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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 37:1-10

Zedekiah’s prayer request and its answer 37:1-10This event happened about 18 years after the one recorded in chapter 36. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 37:2

Neither Zedekiah, nor his nobles, nor the people of the land, paid any attention to Jeremiah’s prophecies to them. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 37:3

However, Zedekiah sent two messengers to Jeremiah requesting the prophet’s prayers on the nation’s behalf. This was the second time that the king asked Jeremiah for information about the outcome of the invasion (cf. ch. 21). It is always easier to pray than to repent (cf. Isaiah 1:10-20). Perhaps Zedekiah was hoping for a last-minute deliverance such as God granted Jerusalem in Hezekiah’s days (2 Kings 19:32-37). But Jeremiah had already predicted the fates of this king and the city at the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:1-21

1-5. The general position.1. Coniah] see on Jeremiah 22:24. Whom] referring to Zedekiah. 3. Zephaniah] see on Jeremiah 21:1.5. This refers to the temporary raising of the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonians on the approach of an Egyptian army under Pharaoh-Hophra. He either retired or was defeated, for the siege was soon renewed.6-10. The return of the Chaldeans foretold.11-15. Jeremiah imprisoned.12. To separate himself thence] RV ’to receive his portion there,’probably referring to an... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:1-28

Events during the Siege of Jerusalem (Reign of Zedekiah)Here after two parenthetical chapters (35, 36) concerning the time of Jehoiakim, we revert to the narrative (beginning in Jeremiah 32) of the last two years of Zedekiah. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 37:2

(2) But neither he, nor his servants . . .—The verse gives a general survey of the character of Zedekiah’s reign preparatory to the actual history that follows, which falls towards its close, probably in the seventh or eighth year of his reign. It will be noted that the “servants” here, as in Jeremiah 36:24, are the personal attendants of the king, his courtiers, as distinct from the “princes” of Judah and the “people of the land,” that is, the great body of unofficial laymen. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 37:3

(3) And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal . . .—The time and, probably, occasion of the mission is given in Jeremiah 37:5. The Chaldæans had raised the siege of Jerusalem on hearing of the approach of the Egyptian army under Pharaoh-Hophra, the Apries of Herodotus (Herod. ii. 161-169. Ezekiel 17:15, Ezekiel 29:1-16, Ezekiel 30-32.), and the king seems to have thought that an opportunity presented itself for asserting his independence, and wished to gain the sanction and the prayers of the prophet... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 37:1-21

The Punishment of Evil Jeremiah 37:9-10 The great teaching of the text is that we must not allow appearances to mislead us respecting the fact and certainty of the law of retribution. I. We mark some illustrations of the law of retribution furnished by the history of the nations. The Old Testament records many instances of the fact that God makes the law of retribution to act by unlikely instruments, in unlikely ways, and at unlikely times. Very memorable was the retribution that Israel... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 37:1-10

CHAPTER XIA BROKEN COVENANTJeremiah 21:1-10, Jeremiah 34:1-22, Jeremiah 37:1-10"All the princes and peoplechanged their minds and reduced to bondage again all the slaves whom they had set free." Jeremiah 34:10-11IN our previous chapter we saw that, at the point where the fragmentary record of the abortive conspiracy in the fourth year of Zedekiah came to an abrupt conclusion, Jeremiah seemed to have regained the ascendency he enjoyed under Josiah. The Jewish government had relinquished their... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 37:1-21

Jeremiah and Zedekiah and the Fall of Jerusalem (37-39) CHAPTER 37 1. Jeremiah’s warning (Jeremiah 37:1-10 ) 2. Jeremiah’s arrest (Jeremiah 37:11-21 ) Jeremiah 37:1-10 . To understand more fully these chapters it must be remembered that the besieging army before the gates of Jerusalem was temporarily withdrawn, because an Egyptian army had appeared against it. This was no doubt an occasion for the false prophets to preach their false hope, so that the people were deceived. Once more... read more