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Weep not for him that is dead, etc... He means the good king Josias, who by death was taken away, so as not to see the miseries of his country. Ibid. Him that goeth away... Viz., sellum, alias Joachaz, who was carried captive into Egypt.
Write this man barren... That is, childless: not that he had no children, but that his children should never sit on the throne of Juda.
God reproves evil governors; and promises to send good pastors; and Christ himself the prince of the pastors. He inveighs against false prophets preaching without being sent.
Burden of the Lord... This expression is here rejected and disallowed, at least for those times: because it was then used in mockery and contempt by the false prophets, and unbelieving people, who ridiculed the repeated threats of Jeremias under the name of his burdens.
Out of my presence... That is, the Lord declares that out of his presence he will cast them, and bring them to captivity for their transgressions.
Under the type of good and bad figs, he foretells the restoration of the Jews that had been carried away captive with Jechonias, and the desolation of those that were left behind.
The prophet foretells the seventy years captivity; after that the destruction of Babylon, and other nations.
My servant... So this wicked king is here called; because God made him his instrument in punishing the sins of his people.
Punish... Literally, visit upon.
Sesac... That is, Babel, or Babylon; which after bringing all these people under her yoke, should quickly fall and be destroyed herself.
The dove... This is commonly understood of Nabuchodonosor, whose military standard, it is said, was a dove. But the Hebrew word Jonah, which is here rendered a dove, may also signify a waster or oppressor, which name better agrees to that unmerciful prince; or by comparison, as a dove's flight is the swiftest, so would their destruction come upon them.
The prophet is apprehended and accused by the priests: but discharged by the princes.
The prophet sends chains to divers kings, signifying that they must bend their necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon. The vessels of the temple shall not be brought back till all the rest are carried away.
Joakim... This revelation was made to the prophet in the beginning of the reign of Joakim: but the bands were not sent to the princes here named before the reign of Sedecias, ver. 3.
His son... Viz., Evilmerodach; and his son's son, Nabonydus, or Nabonadius, the Baltassar of Daniel, chap. 5., and the last of the Chaldean kings.
The false prophecy of Hananias: he dies that same year, as Jeremias foretold.
Jeremias writeth to the captives in Babylon, exhorting them to be easy there, and not to hearken to false prophets. That they shall be delivered after seventy years. But those that remain in Jerusalem shall perish by the sword, famine, and pestilence. And that Achab, Sedecias, and Semeias, false prophets, shall die miserably.
God will deliver his people from their captivity: Christ shall be their king: and his church shall be glorious for ever.
David... That is, Christ of the house of David.
The restoration of Israel. Rachel shall cease from morning. The new covenant. The church shall never fail.
Jeremias by God's commandment purchases a field of his kinsman: and prophesies the return of the people out of captivity: and the everlasting covenant God will make with his church.
God promises reduction from captivity, and other blessings: especially the coming of Christ, whose reign in his church shall be glorious and perpetual.
The prayer of peace... That is, the peace and welfare which they pray for.
There shall not be cut off from David, etc... This was verified in Christ, who is of the house of David; and whose kingdom in his church shall have no end.
Neither shall there be cut off from the priests, etc... This promise relates to the Christian priesthood; which shall also continue for ever: the functions of which are here expressed by the name of holocausts, and other offerings of the law, which were so many figures of the Christian sacrifice.
Two families, etc... Viz., the families of the kings and priests.
The prophet foretells that Sedecias shall fall into the hands of Nabuchodonosor: God's sentence upon the princes and people that had broken his covenant.
Die in peace... That is, by a natural death.
The obedience of the Rechabites condemns the disobedience of the Jews. The reward of the Rechabites.
Rechabites... These were of the race of Jethro, father in law to Moses.
Jeremias sends Baruch to read his prophecies in the temple; the book is brought to king Joakim, who burns it. The prophet denounces his judgment, and causes Baruch to write a new copy.
Shut up... Not that the prophet was now in prison; for the contrary appears from ver. 19, but that he kept himself shut up, by reason of the persecutions he had lately met with. See chap. 26.
He shall have none, etc... Because his son Joachin or Jechonias, within three months after the death of his father, was carried away to Babylon, so that his reign is not worthy of notice.
Jeremias prophesies that the Chaldeans, who had departed from Jerusalem, would return and burn the city. He is cast into prison. His conference with Sedecias.
The prophet at the instance of the great men is cast into a filthy dungeon: he is drawn out by Abdemelech, and has another conference with the king.
Thy men of peace... Viri pacifici tui. That is thy false friends promising thee peace and happiness, and by their evil counsels involving thee in misery.
After two years' siege Jerusalem is taken. Sedecias is carried before Nabuchodonosor, who kills his sons in his sight, and then puts out his eyes. Jeremias is set at liberty.
Jeremias remains with Godolias the governor; who receives all the Jews that resort to him.
Godolias is slain: the Jews that were with him are apprehensive of the Chaldeans.
Jeremias assures the remnant of the people, that if they will stay in Juda, they shall be safe; but if they go down into Egypt, they shall perish.
Good or evil... That is, agreeable or disagreeable.
I am appeased for the evil that I have done to you... That is, I am appeased, as I have sufficiently punished you, and now I am reconciled with you.
The Jews, contrary to the orders of God by the prophet, go into Egypt, carrying Jeremias with them. He foretells the devastation of that land by the king of Babylon.
The prophet's admonition to the Jews in Egypt against idolatry is not regarded: he denounces to them their destruction.
The queen of heaven... The moon, which they worshipped under this name.
The prophet comforts Baruch in his affliction.
A prophecy against Egypt. The Jews shall return from captivity.
The dove... See the annotation on chap. 25., ver. 38.
Visit upon... That is, punish.-Ibid. Alexandria... In the Hebrew, No, which was the ancient name of the city, to which Alexander gave afterwards the name of Alexandria.
A prophecy of the desolation of the Philistines, of Tyre, Sidon, Gaza, and Ascalon.
A prophecy of the desolation of Moab for their pride: but their captivity shall at last be released.
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