耶利米書 37:15-16 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 37:14-15

Characteristics of injustice. They may be traced in the incident recorded in these verses. Unjust judges as were these— I. WILL NOT HEARKEN TO THE ACCUSED . II. ARE BIASED BY PASSION . III. ARE NEEDLESSLY CRUEL . IV. SEEK NOT EIGHT , BUT REVENGE . LEARN . To be careful what manner of spirit we are of whenever we are called upon to judge one another. Let us be thankful that the Judge before whom we stand, and who surveys all our ways,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 37:15

The princes were wroth with Jeremiah . As Graf has pointed out, the princes, who had evinced their respect for Jeremiah on former occasions ( Jeremiah 26:1-24 ; Jeremiah 36:1-32 ) had probably shared the captivity of Jehoiachin; Zedekiah's "princes" would be of a lower origin and type, and ready (like the judges in the French "terror") to accept any charge against an unpopular person without proper examination. The house of Jonathan the scribe . "Scribe," i.e. one of the secretaries... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 37:16

Into the dungeon, and into the cabins. The former word undoubtedly implies an underground excavation. The latter is of more uncertain signification. It most probably means "vaults;" but it may mean "curved posts"—something analogous to stocks (see on Jeremiah 20:2 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 37:15

The house - Probably the official residence of the secretary of state. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 37:16

Dungeon - literally, house of a cistern or pit, and evidently underground. In this cistern-like excavation were several cells or arched vaults, in one of which with little light and less ventilation Jeremiah remained a long time. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 37:15

Jeremiah 37:15. Wherefore the princes were wroth These princes seem to have been much more hostile to the prophet than those that were in the time of Jehoiakim, (see Jeremiah 36:19,) for they proceed here merely upon the captain’s information, and, treating him as guilty, without any proof, cruelly cause him to be beaten, though entirely innocent, and put into a most miserable dungeon. In the house of Jonathan the scribe “There is nothing extraordinary,” says Blaney, “in making the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 37:16

Jeremiah 37:16. When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon Hebrew אל בית הבור , into the house of the pit, ditch, or lake; and into the cabins Or, cells, as החניות signifies. “From comparing this place with chap. Jeremiah 38:6, it seems likely that this dungeon was a deep pit, sunk perpendicularly like a well, in the middle court or quadrangle, around which the great houses were built; and that in the sides of it, near the bottom, were scooped niches, like the cabins of a ship, for... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 37:1-21

Jeremiah imprisoned (37:1-21)Having dealt with events in the reign of Jehoiakim in the previous two chapters, the story now returns to the reign of Zedekiah. As in the case of Jehoiakim, Zedekiah ignored the warnings of God’s prophets (37:1-2).During Babylon’s final great siege of Jerusalem, Egypt sent an army to help the Jerusalemites. When the Egyptians approached, the Babylonians lifted the siege and went to deal with the new threat elsewhere. Zedekiah sent a message to Jeremiah, asking him... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 37:15

smote = scourged. put him in prison. Note Jeremiah ' s prison experiences:. (1) put in on false charge (Jeremiah 37:11-15 ); (2) released, but confined in the court of the prison; (3) imprisoned again in Malchiah's miry dungeon (Jeremiah 38:1-6 ); (4) released again as before (Jeremiah 38:13-28 ); (5) carried away in chains by Nebuchadnezzar, but released at Ramah (Jeremiah 40:1-4 ). in prison = in the house of bonds. the prison = the house of detention. read more