Jeremiah 21:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. ”

Jeremiah 21:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal reference; but here the alternative is a life saved by desertion to the enemy, or a death by famine, pestilence, and the sword within the walls.
Jeremiah 21:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And to this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the (c) way of life, and the way of (d) death. (c) By yielding yourselves to Nebuchadnezzar. (d) By resisting him.
Jeremiah 21:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Outcome of the Siege (588 B.C.). Zedekiah, apparently at an early stage of the siege of Jerusalem (whilst Jeremiah 37:3-10 refers to a similar, but later, incident) sends envoys, Pashhur (not...
Jeremiah 21:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I set before you, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 30:19 ). life... death. Note the' Introversion in Jeremiah 21:9 , "die... live".
Jeremiah 21:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

God here declares that he proposed to the people the way of life and the way of death, in order that they might surely know that all who remained in the city would soon meet with death, and t...
Jeremiah 21:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death - Meaning esca...
Jeremiah 21:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. I set before you the way of life, and the way of death - "life," if y...
Jeremiah 21:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Twelfth Prophecy (Reign of Zedekiah during the Siege). Zedekiah's Roll This chapter commences a new division of the book extending to the end of Jeremiah 24 . We pass from the time of...
Jeremiah 21:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The way of life, and the way of death. — The words are not unlike those of Deuteronomy 11:26-27 ; Deuteronomy 30:15 ; Deuteronomy 30:19 , but there is something like a solemn irony in their appl...
Jeremiah 21:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XI A BROKEN COVENANT Jeremiah 21:1-10 , Jeremiah 34:1-22 , Jeremiah 37:1-10 "All the princes and peoplechanged their minds and reduced to bondage again all the slaves whom they had s...
Jeremiah 21:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The final series before the fall of Jerusalem consists of messages delivered to Zedekiah (21-27). The occasion of these was, in the first place, Zedekiah's deputation to the prophet. The scourge whic...
Jeremiah 21:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

As with the priest, so with the people was the prediction of the prophet; see Isaiah 24:1-3 . And what an awful state is that nation in, where corruption is universal?
Jeremiah 21:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And unto the people thou shalt say, thus saith the Lord ,.... These are the words, not of the prophet to the messengers of the king, ordering or advising them what they each of them should say to th...
Jeremiah 21:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. Ver. 8. Behold, I will set before you the way of life and the way of death...
Jeremiah 21:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And unto this people thou shalt say , &c. By the civil message which the king sent to Jeremiah it appeared that both he and the people began to have respect for him; but the reply which God obli...
Jeremiah 21:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Answer to Zedekiah's Message; Advice to the King and the People. B. C. 590. 8 And unto...
Jeremiah 21:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I tell you the way that you should take if you would save your lives, and the course which if you take you will certainly lose your lives.
Jeremiah 21:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zedekiah Appeals To Jeremiah As A Last Resort, Only To Learn That There Is No Hope Of Intervention By YHWH Whose Will Is Being Done ( Jeremiah 21:1-10 ). As we have seen these verses form an inclu...
Jeremiah 21:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. Beginning of Zedekiah’s reign. Vide Notes, and especially Personal Allusions to chap. 1. Usher dates the chapter B.C. 589; Hales...
Jeremiah 21:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 21:1 . Pashur the son of Melchiah, a different person from the Pashur named in the preseding chapter, who was son of Immer. Jeremiah 21:8 . I set before you the way of life, and the wa...
Jeremiah 21:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. God’s message of life and death I. It is God’s prerogative to mark the path in which He would have us go for both worlds. 1. In His wr...
Jeremiah 21:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The chapter falls into three parts, two of which seem to be in some sort of connection, while the third is isolated. First comes a warning to the messengers of Zedekiah of the unfortu...
Jeremiah 21:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death, putting it up to their own choice and laying the responsibility of their decis...
Jeremiah 21:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 11:26 ; Deuteronomy 30:15 ; Deuteronomy 30:19 ; Isaiah 1:19 ; Isaiah 1:20
Jeremiah 21:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Behold — I tell you the way you should take, if you would save your lives.

Jeremiah 21:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 21:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 21:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 21:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 21:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 21:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 21:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 21:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 21:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 21:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 21:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 21:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 21:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 21:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 21:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 21:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 21:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 21:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 21:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 21:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 21:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 21:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 21:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 21:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 21:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes