Jeremiah 26:16-24

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 26:16-24

Here is, I. The acquitting of Jeremiah from the charge exhibited against him. He had indeed spoken the words as they were laid in the indictment, but they are not looked upon to be seditious or treasonable, ill-intended or of any bad tendency, and therefore the court and country agree to find him not guilty. The priests and prophets, notwithstanding his rational plea for himself, continued to demand judgment against him; but the princes, and all the people, are clear in it that this man is not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:16

Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets ,.... Hearing Jeremiah's apology for himself, by which it appeared that he was to be justified in what he had done, took his part, and acquitted him; and the people, who before were on the side of the priests and false prophets; yet hearing what Jeremiah had to say for himself, and also the judgment of the princes, took his part also, and joined with the court in an address to the priests and prophets, who were the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:17

Then rose up certain of the elders of the land ,.... The same with the princes; some of the court, who rose up as advocates for the prophet: and spake to all the assembly of the people : to justify the vote of the court, and to confirm the people in a good opinion of it, by giving them examples and instances of the like kind: saying ; as follows: read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:18

Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah ,.... Or, Micah of Maresha, as the Targum. Mareshah was a city of the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:44 ; the native place, of this prophet; who appears, by the following quotation, to be the same Micah that stands among the minor prophets; and who is also so called, and lived in the times of Hezekiah, Micah 1:1 ; and spake to all the people of Judah ; very openly and publicly, and just as Jeremiah had done, Jeremiah... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:19

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death ?.... No, they did not: neither the king, by his own authority; nor the sanhedrim, the great court of judicature, for the nation; they never sought to take away his life, nor sat in council about it; they never arraigned him, and much less condemned him: did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord ; that is, Hezekiah; he did, as knowing that Micah was a prophet of the Lord, and sent by him; wherefore he received his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:20

And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the Lord ,.... These are not the words of the same persons continued; because the following instance is against them; but of some other persons in the sanhedrim, who were on the side of the priests and prophets; who in effect said, why tell you us of an instance in Hezekiah's time, when there is so recent an one in the present reign, of a man that prophesied just as Jeremiah has done, and was put to death, and so ought he? after this... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:21

And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men ,.... Either his courtiers, or his soldiers, or both: and all the princes, heard his words ; the words of the Prophet Urijah; not with their own ears very probably, but from the report of others: the king sought to put him to death ; as being a messenger of bad tidings, tending to dispirit his subjects, and allay the joy of his own mind upon his advancement to the throne: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:22

And Jehoiakim sent men into Egypt ,.... To seek for him; and to require the delivery of him upon being found: namely , Elnathan the son of Achbor ; the father of this man very probably is the same we read of in Josiah's time, 2 Kings 22:12 ; who is called Abdon in 2 Chronicles 34:20 ; and certain men with him, into Egypt ; to assist him in taking him, whose names are not mentioned; Elnathan's is, as being the principal, and to fix an eternal infamy upon him. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:23

And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt ,.... Having found him, they seized him, and brought him away, with the leave of the king of Egypt: which, no doubt, was easily obtained: and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who slew him with the sword ; very probably with his own hand; or however it was done by his order, and in his presence, most likely: and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people ; either where they were buried in heaps promiscuously, as some think; or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:24

Nevertheless, the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah ,.... Though this instance was urged as a precedent to go by, being lately done; or though the king's cruelty had been so lately exercised in such a manner; yet this man, who had been one of Josiah's courtiers and counsellors, 2 Kings 22:12 ; stood by Jeremiah, and used all his power, authority, and influence, in his favour: that they should not give him into the hand of the people, to put him to death ; that the... read more

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