エレミヤ書 44:26-29 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 44:20-30

Daring sinners may speak many a bold word and many a big word, but, after all, God will have the last word; for he will be justified when he speaks, and all flesh, even the proudest, shall be silent before him. Prophets may be run down, but God cannot; nay, here the prophet would not. I. Jeremiah has something to say to them from himself, which he could say without a spirit of prophecy, and that was to rectify their mistake (a wilful mistake it was) concerning the calamities they had been... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:26

Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt ,.... See Gill on Jeremiah 44:24 ; since you have made your vows, and will perform them, I will take an oath, and abide by it: behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the Lord ; by his name Jehovah, which is incommunicable, and expressive of his eternity and immutability; or by himself, his name being himself, and than which he can swear by no greater, Hebrews 6:13 ; that my name shall no more... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:27

Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good ,.... To bring the evil of punishment upon them, the particulars of which are after mentioned, and not the blessings of goodness, as formerly; and this he would be as careful and diligent to bring about, as one that watches all opportunities to do hurt to another; and it must be dreadful to be under the vigilant avenging eye of God: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword, and by the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:28

Yet a small number that shall escape the sword ,.... The sword of the king of Babylon, and the other judgments, and which would be but very few; "men of number" F11 מתי מספר "viri numeri", Montanus, &c.; , as in the Hebrew text, which might easily be numbered; Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah, and some few righteous persons among them, as Kimchi and Abarbinel observe: shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah ; they shall make their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:29

And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place ,.... In Egypt, as before threatened; and what follows is a confirming sign that so it would be; and which, when observed by some, gave the hint to them to make their escape; though others, being hardened in their idolatry, impenitence, and unbelief, continued, and perished: that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil ; which sign, when they should see, they might assure... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:26

Verse 26 Hear ye now, he says, the word of Jehovah, etc. By these words, as I have already hinted, he intimates, that they could gain nothing by their insolence, except that they would thereby provoke God, who on the other hand did set up his own power against them. Thus, then, saith Jehovah, Behold, I have sworn by my great name, etc. As they had so often disregarded God speaking to them, he confirmed by an oath what he was going to say. Had he only threatened, they might have as usual... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:27

Verse 27 Here he more dearly expresses what he had said in the last verse, that none of the Jews would remain alive in Egypt. He now then points out the manner, even because he would not cease to consume them until they wholly perished and were brought to final ruin. He had said, No more shall my name be called, nor shall the Jews in Egypt swear, Live doth Jehovah; and why? because I will destroy them all, so that there will be none remaining in Egypt to pollute under a false pretense my name. ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:28

Verse 28 He at length adds that a few would escape. He had said before, (Jeremiah 44:14) that there would be none, but added at the end of the verse, “but such as shall escape.” We said that this second clause is to be explained of the Jews who had been driven into exile in Babylon. But if it be applied to exiles in Egypt the meaning will be different. For the Prophet then said that none would escape, that none would remain alive: he thus doubtless took away every hope of deliverance with... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:29

Verse 29 Jeremiah seals his prophecy by adding a sign which yet was to be coincident with it. It was not then, as they say, a premonstrative sign. And doubtless the Jews were wholly unworthy that God should shew them anything extraordinary; but this sign was only added, that they might know that they in vain trusted in the protection of Egypt, and also that every excuse might be taken away. This brief notice may perhaps be obscure. We shall therefore refer to a distinction that exists: some... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:1-30

Jeremiah's last sermon. There are other prophecies of Jeremiah recorded in this book in the chapters that remain, but this discourse is the last that we know of his delivering. And with it the curtain falls upon this great prophet of God; upon Baruch, his beloved companion and helper; and upon the wretched Jews for whose good he had laboured, but in vain. A long interval separates it from that in the previous chapter; for we see the people not now at Tahpanhes, at the border of Egypt, but... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 44:20-30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 44:29

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:26

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:27

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:28

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 44:29

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 44:1-30

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