耶利米書 26:9-10 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:8-19

A scene in a Jewish court of law. We have here a graphic picture of the procedure under the Hebrew criminal law, for it would appear that Jeremiah was indicted and tried in accordance with correct legal order. The details of such a trial are not unimportant to the student of constitutional history. But they are also full of human interest. The law-court is a strange mirror of character. Many as are the objections to the publication of police news in the daily papers, it does at least serve... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:9

Were gathered against ; rather, assembled themselves unto ; i.e. constituted themselves into a legal qahal , or assembly (see on Jeremiah 26:17 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:10

The princes . The term will include the members of the various branches of the royal family, who acted as judges (see on Jeremiah 21:12 ), and the "elders," or heads of families (see Jeremiah 26:17 ). Without the presence of the former, Jeremiah could only have had a mock-trial. Came up , etc. (see on Jeremiah 22:1 ). Of the Lord's house ; better simply, of the Lord . The gate is the same which is referred at Jeremiah 20:2 . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 26:9

The charge against Jeremiah was that of prophesying falsely, for which the penalty was death Deuteronomy 18:20. They assumed that it was absolutely impossible that Jerusalem ever could become like Shiloh.Against Jeremiah - unto Jeremiah. They regularly constituted themselves a congregation to take part in his trial. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 26:10

The princes of Judah - The priests could scourge a man etc., but could not then try him for his life, as the Sanhedrim subsequently did until the Romans deprived them of the power.The new gate - That built by Jotham 2 Kings 15:35, and probably a usual place for trials. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 26:8-10

Jeremiah 26:8-10. The priests and prophets took him, &c. As a disturber of the government, and a discourager of the people from defending their country against the enemy, in prophesying that the temple and city of Jerusalem should become a desolation. When the princes of Judah heard these things That is, the king’s counsellors, or chief officers of the state, who were also members of the great court of the sanhedrim, first instituted Numbers 11:16, and revived by Jehoshaphat, 2... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:1-24

26:1-34:22 PROPHECIES OF EXILE AND RETURNThe dangerous life of a prophet (26:1-24)Again Jeremiah went to the temple, where he could preach to people who came from all over Judah to worship. He stood in the open court and urged the worshippers to give up their sinful ways and return to God (26:1-3). If they refused, the temple would be demolished, as the tabernacle had been at Shiloh several centuries earlier (4-6; see notes on 7:1-15; cf. also 19:14-20:6).Religious officials and ordinary... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 26:9

all. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Genus), for most of the People. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 26:10

new gate. The Targum takes this to be the east gate. house. Some codices, with Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, read this word "house" in the text. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 26:10

"And when the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house unto the house of Jehovah; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of Jehovah's house. Then spake the priests and prophets unto the princes and unto all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.""When the princes of Judah heard these things ..." (Jeremiah 26:10). This refers to their hearing of the commotion raised in the... read more