3. Jehoiakim is meant here especially: he, by oppression, levied the tribute imposed on him by Pharaoh-necho, king of Egypt ( :-), and taxed his people, and took their labor without pay, to build gorgeous palaces for himself ( :-), and shed innocent blood, for example, that of Urijah the prophet (Jeremiah 26:20-24; 2 Kings 23:35; 2 Kings 24:4). read more
Jeremiah instructed the king and his administrators to practice justice in their decisions regarding civil matters (cf. Jeremiah 21:12). They should protect the weak and vulnerable and should not shed innocent blood. Social justice has always been important to Yahweh."Who within our society are represented by the ones robbed by extortioners or by the sojourner, orphan, and widow? Is it the poor, the migrant, the alien? Is it the Third World worker who provides delicacies for our table, or cheap... read more
1-9. Call to amendment of life.1. Go down] The king’s house was on lower ground than the Temple: cp. Jeremiah 36:12. 3. The reference is to the special crimes of Jehoiakim more fully stated in Jeremiah 36:13: cp. 2 Kings 23:35. He oppressed his people in order that though paying tribute to Necho he might yet build himself sumptuous palaces. Neither shed innocent blood] For his sins in this respect cp. Jeremiah 26:20. 4. Cp. Jeremiah 17:25. 6. Gilead, with its balm (Jeremiah 8:22) and its flocks... read more
(3) Execute ye judgment.—As the Hebrew verb is not identical with that in Jeremiah 21:12, and implies a less formal act, it might be better to render it, do ye judgment . . .Do no wrong . . .—The Hebrew order connects both verbs with the substantives—to the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, do no wrong, no violence—and gives the latter the emphasis of position. The whole verse paints but too vividly a reign which presented the very reverse of all that the prophet describes as belonging... read more
The Woes of the Unjust Jeremiah 22:13 The whole law is contained in these words, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and thy neighbour as thyself'. These two parts cannot be separated. God places us among our own kind, and our character cannot be formed and our souls saved without doing justly and loving mercy, while we walk humbly with our God. If we are servants, we are to do honest work for our masters; and if we are masters, we are to give equitable wages to our servants.... read more
CHAPTER XXIXRUINJeremiah 22:1-9; Jeremiah 26:14"The sword, the pestilence, and the famine,"- Jeremiah 21:9 and passim."Terror on every side."- Jeremiah 6:25; Jeremiah 20:10; Jeremiah 46:5; Jeremiah 49:29; also as proper name, MAGOR-MISSABIB, Jeremiah 20:3.WE have seen, in the two previous chapters, that the moral and religious state of Judah not only excluded any hope of further progress towards the realisation of the Kingdom of God, but also threatened to involve Revelation itself in the... read more
Concerning the Kings of Judah (22:1-23:8) CHAPTER 22 1. The message in the house of the king of Judah (Jeremiah 22:1-9 ) 2. Touching Shallum, the King of Judah (Jeremiah 22:11-12 ) 3. Concerning Jehoiakim and his fate (Jeremiah 22:13-19 ) 4. Concerning Coniah and his fate (Jeremiah 22:20-30 ) Jeremiah 22:1-10 . What a figure Jeremiah was as he stood, obedient to the divine command, before the royal palace to deliver his God-given message! The door of mercy still is open. Let them... read more
22:3 Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and {a} righteousness, and deliver him that is laid waste out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.(a) This was his ordinary manner of preaching before the kings from Josiah to Zedekiah which was about forty years. read more
MESSAGES IN ZEDEKIAH ’S REIGN These chapters furnish a convenient unit, as they are apparently a group of discourses delivered in Zedekiah’s reign the king of the captivity period. The first, and one of the most interesting, is that concerning the siege (chap. 21). Note the occasion (Jeremiah 21:1-2 ) and observe that Pashur was not he of the last lesson. The siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar had begun and the king of Judah hoped the prophet would have some encouraging word from God for... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 22:3
Execute ye, &c. See note on Jeremiah 7:5 . judgment and righteousness. Figure of speech Hendiadys = judgment, yea, righteous judgment. spoiled = robbed. no. nor. neither. Note the Figure of speech Paradiastole . stranger = sojourner. fatherless, nor the widow. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), for all afflicted ones. innocent blood. See note on Jeremiah 7:6 . read more