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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 40:1-12

Jeremiah and Gedaliah (40:1-12)After being released from prison, Jeremiah was apparently recaptured when the Babylonian soldiers were assembling the people to be taken captive to Babylon. When the Babylonian leaders discovered what had happened, they realized a mistake had been made and released him again (40:1). They gave him freedom either to go to Babylon or to remain in Judah (2-4). Jeremiah chose to remain in his homeland. There he maintained his close association with Gedaliah, whom the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 40:1

The Thirty-Sixth Prophecy of Jeremiah (see book comments for Jeremiah). the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . chains = the two fetters, as in Jeremiah 39:7 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 40:1

JEREMIAH 40JEREMIAH LIVES WITH THE NEW GOVERNOR; GEDALIAHThis and the following five chapters deal principally with the history of Jeremiah's life after the fall of Jerusalem.It seems to distress some commentators that this chapter begins with a statement that applies to all six of these chapters, "The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah" (Jeremiah 40:1) Thompson stated that. "These words normally precede an oracle, but none follows."[1] He labeled the formula as a parenthesis. Cheyne... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 40:1

Jeremiah 40:1. The word, &c.— Some understand the word here in the sense of matter or thing;—that which happened to Jeremiah from Jehovah, &c. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 40:1

1. word that came—the heading of a new part of the book (the forty-first through forty-fourth chapters), namely, the prophecies to the Jews in Judea and Egypt after the taking of the city, blended with history. The prophecy does not begin till :-, and the previous history is introductory to it. bound in chains—Though released from the court of the prison (see on :-), in the confusion at the burning of the city he seems to have been led away in chains with the other captives, and not till he... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 40:1

The phrase "the word of the LORD came [to Jeremiah]" in Jeremiah 1:2 introduced Jeremiah’s prophecies in chapters 1-39, before the destruction of Jerusalem. Similarly, "the word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD" in Jeremiah 40:1 introduces his prophecies in chapters 40-45, after the fall of Jerusalem. [Note: Keil, 2:126.] Evidently, after Jeremiah’s release in Jerusalem, Babylonian soldiers arrested him when they saw him in the city streets, supposing him to be a regular Judean. They took... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 40:1-6

The second account of Jeremiah’s release 40:1-6This account describes other things associated with Jeremiah being set at liberty. It contains more detail than Jeremiah 39:11-14. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 40:1-16

Gedaliah as Governor (586 b.c.)Jeremiah 40:7 to Jeremiah 43:6 are briefly summarised in 2 Kings 25:22-26. The account in the book of Kings mentions merely the accomplished results; while here the process by which these results were brought about are fully detailed. We learn here in particular that Ishmael benNethaniah was prompted to assassinate Gedaliah by the Ammonite king, Baalis, and that Gedaliah was warned of the plot by Johanan, but that he refused to believe that Ishmael would do such a... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 40:1

XL.(1) The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord.—It is noticeable that this introduction is not followed by any specific utterance of prophecy until we come to Jeremiah 42:7. It is a natural conclusion that it stands as a kind of heading to the section of the collected prophecies subsequent to the capture of the city.Had let him go from Ramah.—The town so named was in the tribe of Benjamin (Joshua 18:25), about six miles from Jerusalem, and retains its old name in the form Er-Ram. It was... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 40:1-16

CHAPTER XIIIGEDALIAHJeremiah 39:1-18; Jeremiah 40:1-16; Jeremiah 41:1-18; Jeremiah 52:1-34"Then arose Ishmael ben Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote with the sword and slewGedaliah ben Ahikam ben Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon had made king over the land." Jeremiah 41:2WE now pass to the concluding period of Jeremiah’s ministry. His last interview with Zedekiah was speedily followed by the capture of Jerusalem. With that catastrophe the curtain falls upon another act in... read more