Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 44:29-30
Jeremiah 44:29-30. And this shall be a sign unto you Signs are usually antecedent to the thing signified, as Isaiah 38:7; but here, as Exodus 3:12, Isaiah 37:30, and Luke 2:12, the word is taken, in a larger sense, for a circumstance that should attend the thing signified. It may be observed, however, that although the destruction of these Jews, and that of Pharaoh, were things immediately following each other, yet the latter was in order before the other. I will give Pharaoh-hophra into... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 44:24-28
Jeremiah 44:24-28. Jeremiah said, Hear all Judah that are in the land of Egypt That is, all you men and women that belong to Judah, and are now come to dwell in Egypt; ye and your wives have spoken The Hebrew word תדברנה , rendered have spoken, is of the feminine gender, and implies that the women were first and principally concerned in this idolatry, and that the men’s guilt lay chiefly in conniving at them, and suffering themselves to be seduced by them; saying, We will surely perform... read more