1 The Egyptians having raised the seige of the Chaldeans, king Zedekiah sends to Jeremiah to pray for the people.
6 Jeremiah prophesies the Chaldeans' certain return and victory.
11 He is taken for a fugitive, beaten, and put in prison.
16 He assures Zedekiah of the captivity.
18 Intreating for his liberty, he obtains some favour.

A.M. 3406-3416. B.C. 598-588. Zedekiah. 2Ki 24:17 1Ch 3:15 2Ch 36:10

Coniah. 22:24,28 24:1

Jeconiah. 2Ki 24:12 1Ch 3:16 2Ch 36:9

Jehoiachin.
made. Eze 17:12-21

2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.

neither. 2Ki 24:19,20 2Ch 36:12-16 Pr 29:12 Eze 21:25 1Th 4:8

the prophet. Heb. the hand of the prophet. Ex 4:13 Le 8:36 2Sa 10:2 12:25 1Ki 14:18 16:7 Pr 26:6 Ho 12:10

3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.

Zephaniah. 21:1,2 29:21,25 52:24

Pray. 2:27 21:1,2 42:2-4,20 Ex 8:8,28 9:28 10:17 Nu 21:7 1Sa 12:19 1Ki 13:6 Ac 8:24

4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.

for. 15 32:2,3

5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

Pharaoh's. This was Pharaoh Hophra, or Apries, as he is called by Herodotus, who succeeded his father Psammis on the throne of Egypt, A.M. 3410, B.C. 594, and reigned twenty-five years. Having entered into a confederacy with Zedekiah, (Eze 17:15,) he marched out of Egypt with a great army to his relief; which caused Nebuchadnezzar to raise the siege of Jerusalem to meet him; during which period the transactions detailed here took place.

7 2Ki 24:7 Eze 17:15

they. 11 34:21

6 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah saying,

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7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

Thus. 3 21:2 2Ki 22:18

Pharaoh's. 17:5,6 Isa 30:1-6 31:1-3 La 4:17 Eze 17:17 29:6,7,16

8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

32:29 34:21,22 38:23 39:2-8

9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.

Deceive. Ob 3 Mt 24:4,5 Ga 6:3,7 Eph 5:6 2Th 2:3 Jas 1:22

yourselves. Heb. your souls.

10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

though. 21:4-7 49:20 50:45 Le 26:36-38 Isa 10:4 30:17

wounded men. Heb. men thrust through. 51:4 Isa 13:15 14:19

yet. Joe 2:11

11 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,

that. 5

broken. Heb. made to ascend.

12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.

went. 1Ki 19:3,9 Ne 6:11 Mt 10:23 1Th 5:22

the land. 1:1 Jos 21:17,18 1Ch 6:60

separate himself thence. or, slip away from thence.

13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.

in the. 38:7 Zec 14:10

Hananiah. 38:1,10-17 36:12

Thou. 18:18 20:10 21:9 27:6,12,13 28:14 38:4,17 Am 7:10 Lu 23:2 Ac 6:11 24:5-9,13 2Co 6:8

14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

said. 40:4-6 Ne 6:8 Ps 27:12 35:11 52:1,2 Mt 5:11,12 Lu 6:22,23,26 1Pe 3:16 4:14-16

false. Heb. falsehood. or, a lie.

15 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. 20:1-3 26:16 Mt 21:35 23:34 26:67,68 Lu 20:10,11 22:64 Joh 18:22 Ac 5:28,40 16:22-24 23:2,3 Heb 11:36-38

put. Ge 39:20 2Ch 16:10 18:26 Ac 5:18 12:4-6 Re 2:10

in the. 20 38:6,26

16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

A.M. 3415. B.C. 589. into the dungeon. 38:6,10-13 Ge 40:15 La 3:53,55

cabins. or, cells.

17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

asked. 38:5,14-16,24-27 1Ki 14:1-4

Is there. 3 21:1,2 1Ki 22:16 2Ki 3:11-13 Mr 6:20

thou shalt. 21:7 24:8 29:16-18 32:3-5 34:21,22 39:6,7 Eze 12:12,13 Eze 17:19-21 21:25-27

18 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?

26:19 Ge 31:36 1Sa 24:9-15 26:18-21 Pr 17:13,26 Da 6:22 Joh 10:32 Ac 23:1 24:16 25:8,11,25 26:31 Ga 4:16

19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

Where. 2:28 De 32:36,37 2Ki 3:13

your. 6:14 8:11 14:13-15 23:17 27:14-18 28:1-5,10-17 29:31 La 2:14 Eze 13:10-16

20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

be accepted before. Heb. fall before. 36:7

lest. 26:15 38:6-9 Ac 23:16-22 25:10,11 28:18,19

21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

into the. 32:2,8 38:13,28

and that. 1Ki 17:4-6 Job 5:20 Ps 33:18,19 34:9,10 37:3,19 Pr 16:7 21:1 Isa 33:16 Mt 6:33

until. 38:9 52:6 De 28:52-57 2Ki 25:3 La 2:11,12,19,20 4:4,5,9,10 La 5:10

Thus. 38:13,28 39:14 Ac 12:5 24:27 28:16,30 Eph 4:1 6:20 2Ti 1:8 2Ti 2:9