Jeremiah 26:17-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:16-19

The truth makes an impression upon the princes and the people, who declare Jeremiah to be a true prophet, and therefore innocent. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:17

The elders of the land add their voice in favor of Jeremiah, not, however, without first of all consulting the people whose representatives they are. The whole verse is thoroughly technical in its phraseology. The word ( qahal ) rendered "assembly" is the traditional legal term for the "congregation of Israel" ( Deuteronomy 31:30 ); comp. verse 9, where the verb is the corresponding one to qahal . Thus, with all the faults of the government of Judah, which Jeremiah himself reveals to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:17-23

An argument from history. A prophet, a king, and a people belonging to a past generation are brought forward to justify the conclusion to which the princes and the people here had come. Here, then, is an eminent instance of what a practical study history may become. One must be so acquainted with the past as to seize just that completed event which will cast light on the duties and necessities of the present. I. AN INSTANCE OF A PROPHET 'S UNPALATABLE MESSAGE . No word... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:18-19

Micah the Morasthite , etc. The "elders" appeal for a precedent to the case of Micah (called after his native place, Moresheth-Gath, to distinguish him from other Micahs), who had been equally explicit in his declarations of woe to Jerusalem, without incurring the charge of blasphemy. The prediction referred to is in Micah 3:12 , the form of which agrees verbally with our passage. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 26:17

The elders of the land - The heads and spokesmen of the congregation, who added their approval after the princes who represented the king had given their decision. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 26:17-19

Jeremiah 26:17-19. Then rose up certain of the elders Either the princes before mentioned, or the more intelligent men of the people, stood up, and put the assembly in mind of a former case, as is usual with us in giving judgment, the wisdom of our predecessors being a direction to us. The case referred to is that of Micah, the book of whose prophecies we have among those of the minor prophets. Was it thought strange that Jeremiah prophesied against this city and the temple? Micah did so... 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 26:17

certain = men. Plural of 'enosh. App-14 . Some better acquainted with affairs than others. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 26:18

Micah. The prophet whose book is called after his name. Contemporary with Hosea and Amos in Israel, and with Isaiah in Judah. See App-77 . the LORD of hosts. See note on Jeremiah 6:6 . 1 Samuel 1:3 . Zion shall be plowed, &c. See note on Micah 3:12 . A prophecy which was wholly fulfilled as to the Jewish Zion (south of Moriah), but not as to the traditional Zion, south-west of Jerusalem. See App-68 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 26:17

ARGUMENT OF SOME OF THE ELDERS"Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? did he not fear Jehovah, and... read more

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