The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.
The word. This, and the four following chapters, record the events which occurred in Judea from the taking of Jerusalem to the retreat of the remnant of the people to Egypt; and contain several prophecies of Jeremiah concerning them there; which were the word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord. It appears that Jeremiah, after being freed from prison, continued among the Jews, till he was bound, with others of them, and carried to Ramah; where he was set a liberty in the manner related.
after.
Jeremiah 39:11-14 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah …
Ramah.
Jeremiah 31:15 Thus said the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and …
Joshua 18:25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
1 Samuel 7:17 And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he …
bound.
Psalm 68:6 God sets the solitary in families: he brings out those which are …
Psalm 107:16 For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
Acts 12:6,7 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter …
Acts 21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean you to weep and to break my heart? …
Acts 28:20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to …
Ephesians 6:20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, …
chains. or, manacles.
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
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Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
Go back.
Jeremiah 39:14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, …
Jeremiah 41:2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him…
2 Kings 25:22-24 And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar …
Ahikam.
Jeremiah 26:24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah…
2 Kings 22:12,14 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of …
2 Chronicles 34:20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and …
or go.
Jeremiah 40:4 And now, behold, I loose you this day from the chains which were …
Jeremiah 15:11 The LORD said, Truly it shall be well with your remnant…
Ezra 7:6,27 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the …
Nehemiah 1:11 O LORD, I beseech you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer …
Nehemiah 2:4-8 Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed …
Proverbs 16:7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be …
Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: …
gave him.
Jeremiah 52:31-34 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity …
2 Kings 8:7-9 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; …
Job 22:29 When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; …
Acts 27:3,43 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul…
Acts 28:10 Who also honored us with many honors; and when we departed, they …
Hebrews 13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not …
victuals and a reward. Rather, victuals, ({aruchah,} a stated allowance, sufficient for the journey,) and a present, {masse?th.}
Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.
Then. It has been doubted whether Jeremiah acted prudently in this decision, as the event seems to indicate the contrary, and as it was the evident meaning of all his predictions that the Jews should not prosper in their own country till the expiration of the seventy years. But he was evidently influenced by the most unbounded love to his country, for whose welfare he had watched, prayed, and lived; and he now chose rather to share her adversities, her sorrows, her wants, her afflictions, and her disgrace, than to be the companion of princes, and to sit at the table of kings. His patriotism was as unbounded as it was sincere: he only ceased to live for country when he ceased to breathe.
Jeremiah 39:14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, …
Mizpah.
Joshua 15:38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
Judges 20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was …
Judges 21:1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not …
1 Samuel 7:5,6 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for …
Mizpeh.
Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
came.
Jeremiah 40:6,11,12 Then went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelled …
even.
Jeremiah 40:14 And said to him, Do you certainly know that Baalis the king of the …
Jeremiah 41:1-16 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of …
2 Kings 25:23,25 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard …
Johanan.
Jeremiah 41:11,16 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces …
Jeremiah 42:1,8 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, …
Jeremiah 43:2,5 Then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, …
Jonathan.
Jeremiah 37:15,20 Why the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put …
Jeremiah 38:26 Then you shall say to them, I presented my supplication before the …
Netophathite.
2 Samuel 23:28,29 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite…
1 Chronicles 2:54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the …
1 Chronicles 11:30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
Ezra 2:2,22 Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, …
Nehemiah 7:26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.
Maachathite.
Deuteronomy 3:14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob to the coasts …
Joshua 12:5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, to …
2 Samuel 10:6,8 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David…
2 Samuel 23:34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the …
1 Chronicles 2:48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber, and Tirhanah.
And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
sware.
1 Samuel 20:16,17 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let …
2 Kings 25:24 And Gedaliah swore to them, and to their men, and said to them, Fear …
Fear.
Jeremiah 27:11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king …
Jeremiah 38:17-20 Then said Jeremiah to Zedekiah, Thus said the LORD, the God of hosts, …
Genesis 49:15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; …
Psalm 37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall you dwell in the land, and …
Psalm 128:2 For you shall eat the labor of your hands: happy shall you be, and …
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.
serve. Heb. stand before. See on ch.
Jeremiah 35:19 Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab …
Deuteronomy 1:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which stands before you, he shall go in …
Proverbs 22:29 See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; …
Luke 21:36 Watch you therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy …
gather.
Jeremiah 39:10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the …
summer.
Jeremiah 40:12 Even all the Jews returned out of all places where they were driven, …
Jeremiah 48:32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for you with the weeping of Jazer: …
2 Samuel 16:1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba …
Isaiah 16:9 Therefore I will mourn with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: …
Micah 7:1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, …
Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;
all the Jews.
Jeremiah 24:9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the …
Isaiah 16:4 Let my outcasts dwell with you, Moab; be you a covert to them from …
Ezekiel 5:3,12 You shall also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in your skirts…
Ezekiel 25:2,6,8,12 Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them…
Ezekiel 35:5,15 Because you have had a perpetual hatred…
Obadiah 1:11-14 In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that the …
Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.
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Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
Johanan. Johanan and his companions seem to have acted honestly in this affair. They had received intelligence of designs formed against Gedaliah's life, and consequently against the whole new settlement. Ishmael, being a branch of David's family, was probably displeased that another was preferred above him; and the king of the Ammonites, out of hatred to the Jews, employed him to slay Gedaliah. But Gedaliah, conscious of his own integrity and benevolence, took the portrait of others from his own mind; and therefore believed evil of no man, because he felt none towards any in his own breast. He may be reproached for being too credulous and confiding; but this only serves to shew the greatness of his soul; for a little mind is always suspicious, and ready to believe the worst of every person and thing.
And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.
Ammonites.
Jeremiah 25:21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
Jeremiah 41:10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that …
Jeremiah 49:1-6 Concerning the Ammonites, thus said the LORD; Has Israel no sons? …
1 Samuel 11:1-3 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: …
2 Samuel 10:1-6 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of …
Ezekiel 25:2-6 Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them…
Amos 1:13-15 Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, …
Ishmael.
Jeremiah 40:8 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, …
Jeremiah 41:2,10 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him…
Proverbs 26:23-26 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross…
Isaiah 26:10 Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: …
Micah 7:5 Trust you not in a friend, put you not confidence in a guide: keep …
slay thee? Heb. strike thee in soul.
believed.
1 Corinthians 13:5-7 Does not behave itself unseemly, seeks not her own, is not easily …
Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?
Let.
1 Samuel 24:4 And the men of David said to him, Behold the day of which the LORD …
1 Samuel 26:8 Then said Abishai to David, God has delivered your enemy into your …
Job 31:31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! …
wherefore.
Jeremiah 12:3,4 But you, O LORD, know me: you have seen me, and tried my heart toward …
2 Samuel 18:3 But the people answered, You shall not go forth: for if we flee away, …
2 Samuel 21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, …
Ezekiel 33:24-29 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel …
John 11:50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die …
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.
