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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 43:13

Images - Rather, pillars (compare the Isaiah 19:19 note), obelisks.Beth-shemesh - Heliopolis, famous for its obelisks. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 43:10-11

Jeremiah 43:10-11. And say, Thus saith the Lord, I will send Nebuchadrezzar, &c. God now commands his prophet to expound to the Jews the design of the order given him in the preceding verse. The stones hid in the clay, at the entry of Pharaoh’s house, were intended to be a sign that the king of Babylon should make himself master of that royal city, and set his throne in that very place. This minute circumstance is particularly foretold, that, when it was accomplished, they might be put... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 43:12-13

Jeremiah 43:12-13. And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt I will cause the temples of the gods of Egypt to be set on fire, and their images to be consumed, or carried away, as being neither able to save their worshippers nor themselves. God here speaks of himself as the prime mover, or principal agent in this business, no doubt with a design to inculcate this necessary and important lesson, that in the punishing of idolatrous or ungodly nations both the plan is his, and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 43:1-13

The move to Egypt (43:1-13)In flatly rejecting Jeremiah’s advice, the people gave proof that they had already made up their minds to go to Egypt. In spite of all his previous prophecies’ being proved true, they accused him of being a liar (43:1-2). They also turned against Baruch, who had apparently given similar advice against going to Egypt. They accused him of being a Babylonian agent and of influencing Jeremiah against them (3). They then left for Egypt, forcibly taking Jeremiah and Baruch... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 43:13

images = standing images, or obelisks. Probably Asherim. See App-42 . Beth-shemesh. Hebrew = House (or Temple) of the Sun; Greek, "Heliopolis"; Egyptian, "On"; about ten miles northeast of Cairo. that is in the land of Egypt. This is to distinguish it from the Beth-shemesh of Joshua 15:10 . Jdg 1:33 . 1 Samuel 6:9 , 1 Samuel 6:19 . See note on Isaiah 19:19 ; and App-81 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 43:12

PROPHECY AGAINST THE GODS OF EGYPT"And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captive: and shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and shall go forth from thence in peace. He shall also break the pillars of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.""As a shepherd putteth on his garment ..." (Jeremiah 43:12). Keil gave special... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 43:11

Jeremiah 43:11. For death, to death— For mortality, to the mortality. See ch. Jer 15:1-2 and the note. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 43:12

Jeremiah 43:12. I will kindle a fire— He shall kindle a fire. Houbigant. "Nebuchadrezzar shall burn by my orders the temples of Egypt, and the palaces of the great men; and shall lead into captivity the kings, the subjects, and the gods." The author of the Observations remarks, that, "as the Arabs frequently withdraw themselves out of the reach of very potent enemies, by retiring into the depths of the wilderness; so, if provoked, they can occasion them very great bitternesses, it not being... read more

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