck off Jeconiah, were he like a signet on his right hand, and would deliver him into the hand of his enemies. From being as it were on the divine hand, he would be given up into the hand of those who sought his life. — Ed.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
Jer 22:25 And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand [of them] whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Ver. 25. And I will give thee into the hand. ] No sooner was he plucked off God’s hand but he fell into his enemies’ hands. So Saul’s doleful complaint was, God hath forsaken me, and the Philistines are upon me. 1Sa 28:15
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
I: Jer 22:28, Jer 21:7, Jer 34:20, Jer 34:21, Jer 38:16, 2Ki 24:15, 2Ki 24:16
whose: Pro 10:24
Reciprocal: Jer 19:7 – I will cause Eze 19:12 – strong
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 22:25. Seek thy life does not mean necessarily that he would he slain, but that his life would be taken over by another. Nebuchadrezzar was king of Babylon and the Chaldeans were a special group who were out-standing citizens of the country.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Yahweh was going to give Coniah over to King Nebuchadnezzar. The transfer of the signet ring symbolized the transfer of authority. Now Babylon would control the affairs of Judah.