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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 40:16

Gedaliah refused to permit Johanan to carry out his assassination plot, because he thought Johanan was misjudging Ishmael. Gedaliah was too trusting and naïve, even though he was a capable ruler and apparently a man of faith. His commitment to his own people seems to have blinded him to the political intrigues that were swirling around him (cf. John 2:24-25). He would have been wise to seek the Lord’s will through Jeremiah and then follow it. 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

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

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 40:1-16

III. AFTER THE FALL OF JERUSALEM (40-45) CHAPTERS 40-41 The Treachery in the Land and the Flight to Egypt 1. Jeremiah’s choice (Jeremiah 40:1-6 ) 2. Gedaliah and Ishmael’s deed (Jeremiah 40:7-16 ; Jeremiah 41:1-3 ) 3. Ishmael’s further atrocities and retreat (Jeremiah 41:4-18 ) Jeremiah 40:1-6 . The opening paragraph of this chapter tells us of the choice which was given to Jeremiah. He was loosed from the prisoner’s chains and told by the captain of the guard “If it seems good unto... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Jeremiah 40:16

40:16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt {h} not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.(h) Thus the godly who think no harm to others are soonest deceived and never lack such as conspire their destruction. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 40:1-16

LAST MESSAGE TO THE REMNANT Chapter 40 opens with an account of Nebuchadnezzar’s kindness to Jeremiah, inspired by what he had known of the latter’s advice to his countrymen (Jeremiah 40:1-4 ). Jeremiah had been the friend of Babylon, but not necessarily the enemy of his own nation. His patriotism was unquestioned, but the highest expression of his patriotism was his counsel to Judah to obey the will of God and submit to Babylon. Jeremiah’s choice of action is in Jeremiah 40:5-6 . The new... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Jeremiah 40:13-16

We have here the information of a conspiracy: but the accomplishment is not related in this Chapter. In the succeeding one it is. Alas! neither mercies nor judgments; the fear of death nor of hell, find their influence on some men's minds. Oh! what a wretched, fallen, depraved state, hath our nature sunk into by sin! read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Jeremiah 40:16

REFLECTIONS I BEG the Reader to make a solemn pause over this Chapter, and to remark, how soon a sense of divine judgments lose their effect, except divine grace keep the remembrance of them, with all their blessed consequences, alive in our hearts. Who should have conceived that after so alarming a visitation, in the putting out the eyes of the king, and carrying him and his nobles away into captivity, with all the residue of the people excepting the poor, that rebellion and disaffection... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 40:16

Do not. He did right in forbidding this assassination, which could never be authorized, even to prevent a similar crime. Godolias should have taken precautions: but he was too open, (Calmet) like Eumenes. (Grotius) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 40:7-16

7-16 Jeremiah had never in his prophecies spoken of any good days for the Jews, to come immediately after the captivity; yet Providence seemed to encourage such an expectation. But how soon is this hopeful prospect blighted! When God begins a judgment, he will complete it. While pride, ambition, or revenge, bears rule in the heart, men will form new projects, and be restless in mischief, which commonly ends in their own ruin. Who would have thought, that after the destruction of Jerusalem,... read more