Where [are] now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
19. Where now are your prophets which prophesied unto you ] Jeremiah in this v. challenges the whole people through their king (“your you”). For the reference to these prophets cp. Jer 28:2-11.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 19. Where are now your prophets] They told you that the Chaldeans should not come; I told you they would. According to my word the Chaldeans are come, and are departed only for a short time.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
You now see what kind of prophets they are, who fed you with hopes that the king of Babylons army should return no more to the siege of the city. I told you they would return, you had other prophets that told you they should not, judge now who were the true prophets. The devil in all ages had some that contradicted the true prophets of the Lord. Three hundred false prophets contradicted one Micaiah, as to Ahabs going up to Ramoth-gilead, and prospering in that expedition. There were many that contradicted Isaiah and Jeremiah, and other true prophets, as to the king of Babylons coming to besiege Jerusalem, and his return again to the siege when he had risen up from it to meet the Egyptian army; and as to the length of time in which the Jews should be in captivity; yet, (to let us see mens madness upon their lusts,) as there still have risen up in other generations false teachers and flatterers, so they have always found more favour than those that have dealt more faithfully in revealing Gods will.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
19. Where are now your prophetsTheevent has showed them to be liars; and, as surely as the king ofBabylon has come already, notwithstanding their prophecy, so surelyshall he return.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Where [are] now your prophets that prophesied unto you,…. Your false prophets, as the Targum; what is become of their prophecies? where is the truth of them, to which general credit has been given? where are they? let them appear and defend themselves, if they can, from the charge of lying, and of being false prophets? or where are they? tacitly suggesting the different circumstances of him and them; he, who was a true prophet, was laid in a prison; they, who were false prophets, were caressed in the palaces of the king and his nobles, and in favour with the people in general:
saying, the king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? gave out that the king of Babylon would never invade the land of Judea, or besiege the city of Jerusalem, which proved false; and still they had the front to say, that when the siege was raised, he would never come again; whereas he was then returned to it, and was now besieging it; so that here were notorious falsehoods delivered out by them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Here Jeremiah, taking confidence, advances to a higher ground; for he reprobates the folly of Zedekiah, because he had given ear to the false prophets and their flatteries. But this he did, that he might more fully confirm his own innocence, as though he had said, “I indeed am grievously blamed, because I threatened ruin to the city and the Temple; but what if the Lord had constrained me to do so? and it is evident that I was commissioned by God, and that I alleged nothing without authority; for I have always declared what has happened, and events have proved that I was sent from above, when I announced to you what was to be. But where are your prophets? for they have been always flattering you; and it has happened through their falsehoods, that ye have not returned to the right way. It was yet in your power to be reconciled to God, when I at first warned you; and all my labor and endeavors were for this end, that you might anticipate God’s wrath by a willing repentance. Since then your prophets have deceived you, and the event now clearly proves this, know, O king, that I have been sent from above.”
We thus see that Jeremiah was not so anxious about his life, but that he always remained stedfast to his purpose; and thus he turned not aside from making an honest profession of the truth, so as to provide for his own safety, as they do, who are fearful and think that they act prudently, when they are compliant and try to please men opposed to them at the expense of truth. This was not done by Jeremiah. He had indeed a regard for his life, as we shall now see; but he went on in the discharge of his office, and valued the truth communicated to him from above more than hundred lives. It is then with reference to this that he says, Where are your prophets? as though he had said, “You see that you have all been deceived by their false prophecies.” It follows —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(19) Where are now your prophets . . .?The failure of the past predictions of the false prophets is urged on the king as a reason why he should not trust them in the present crisis. They had assured him (Jer. 28:3) that within two years the city should be delivered, and the result had been that it had been besieged. The temporary departure of the Chaldans had again raised their hopes, and they were now tempting the king with the assurance that the Egyptian army would make short work of them.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Jer 37:19. Where are now your prophets “Where are now your false prophets? The event surely demonstrates how much they have deceived you. The siege is again renewed, and the city in imminent danger of being taken.” Jeremiah does not abate any of his zeal and spirit on account of the confinement and persecution which he underwent.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Jer 37:19 Where [are] now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
Ver. 19. Where are now your prophets? ] Let them appear now if you please, and upon trial made let truth take place. To this most equal motion when the king said nothing, the prophet proceedeth to move again for himself, that he might be removed at least to a more convenient place, unless they meant an end of him.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
your prophets. Not Jehovah’s. From the beginning they had prophesied falsely. See Jer 6:14; Jer 27:16; Jer 28:2.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Where: Jer 2:28, Deu 32:36, Deu 32:37, 2Ki 3:13
your: Jer 6:14, Jer 8:11, Jer 14:13-15, Jer 23:17, Jer 27:14-18, Jer 28:1-5, Jer 28:10-17, Jer 29:31, Lam 2:14, Eze 13:10-16
Reciprocal: Jer 4:9 – and the priests Jer 14:14 – The prophets Eze 13:2 – prophesy against Eze 13:6 – made Eze 13:12 – Where Eze 22:28 – Thus saith the Lord Hos 7:3 – General Zec 10:2 – they comfort 2Ti 3:9 – their 2Pe 2:1 – there were
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 37:19. Jeremiah further shamed him for listening to his false prophets who had contradicted the predictions of the inspired prophet.