Jeremiah 26:1-11 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 26:1-6

We have here the sermon that Jeremiah preached, which gave such offence that he was in danger of losing his life for it. It is here left upon record, as it were, by way of appeal to the judgment of impartial men in all ages, whether Jeremiah was worthy to die for delivering such a message as this from God, and whether his persecutors were not very wicked and unreasonable men. I. God directed him where to preach this sermon, and when, and to what auditory, Jer. 26:2. Let not any censure... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 26:7-15

One would have hoped that such a sermon as that in the Jer. 26:1-6, so plain and practical, so rational and pathetic, and delivered in God's name, would work upon even this people, especially meeting them now at their devotions, and would prevail with them to repent and reform; but, instead of awakening their convictions, it did but exasperate their corruptions, as appears by this account of the effect of it. I. Jeremiah is charged with it as a crime that he had preached such a sermon, and is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:1

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah ,.... So that the prophecy of this chapter, and the facts and events connected with it, were before the prophecy of the preceding chapter, though here related; that being in the fourth year, this in the beginning of Jehoiakim's reign. Josiah was lately dead; Jehoahaz his son reigned but three months, and then was deposed by Pharaohnecho king of Egypt; and this Jehoiakim, another son of Josiah, who before was called... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:2

Thus saith the Lord, stand in the court of the Lord's house ,.... It, the great court of Israel, where the people used to meet together for worship: and speak unto all the cities of Judah ; the inhabitants of them; not only to those that dwelt at Jerusalem but in the rest of the cities of Judah; for what he was to say concerned them all, they having all sinned, and needed repentance and reformation; without which they would be involved in the general calamity of the nation: which come... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:3

If so be they will hearken ,.... And obey; which is expressive not of ignorance and conjecture in God, but of his patience and long suffering, granting space and time for repentance, and the means of it; which disregarded, leave without excuse: and turn every man from his evil way ; his series and course of life, which was evil, and was the case of everyone; so that as their sin was general, the reformation ought to be so too: that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:4

And thou shalt say unto them ,.... What follows is the substance of the prophecy, and the sum of the sermon or discourse he was sent to deliver, without diminishing a word of it: thus saith the Lord, if ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law which I have set before you ; first by Moses, by whose hands it was given to their fathers; and by the prophets, the interpreters of it to them; before whom it was set as a way for them to walk in, and a rule to walk by; a directory for them in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:5

To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets ,.... The interpretations they give of the law; the doctrines they deliver; the exhortations, cautions, and reproofs given by them in the name of the Lord, whose servants they were; and therefore should be hearkened to; since hearkening to them is hearkening to the Lord himself, in whose name they speak, and whose message they deliver: whom I sent unto you, both rising up early and sending them ; they had their mission and commission... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:6

Then will I make this house like Shiloh ,.... Where the ark was until it was taken by the Philistines; and then the Lord forsook his tabernacle there, Psalm 78:60 ; and so he threatens to do the like to the temple at Jerusalem, should they continue in their disobedience to him; See Gill on Jeremiah 7:12 and See Gill on Jeremiah 7:14 ; and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth ; that is, the city of Jerusalem, which should be taken up, and used proverbially in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:7

So the priests, and the prophets, and all the people ,.... As it was in the temple, in one of the courts of it, that Jeremiah was, and said the above things, it is no wonder to hear of the "priests", since they were there about their work and service; the "prophets" were the false prophets, as the Septuagint and Arabic versions expressly call them; and "all the people" were all the males out of the several cities of Judah, who were come up to the temple on the account of the feast; see ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:8

Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking ,.... For they let him alone till he had done, either out of reverence of him as a priest and prophet; or they were awed by a secret influence on their minds that they might not disturb him: all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people ; he did as he was ordered, kept back nothing, not fearing the resentment of the people, but fearing God: that the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, took... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 26:1-6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 26:7-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:8

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