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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 37:4

Jeremiah was at this time still free to move about the city. Later his arrest and confinement prohibited this. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 37:5

About this time, Pharaoh Hophra’s Egyptian army moved eastward toward Judah to support Zedekiah in his revolt against Babylon (2 Kings 24:7; Ezekiel 17:11-21). This prompted the Babylonians to lift the siege of Jerusalem and prepare to fight the Egyptians (cf. Jeremiah 34:8-11). 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 37:4

(4) Jeremiah came in and went out among the people.—The statement is made in reference to the event narrated in Jeremiah 37:15. He was free when the king’s message came to him: it was his answer to that message that led to his imprisonment. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 37:5

(5) Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt.—The despatch of the Egyptian army was the result of negotiations which Zedekiah had opened with Pharaoh-Hophra, with a view to resisting the power of Nebuchadnezzar (Ezekiel 17:15). Like the Egyptian armies in general, it was strong in chariots and horses (Ezekiel 17:15; Isaiah 31:1; Isaiah 36:9), and able to carry out the operations of a siege (Ezekiel 17:17). In Jeremiah 44:30 we have the full name of the Egyptian king. 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