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
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 37:13
(13) And when he was in the gate of Benjamin . . .—The prophet’s fears were not groundless. He had to leave the city by the entrance known as the gate of Benjamin (Jeremiah 38:7), on the north side (Zechariah 14:10). The officer in command, Irijah, the son of Shelemiah (probably, therefore, the brother of Jehucal, who is named in Jeremiah 37:3, and so probably acquainted with Jeremiah’s last prophetic utterance), charged him with treachery. He was “falling away to the Chaldæans.” It was assumed... read more