The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:3
The Lord hath brought it, etc. The colouring of the speech is that of a Jewish prophet (comp. Isaiah 36:10 ). read more
예레미야 40:1-6 Krv
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:4-5
A strait betwixt two. St. Paul tells how he was in such strait. He was willing to stay, but ready to depart home to his eternal rest, which would be far better. And oftentimes we are in perplexities as to choice in the common events and circumstances of our lives. It is so difficult to see what we ought to do, what it would be best to do. Here we have an instance. The patriotic prophet had a perplexing choice put before him. Consider— I. THE ALTERNATIVES PROPOSED . 1 . He ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:5
Now while he was not yet, etc. This rendering, however, seems against the Hebrew usage. Two renderings are open to us. 1. "But since one returneth not from Babylon, then go back to Gedaliah," etc.; so Hitzig. 2. Taking Jeremiah 40:5 as a continuation of "but if it seemeth ill to thee," etc; "forbear" (in Jeremiah 40:4 ), and, supplying, "I have spoken the word," continue, "and it shall not be reversed; yea, go back;" so Graf, regarding the passage as an explanation of the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:6
To Mizpah. A place in the tribe of Benjamin, where Samuel judged, and where Saul was elected king ( 1 Samuel 7:15 , 1 Samuel 7:16 ; 1 Samuel 10:17 ). read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:6
The choice of a residence. The captain of the guard gave to Jeremiah the choice between an honourable asylum in Babylon and a return to his own land. The prophet selected the latter course. Why did he do so? Although the circumstances of the case were peculiar, the answer to this question may throw light on some of the considerations which should guide men generally in the selection of their places of abode. Several characteristics may be noted in Jeremiah's decision, viz.:— I. ... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 40:1
As what follows is mainly a historical narrative, it seems that the title “The word ...” was appropriate not merely to a prediction of the future, but to an account of the past, if written by a prophet. The Jews regarded history as inspired if written by a seer, and thus their historical books are called “the early prophets.”Ramah - Probably all the prisoners of note were collected at Ramah indiscriminately, and examined there.Bound in chains - The prisoners were probably fastened together in... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 40:5
Now while he was not yet gone back - Most modern commentators render “And as he yet answered nothing, Return then, he said, to Gedaliah ...”Victuals - A ration of food.A reward - A present. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 40:1
Jeremiah 40:1. The word which came to Jeremiah, &c. This relates to the prophecy recorded Jeremiah 42:7, which was occasioned by the story that here follows concerning Ishmael’s conspiracy against Gedaliah. After that Nebuzar-adan had let him go from Ramah After Jeremiah was taken out of the court of the prison, he was carried, probably by mistake, expressly contrary to Nebuchadnezzar’s orders, among the other prisoners to Ramah, a city in the tribe of Benjamin near Gibeon. Here, it... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 40:2-4
Jeremiah 40:2-4. The captain of the guard said, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil, &c. Although each of the Gentile or heathen nations worshipped its peculiar god or gods, yet they did not reject or deny the gods of other nations; and therefore the captain of the guard speaks here to Jeremiah of Jehovah as his God, and the God of the Jews, and attributes all the calamities which had befallen this people to the indignation of this their God against them, because they had not... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:2-6
Jeremiah a free agent. We have here an expansion of verses 13 and 14 of the previous chapter. I. ONE OF THE BEST THINGS A MAN CAN HAVE IS FULL INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY . The royal master of the captain of the guard was anxious to do the best he could for the prophet; and he seems to have understood fully that only the prophet could decide on this best. The captain of the guard, in all he says, is but the mouthpiece of the king. Very likely the captain, if he had been... read more