耶利米書 41:5-7 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:1-10

Devils incarnate. 1. If ever there was such a one, this Ishmael was of whom these verses tell. His atrocities remind us of the Indian Mutiny, its leader, and the well at Cawnpore (cf. Jeremiah 41:9 ). Treachery, ingratitude, murder, massacre, greed, cowardice,—all are gathered in this detestable character (cf. Mr. Grove's article "Ishmael," Smith's 'Dictionary of the Bible'). 2 . And such men are permitted to be. So clearly seen is this, that every drama has its villain; they are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:1-18

A great crime and its consequence. I. A GREAT CRIME . The slaying of Gedaliah was accompanied by circumstances making it peculiarly atrocious. 1 . The breach of good fellowship. There had been professions of amity before. Gedaliah shows by deed his confidence in Ishmael, sitting down with him at a common meal. 2 . The subsequent slaughter. The slaying of Gedaliah was not enough to serve the purpose. A man, once entered on the ways of crime, cannot say, "So far I will go,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:4-7

The news of the deed of violence had not yet been spread, and Ishmael seized the opportunity of imbruing his hands in fresh blood. He could have had no personal motive; but his employer, Baalis, desired that "the remnant in Judah might perish" ( Jeremiah 40:15 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:4-8

The slaughter of the pilgrims. I. A NEEDLESS CRIME . Of course no crime is necessary, but some crimes have their plausible excuses. This had none. Ishmael had tasted blood, and murderous passions urge him to wanton violence. His only object in slaughtering quiet, inoffensive pilgrims must have been to please his master by the further depopulation of the land. So great a crime with so poor a motive evidences bloodthirsty tyranny. The worst crime is crime held cheap till it is pursued... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:5

There came certain from Shechem, etc. A number of pious pilgrims, descend. ants of the old ten tribes, passed by on their way to the holy site of the temple at Jerusalem (?). From Shiloh. The Vatican Codex of the Septuagint has a plausible reading, "from Salem," which is apparently supported by Genesis 33:18 , "And Jacob cares to Shalem, a city of Shechem," and by its improvement thus introduced into the geographical order (Shiloh is, in fact, nearer to Mizpah than Shechem, and ought to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:6

Weeping all along as he went. To testify his sympathy with their grief. But the reading of the Septuagint is more natural, "As they were going along and weeping." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:7

The pit (see on Jeremiah 41:9 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 41:5

These three towns all lay in the tribe of Ephraim, and in the district planted by Salmaneser with Cuthites; but through the fact of these men having cut themselves (see Jeremiah 16:6 note), is suspicious, yet they were probably pious Israelites, going up to Jerusalem, carrying the meat offering usual at the feast of tabernacles, of which this was the season, and mourning over the destruction, not of the city, but of the temple, to the repairs of which we find the members of this tribe... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 41:6

Ishmael’s conduct seems to have been dictated by the malicious desire utterly to frustrate Gedaliah’s work.Weeping - By this artifice he lured them into Mizpah. The Septuagint: “as they were ... weeping.” read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 41:7

The pit - the cistern, and in Jeremiah 41:9. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:4-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:4-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 41:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 41:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 41:7

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