Jeremiah 26

Jeremiah 26:1

CAme this word from the LORD] See Chap. 1. 2. and 2. 1.

Jeremiah 26:2

Stand in the Court of the LORDS own house] In that part of the Temple, wherein the people assemble out of all parts to sacrifice, Chap. 19. 14.

all the words that I command thee] That, neither they may pretend ignorance; nor thou fail in the discharge of thy dutie, Chap. 7. 27. & 11. 6. Acts 20:27.

diminish not a word] Or, ought. Joshua 23:14. Chap. 42. 4.

Jeremiah 26:3

that I may repent me, &c.] Chap. 18. 8. Jon. 3. 10.

Jeremiah 26:5

rising up early and sending them] Chap. 7. 13, 25. and 11. 7. & 25. 3, 4.

Jeremiah 26:6

Then will I make this house, &c.] Chap. 7. 12.

like Shiloh] 1 Samuel 4:12. Psalms 78:60. Chap. 7. 14.

this citie a curse] That in cursing men may say, God do to thee, as he did to Jerusalem. as Chap. 29. 18. 22. & 42. 18.

Jeremiah 26:8

Thou shalt surely die] Heb. dying die. Genesis 2:17.

Jeremiah 26:9

This house shall be like Shiloh] Because of Gods promise concerning the Temple, that he would ever abide there, Psalms 132:14. they prsumed that it could never perish; and accounted all preaching, that looked that way, blasphemous, Matthew 26:61. Acts 6:13. not considering, that the promise made as concerning the Temple, was but conditionall, Chap. 5. 7. 2 Chron. 7. 19,—22. and belonged principally to the Church, whereof the Temple was a type, Matthew 16:18.

this citie shall be desolate] Chap. 4. 7, 27, 29. & 34. 22.

all the people were gathered against Jeremiah] Or, to Jeremiah: about him, to hear him: that which especially vexed the priests, to see the people so flock about him. Vers. 16.

Jeremiah 26:10

When the princes of Judah heard these things] Heb. words. Genesis 40:1. Chap. 7. 22.

they came up from the kings house] Or, came from thence. as Chap. 22. 1.

sat down in the entry] Or, at the door. Chap. 36. 10. Ezekiel 8:14. & Ezekiel 16:19.

of the new gate] So called, because lately repaired by Jotham. 2 Kings 15:35. 2 Chronicles 27:3.

Jeremiah 26:11

This man is worthy to die] Heb. The judgement of death is for this man. Vers. 16. Deuteronomy 21:22.

Jeremiah 26:12

The LORD sent me to prophesie against this house, &c.] He telleth them plainly the ground of what he did; assuring them withall, that by putting him to death, they should gain nothing, but greater guilt, Zech. 1. 5, 6.

Jeremiah 26:13

amend your wayes] Chap. 7. 3.

the LORD will repent him] Vers. 19. Chap. 18. 8.

Jeremiah 26:14

I am in your hand] Chap. 38. 5.

do with me as seeeth good and meet unto you] Heb. as it is good and right in your eyes. 1 Samuel 15:26. Chap. 40. 4.

Jeremiah 26:15

know ye for certain] Heb. knowing know. Chap. 13. 12.

to speak all these words in your ears] Or, hearing. Isaiah 5:9. and Isaiah 22:14.

Jeremiah 26:16

This man is not worthy to die] See Vers. 11.

Jeremiah 26:18

Micah the Morasthite] Mic. 1. 1.

Zion shall be ploughed, &c.] Micah 3:12.

the mountain of the house] On which Gods house, the Temple, standeth, Isaiah 2:1.

as the high places of the forest] Heb. high-places of a wood. a woodie high-place; overgrown with trees and shrubs. Isaiah 37:26.

Jeremiah 26:19

Did Hzekiah, &c.] This example they alledge to deliver Jeremiah out of the hands of the Priests; whose rage else would not have been satisfied but with his death.

put him at all to death] Heb. slaying slay. Chap. 38. 15.

did he not fear the LORD] Isaiah 37:1,—4, 15,—20.

besought the LORD] Heb. the face of the Lord. Zechariah 8:22. Malachi 1:9.

the LORD repented him] So that the citie was not then destroyed; but by miracle delivered, Isaiah 37:35-36. So Jonah 3:10.

Jeremiah 26:20

And there was also, &c.] Or, Now there was also. as Vers. 8. For these words are not part of the speech of those wellminded persons, vers. 17. who pleaded in the prophets behalf: but of the prophet himself, or the pen-man of this part of his prephecies, relating the story of the present businesse, paralleled with an other of the same time, and of the same subject; but diversly carried, and of diverse event.

Kirjath-jearim] A citie of Judah. Joshua 18:14.

Jeremiah 26:22

Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt] See the furie of this tyranne, who not enduring to hear Gods message, pursueth his messenger, even into a forain land, unto death: as Saul, Act. 26. 10, 11. yet gained nothing thereby, but provoked God so much the more to wrath; and in the end paid dearly for it. Vers. 15. Chap. 22. 18, 19. & 36. 30.

Jeremiah 26:23

cast his dead body into the graves of the common people] Heb. sonnes of the people. Not suffering him to have so much as an honest sepulture, such as people of the better rank had.

Jeremiah 26:24

Neverthelesse, &c.] Though it fared so with Urijah, that fled; yet it went better with Jeremiah, that stood to his tackle: for God stirred up those that stood by him, and delivered him out of the hands of those, who else would have slain him; according to his promise, Chap. 15. 20, 21.

the hand of Ahikam] The father of Gedaliah; whom the king of Babylon after the surprisall of Jerusalem made governour of those whom he left in Judea, 2 Kings 25:22. Chap. 39. 14. and 40. 5.

that they should not give him into the hand of the people] Or, power. as Psalms 49:15. Chap. 22. 25.