Bible Commentary

And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 6 15. See introd. summary to the section. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 6. Jeremiah saidresuming thethread of Jer 32:1, which wasinterrupted by the parenthesis (Jer32:2-5). Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible And … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 32:6”

And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper. 5. until I visit him ] The words are in themselves ambiguous and they with the rest of the v. are lacking in the LXX. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 32:5”

And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes; 4. This v. occurs again in almost the same words at ch. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 32:4”

For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; 3. For ] Gi. and Co. supported by LXX render Where, to which Du. also inclines. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 32:3”

For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which [was] in the king of Judah’s house. 2. the court of the guard ] not meaning the place where a guard, or body of men, were posted but “a part of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 32:2”

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which [was] the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. 1. Jeremiah’s own circumstances and those of the State are given first with great particularity in order that it may be brought out that it is in spite of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 32:1”

And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, [shall be] holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more forever. 40. valley of the dead bodies … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 31:40”

And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. 39. This v., continuing the description from the N. W. corner, takes the W. side of Jerusalem and promises an extension in that direction also towards the valley of Hinnom southwards. Gareb ] Nothing … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 31:39”

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner. 38. Behold, the days come ] The word come is omitted in the earliest form of the Heb. text, but probably by an error in copying, as the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 31:38”

Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. All the seed – Unworthy members of Israel may be cast away, but the race shall never … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 31:37”