Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 45:1-5
Chapter 45Now as we move into chapter 45, we are moving into the final part of Jeremiah's prophecies. This is known as the sixth part of the prophecies in which we have miscellaneous prophecies that are of... come from the different periods of Jeremiah's life, but they are directed for the most part against the nations that are round about Israel. And God brings these nations around Israel - Egypt, the Gentile powers, Philistia, Tyre, Babylon and so forth - He brings them into a prophetic view... read more
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Jeremiah 45:1-5
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Chronology of the Chapter.—Immediately upon his having written the roll which was afterwards read to, and destroyed by, Jehoiakim (vide notes on chap. 36); eighteen years before Jerusalem was taken.Literary Criticism.—Jeremiah 45:4. “Even this whole land.” Perhaps ארץ here may wisely be rendered “earth,” rather than limited to the “land” of Israel; for Nebuchadnezzar’s invasions and conquests were at that time disturbing, not Judea alone, but the known world (see... read more