Jeremiah 34:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: ”

Jeremiah 34:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Fate of Jerusalem and of Zedekiah. In the course of the siege (588- 6), Jeremiah is sent to Zedekiah to tell him that the city will be taken and destroyed, that he will be brought before Nebuch...
Jeremiah 34:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here Jeremiah adds some comfort, even that Zedekiah himself would not be slain by the sword, but that he would die in his bed, and, as they commonly say, yield to his fate. It was indeed some m...
Jeremiah 34:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:
Jeremiah 34:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: Thou shalt not die by the sword, but ... in peace - mitigation of Zedeki...
Jeremiah 34:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Eighteenth Prophecy (Reign of Zedekiah). The Fate of Zedekiah. The Treatment of Hebrew Slaves Early in the campaign of Nebuchadnezzar, whose scheme of conquest included all the region a...
Jeremiah 34:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thou shalt not die by the sword. — The tone is one of comparative mildness, the motive apparently being the wish to persuade the king to abandon his useless resistance, and to court the favour of t...
Jeremiah 34:4 - 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 34:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Chapter s thirty-four and thirty-five contain prophecies of the siege. The armies of Nebuchadnezzar were round about Jerusalem, and Jehovah declared to Zedekiah that the king of Babylon would be succ...
Jeremiah 34:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

While the Prophet used faithfulness, he forgot not exhortation. It is the duty of ministers to admonish as well as reprove. And never surely was there a servant of the Lord more tender, in his persua...
Jeremiah 34:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah ,.... Which, though a king, he ought to hearken to; and, besides, what follows was for comfort, being a mitigation of his sentence, and contai...
Jeremiah 34:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: Ver. 4. Yet hear the word of the Lord. ] A word of comfort. The Lord is good...
Jeremiah 34:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and thou shalt not escape , &c. This prophecy, which threatened the king in particular, as well as the city and nation in gene...
Jeremiah 34:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Captivity of Zedekiah Foretold; The Babylonish Captivity Predicted. B. C. 589. 1 The wor...
Jeremiah 34:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Jeremiah 34:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Subsection 3 Part 1. Jerusalem Is Surrounded And Jeremiah Declares that There Is no Point In Holding Out Because Jerusalem Is About To Be Destroyed And Zedekiah Will Be Carried Off To Babylon To Mee...
Jeremiah 34:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES:— 1. Chronology of the Chapter . Section I., Jeremiah 34:1-7 , is in subject connected with chap. Jeremiah 32:1-5 . These verses, however, seem slightly to antedate th...
Jeremiah 34:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 34:2 . Go and speak to Zedekiah. This revelation was delivered in the tenth year of his reign, and would have saved the land, when all hopes of safety were fled. Jeremiah 34:4 . Thou s...
Jeremiah 34:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter must be taken in connection with Jeremiah 35:1-24 . The whole section consists of three passages, introduced with a superscription in the same form, but otherwise unrela...
Jeremiah 34:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of The Captivity of Zedekiah
Jeremiah 34:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 38:17 ; Jeremiah 38:20

Jeremiah 34:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 34:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 34:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 34:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 34:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 34:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 34:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 34:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 34:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 34:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 34:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 34:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 34:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 34:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 34:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 34:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 34:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 34:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 34:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 34:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge