Jeremiah 37:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? ”

• Jeremiah 37:18 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  offended . sinned. prison . the house of detention. See Jeremiah 37:16 .

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Though the Prophet had spoken what was displeasing to the king, he yet complains that wrong had been done to him, as he had been cast into prison; and thus he shews that he had been unjustly co...

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? What - in what respect have I off...

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1-5. The general position.

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  What have I offended against thee...? — The cruelty of his treatment draws from the prophet an indignant protest. Of what crime had he been guilty, but that of speaking the word which the Lord had...

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - 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:...

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  We have here a most interesting relation, in which Jeremiah appears most delightful indeed. Neither stripes, nor prisons, can make the faithful servants of the Lord less faithful: yea the exercises o...

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Moreover, Jeremiah said unto King Zedekiah ,.... Having this opportunity with him alone, and perhaps observing the king was melted and softened with what he had said; however, finding liberty in his...

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? Ver. 18. What have I offended against...

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Moreover Jeremiah said, What have I offended against thee What law have I broken? What injury have I done to thee, or thy people, or government, that ye have put me in prison Have put me into the...

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Jeremiah Attempts to Quit Jerusalem; Jeremiah Imprisoned; Jeremiah Favoured by the King. B. C.  589....

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  That is, What have I done worthy of bonds? I have faithfully heretofore revealed to you the mind and will of God; if this hath offended you, I am not to be blamed, I could not but execute God's comma...

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Jeremiah's Arrest and Imprisonment

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• Jeremiah 37:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 24:9-15 ; 1 Samuel 26:18-21 ; Acts 23:1 ; Acts 24:16 ; Acts 25:11 ; Acts 25:25 ; Acts 25:8 ; Acts 26:31 ; Daniel 6:22 ; Galatians 4:16 ; Genesis 31:36 ; Jeremiah 26:19 ; John 10...

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