Jeremiah 40:16 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 40:7-16

We have in these verses, I. A bright sky opening upon the remnant of the Jews that were left in their own land, and a comfortable prospect given them of some peace and quietness after the many years of trouble and terror with which they had been afflicted. Jeremiah indeed had never in his prophecies spoken of any such good days reserved for the Jews immediately after the captivity; but Providence seemed to raise and encourage such an expectation, and it would be to that miserable people as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 40:16

But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah ,.... In answer to his request, and the motion made by him: thou shalt not do this thing ; or, "do not do this thing" F26 אל תעש את הדבר "noli facere hoc verbum", V. L. "ne facias verbum hoc", Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt. ; dissuading him from it, as being unlawful to take away a man's life in such a secret manner, without any legal process against him; though it seems to carry more in it, that he laid his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 40:16

Thou shalt not do this thing - He cannot be so base. Thou speakest falsely of Ishmael - He thought it quite possible that the man who was capable of becoming an assassin was capable of telling a lie; and therefore he would not credit what he said. Had he been a little more distrustful, he would have saved his own life. The next chapter shows that Johanan's information was too true. So noble Gedaliah lost his life by not believing that evil of others of which he himself was incapable. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 40:16

Verse 16 We here see that the holy man was blinded, so that he not only disregarded the counsel given to him, but also rejected the help offered to him. It is again a thing worthy of praise, that he was unwilling that Ishmael should be rashly killed, the cause being not known; but he ought to have carefully inquired, and the thing being found out, he might have defended himself, and put to death a wicked man and a public pest. He was armed with the sword; and he might have justly punished... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:1-16

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:13-16

Gedaliah receives a warning of a plot against his life. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:16

Trusting a traitor. I. IN SPITE OF CAUTIONS . Gedaliah was told that Ishmael meditated his death. Told, not by one man, but by all who had opportunity of knowing the traitor's designs. Was it, then, blameworthy in him to neglect the information? We cannot tell. It may have been that he knew of jealousies which made him think that the rest of the captains were slandering Ishmael. Slanderers, be it remembered, are quite as numerous as traitors. The fault of Gedaliah, if fault it was,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 40:13-16

Jeremiah 40:13-16. Johanan the son of Kareah came to Gedaliah, &c. They had been with him before, Jeremiah 40:8-9, but now they come to discover to him a conspiracy formed against his life. And said, Dost thou certainly know, &c. Or, rather, Dost thou not know, &c., (which is evidently the sense intended,) that the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael to slay thee? The king of the Ammonites had concerted this matter with Ishmael, with a design to make the Jews, who... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 40:13-16

Ishmael’s plot against Gedaliah (40:13-41:18)One of the former army commanders, Ishmael, was opposed to Gedaliah’s policy of submission to Babylon. With Ammonite support he plotted to kill Gedaliah. So sincere and trusting was Gedaliah, that when told of the plot, he refused to believe it (13-16). Gedaliah apparently took no precautions against the reported treachery, and when a suitable time arrived Ishmael carried out his brutal plot. He murdered Gedaliah, along with all the Judean officials... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 40:16

16. thou speakest falsely—a mystery of providence that God should permit the righteous, in spite of warning, thus to rush into the trap laid for them! :- suggests a solution. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 40:7-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 40:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 40:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 40:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:13-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 40:13-16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 40:13-16

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 40:16

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