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And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 21:7”

And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. A great pestilence – As the result of the excessive crowding of men and animals in a confined space with all sanitary regulations utterly neglected. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Jer 21:6 They … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 21:6”

And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. 5. with an outstretched arm ] a phrase of Deut. (Deu 4:34, Deu 5:15, Deu 26:8). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges I will fight against you, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 21:5”

Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that [are] in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and [against] the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city. 4. There is here a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 21:4”

Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: Then said Jeremiah unto them,…. The two priests, Pashur and Zephaniah, after he had sought the Lord, and knew his mind and will: thus shall ye say to Zedekiah; by whom they were sent. Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible The Lord’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 21:3”

Inquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us. 2. Nebuchadrezzar ] This is a nearer approach than Nebuchadnezzar to the correct spelling … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 21:2”

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, 1. Pashhur the son of Malchijah ] See on Jer 20:1. Zephaniah ] (see also on Jer 20:1) mentioned again Jer 29:25, Jer 37:3, Jer 52:24. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 21:1”

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? Verse 18. Wherefore came I forth] It would have been well had I never been born, as I have neither comfort in my life, nor comfort in my work. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 20:18”

Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb [to be] always great [with me]. 17. from ] better (with LXX), as shewn by the context, in. The consonants which represent the two prepositions were written similarly in Hebrew MSS. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 20:17”

And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; 16. let that man, etc.] Du. and Co. object to so much being made of the messenger, and therefore consider that for “man” we should substitute, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 20:16”