Jeremiah 40:1-41:18 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 40:1-6

The title of this part of the book, which begins the chapter, seems misapplied (The word which came to Jeremiah), for here is nothing of prophecy in this chapter, but it is to be referred to Jer. 42:7; where we have a message that God sent by Jeremiah to the captains and the people that remained. The story between is only to introduce that prophecy and show the occasion of it, that it may be the better understood, and Jeremiah, being himself concerned in the story, was the better able to give... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 40:1

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord ,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum; but there being no prophecy in this and the following chapter, only a narration of facts, this is generally referred to what came ten days after, and which begins Jeremiah 42:7 ; so Jarchi and Kimchi; all between being included in a parenthesis, or a relation of facts preparatory, to lead on to it; though Abarbinel takes it to be a general title to all histories and prophecies in this book, from... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 40:1

The word that came to Jeremiah - This and the four following chapters contain a particular account of what passed in the land of Judea from the taking of the city to the retreat of the people into Egypt, and the prophecies of Jeremiah concerning them there. Had let him go from Ramah - This has embarrassed most of the commentators. Dr. Blayney has thrown much light upon it by his translation and note: - "The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, after that Nebu-Zaradan captain of the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 40:1

Verse 1 Here Jeremiah pursues more at large what he had briefly touched upon before; for the Hebrews were wont, in a few words, to state the substance of the whole, and then to explain more diffusely what, they had briefly said. Jeremiah had before told us that some of the Babylonian generals had been sent to release him from prison; and he added that he had been committed to the care of Gedaliah, who had been set over the poor of the land. He now tells us, that he, as yet bound with chains,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:1

The word that came to Jeremiah. The formula seems to announce a prophecy; but no prophecy follows. It is not allowable to suppose, with Keil and others, that "the word" describes the entire body of prophetic utterance in ch. 40-45 (in spite of the fact that Jeremiah 44:1-30 . and 45. have special headings). The use would be unexampled; and a prologue of forty verses (see Jeremiah 42:7 ) is equally contrary to prophetic analogy. Apparently the "word," or prophecy, which originally... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:1-5

Jeremiah's release. I. THE INNOCENT OFTEN SUFFER WITH THE GUILTY . It would seem that orders had been given in Jerusalem for the liberation of the prophet ( Jeremiah 39:11-14 ), but that, in the confusion of the sack of the city, inferior officers had led off Jeremiah in chains with the rest of the captives. Thus he shared the indignities and hardships of companions who deserved a fate from which his innocence should have saved him. It is part of the discipline of life that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:1-6

The liberation of Jeremiah. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:1-16

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 40:1

As what follows is mainly a historical narrative, it seems that the title “The word ...” was appropriate not merely to a prediction of the future, but to an account of the past, if written by a prophet. The Jews regarded history as inspired if written by a seer, and thus their historical books are called “the early prophets.”Ramah - Probably all the prisoners of note were collected at Ramah indiscriminately, and examined there.Bound in chains - The prisoners were probably fastened together in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 40:1

Jeremiah 40:1. The word which came to Jeremiah, &c. This relates to the prophecy recorded Jeremiah 42:7, which was occasioned by the story that here follows concerning Ishmael’s conspiracy against Gedaliah. After that Nebuzar-adan had let him go from Ramah After Jeremiah was taken out of the court of the prison, he was carried, probably by mistake, expressly contrary to Nebuchadnezzar’s orders, among the other prisoners to Ramah, a city in the tribe of Benjamin near Gibeon. Here, it... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 40:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 40:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 40:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 40:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:1-16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 40:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 40:1

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