Jeremiah 37:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. ”

Jeremiah 37:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The house - Probably the official residence of the secretary of state.
Jeremiah 37:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Wherefore the princes were angry with Jeremiah, and beat him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the (h) prison. (h) Because it was a vile and straight...
Jeremiah 37:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah, during the interval in the siege, is leaving the city by a northern gate on private business (perhaps connected with the earlier incident of Jeremiah 32:6 ff.), when he is arrested by the...
Jeremiah 37:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

smote . scourged. put him in prison. Note Jeremiah ' . prison experiences:. (1) put in on false charge ( Jeremiah 37:11-15 ); (2) released, but confined in the court of the prison; (3) imprisone...
Jeremiah 37:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here Jeremiah pursues the same narrative, and shews how unjustly he was treated, for he found no equity at the hands of the princes any more than in the keeper of the ward. He was no doubt prep...
Jeremiah 37:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. And smote him - Without any proof of the a...
Jeremiah 37:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Wherefore the princes, &c.— And the princes, &c. For they had made that the prison — There is nothing extraordinary in making the dwelling-house of a great man a prison, according to...
Jeremiah 37:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. The princes ... put him in prison...
Jeremiah 37:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-5. The general position.
Jeremiah 37:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The princes... put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe. — The house was probably chosen as being under the direct control of one who, as scribe, exercised functions like those of a...
Jeremiah 37:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XII JEREMIAH'S IMPRISONMENT Jeremiah 37:11-21 , Jeremiah 38:1-28 , Jeremiah 39:15-18 "Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken."- Jeremiah 38:...
Jeremiah 37:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This and the two following Chapter s contain the history of the siege up to the fall of the city. In the first part of this chapter Jeremiah was free. Zedekiah occupied the throne, but was disobedien...
Jeremiah 37:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Falling off to the Chaldeans, had such a thought been entertained, should have been while they were besieging Jerusalem. The thing spoke for itself, that it was both false and absurd. But, Reader! is...
Jeremiah 37:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah ,.... For attempting to depart the city, and go off to the Chaldeans, as Irijah had suggested to them, and to whom they hearkened; and perhaps would no...
Jeremiah 37:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. Ver. 15. Wherefore the princes were wro...
Jeremiah 37:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wherefore the princes were wroth These princes seem to have been much more hostile to the prophet than those that were in the time of Jehoiakim, (see Jeremiah 36:19 ,) for they proceed here merely...
Jeremiah 37:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah Attempts to Quit Jerusalem; Jeremiah Imprisoned; Jeremiah Favoured by the King. B. C. 589....
Jeremiah 37:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

These princes seem more fierce against the prophet than those that were in the time of Jehoiakim, for they proceed here upon the captain's information, cause the prophet to be beaten, and send him to...
Jeremiah 37:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Disobedience Of Judah And Its King Is Highlighted By Their Treatment Of The Prophet Of YHWH ( Jeremiah 37:1 to Jeremiah 38:28 ). These events once again took place during the reign of Zedeki...
Jeremiah 37:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter . In the tenth and eleventh year of Zedekiah. Later than chap. 21, for that embassy was sent when Nebuchadnezzar was marching against Jeru...
Jeremiah 37:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 37:5 . Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt. The Chaldeans were afraid of them, and raised the siege. But this joy to Jerusalem was of short continuance; the Chaldeans returned afte...
Jeremiah 37:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem. Jeremiah persecuted After the captivity and death of Jehoiakim, his brother Zedekiah, another son of Josia...
Jeremiah 37:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Nothing worthy of relation appears to have happened to Jeremiah till the latter period of the reign of Zedekiah. The first two verses of this chapter form the transition. The embassy...
Jeremiah 37:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah's Arrest and Imprisonment
Jeremiah 37:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 16:10 ; 2 Chronicles 18:26 ; 2 Corinthians 11:23-27 ; Acts 12:4-6 ; Acts 16:22-24 ; Acts 23:2 ; Acts 23:3 ; Acts 5:18 ; Acts 5:28 ; Acts 5:40 ; Genesis 39:20 ; Hebrews 11:36-...

Jeremiah 37:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 37:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 37:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 37:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 37:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 37:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 37:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 37:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 37:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 37:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 37:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 37:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 37:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 37:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 37:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 37:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 37:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 37:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 37:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 37:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 37:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 37:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 37:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 37:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 37:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge