Jeremiah 37:15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 37:11-21

We have here a further account concerning Jeremiah, who relates more passages concerning himself than any other of the prophets; for the histories of the lives and sufferings of God's ministers have been very serviceable to the church, as well as their preaching and writing. I. We are here told that Jeremiah, when he had an opportunity for it, attempted to retire out of Jerusalem into the country (Jer. 37:11, 12): When the Chaldeans had broken up from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh's army, upon... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 37:15

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah ,.... For attempting to depart the city, and go off to the Chaldeans, as Irijah had suggested to them, and to whom they hearkened; and perhaps would not hear what the prophet had to say for himself; and if they did, it had no weight with them: and smote him ; either with their fists, or with rods, or a scourge; perhaps he underwent the punishment of forty stripes save one, according to the law; and they may be said to smite or beat him,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:15

And smote him - Without any proof of the alleged treachery, without any form of justice. In prison to the house of Jonathan - In Asiatic countries there is an apartment in the houses of the officers of the law, to confine all the accused that are brought before them. Jonathan was a scribe or secretary, and had a prison of this kind in his house. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:15

Verse 15 Here Jeremiah pursues the same narrative, and shews how unjustly he was treated, for he found no equity at the hands of the princes any more than in the keeper of the ward. He was no doubt prepared to defend himself before them, and sufficient proof was ready at hand, only he would have had to speak to the deaf. But here he shews by one word that the liberty of speaking was precluded, for a furious madness seized them that they would not hear him. And here we may notice how much... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 37:1-21

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 37:11-16

The servant of God accused of treason. This attempt of Jeremiah's to go out of Jerusalem, whatever its special purpose may have been (as to this there is great diversity of view), was at once suspected of being treasonable, or, at any rate, it was made an occasion of accusing and punishing him. His asseverations were not listened to, but quickly and with much anger he was consigned to a loathsome prison, where he languished for many days. This teaches that— I. THOSE WHO ARE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 37:11-21

Jeremiah imprisoned as a traitor. I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO THE IMPRISONMENT . Whatever interpretation we are to set on the ambiguous passage which gives the reason for Jeremiah's attempt to leave Jerusalem (verse 12)—whether it were to escape from the city, or to abandon a work that appeared to be fruitless for work in the country districts, or to take a possession at a redistribution of land in the sabbatical year, or to claim his share as a priest,—it is difficult to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 37:14-15

Characteristics of injustice. They may be traced in the incident recorded in these verses. Unjust judges as were these— I. WILL NOT HEARKEN TO THE ACCUSED . II. ARE BIASED BY PASSION . III. ARE NEEDLESSLY CRUEL . IV. SEEK NOT EIGHT , BUT REVENGE . LEARN . To be careful what manner of spirit we are of whenever we are called upon to judge one another. Let us be thankful that the Judge before whom we stand, and who surveys all our ways,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 37:15

The princes were wroth with Jeremiah . As Graf has pointed out, the princes, who had evinced their respect for Jeremiah on former occasions ( Jeremiah 26:1-24 ; Jeremiah 36:1-32 ) had probably shared the captivity of Jehoiachin; Zedekiah's "princes" would be of a lower origin and type, and ready (like the judges in the French "terror") to accept any charge against an unpopular person without proper examination. The house of Jonathan the scribe . "Scribe," i.e. one of the secretaries... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 37:15

The house - Probably the official residence of the secretary of state. read more

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