“ But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me: ”
Zedekiah asks Jeremiah about the future, swearing immunity to him, whatever his answer ( Jeremiah 38:16 ). Jeremiah urges him to save himself and the city by surrender to Nebuchadrezzar's princes (Ne...
He then adds, If thou refuse to go forth, this is the word which God hath shewed to me Jeremiah again declares that Zedekiah resisted in vain, because he kicked, as it is said, against the g...
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:
But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. No JFB commentary...
1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes.
Under these circumstances he continued to foretell the victory of the Chaldeans, with the result that the anger of the princes was stirred up against him, and he was cast into a most loathsome dungeo...
This must have been a very interesting interview between the king and the Prophet; and it is impossible but to take concern in it, and to wish that Zedekiah had listened to the Prophet's advice. And...
But if thou refuse to go forth ,.... Out of Jerusalem, to the Chaldean army, and submit to them: this [is] the word that the Lord hath showed me , or the thing which should certainly come to pass;...
But if thou refuse to go forth, this [is] the word that the LORD hath shewed me: Ver. 21. Bat if thou refuse to go forth. ] Promises and threatenings make an excellent mixture; the tartness of the...
But if thou refuse, this is the word that the Lord hath showed me Namely, what follows in the next two verses. Behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house The king's wives, h...
Zedekiah's Conference with Jeremiah. B. C. 589. 14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and to...
No text from Poole on this verse.
Jeremiah's Experiences In The Court Of The Guard ( Jeremiah 38:1-28 ). But even the fact that Jeremiah was in the court of the guard did not prevent him from further maltreatment by those who saw...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Chronological Notes as on preceding chapter. Personal Allusions. Jeremiah 38:1 . “ Shephatiah ,” never elsewhere mentioned. “ Gedaliah ,” possibly son of “Pashur” t...
Jeremiah 38 Ropes and rags. I. Help always comes from above. Jeremiah found it so. It was useless to try to climb out of the dungeon, it was only to fall deeper into the mire. "Salvation is of th...
Jeremiah 38:7 . Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, the king's chamberlain. It seems to have been a new name given him on his promotion to office; but God gave him long life for preserving the life of Jere...
CONTINUATION . EXPOSITION The object of the princes being frustrated (for in the "court of the guard" Jeremiah had perfect freedom and opportunity of speech), the princes resolve upon a more e...
Jeremiah's Advice to the King
Acts 18:6 ; Acts 20:26 ; Acts 20:27 ; Exodus 10:3 ; Exodus 10:4 ; Exodus 16:28 ; Ezekiel 2:4 ; Ezekiel 2:5 ; Ezekiel 2:7 ; Ezekiel 3:17-19 ; Hebrews 12:25 ; Isaiah 1:19 ; Isaiah 1:20 ;...