Jeremiah 43:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 43:9

Brickkiln - Possibly, a pavement of brick. Jeremiah was to take a few large stones, such, nevertheless, as he could carry in his hand, and build with them, in the propylaea before the royal palace, something that would serve to represent the dais upon which the seat of kings was usually placed. By hiding them in the clay is meant plastering them over with mortar. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 43:8-9

Jeremiah 43:8-9. Then came the word of the Lord to Jeremiah in Tahpahnes Jeremiah was now among idolatrous Egyptians and treacherous Israelites, yet here the word of the Lord came to him, and he prophesied. God can visit his people with his grace, and the revelations of his mind and will, wherever they are; and when his ministers are bound, his word is not bound. When Jeremiah went into the land of Egypt, not out of choice, but by constraint, God withdrew not his wonted favour from him.... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 43:1-13

The move to Egypt (43:1-13)In flatly rejecting Jeremiah’s advice, the people gave proof that they had already made up their minds to go to Egypt. In spite of all his previous prophecies’ being proved true, they accused him of being a liar (43:1-2). They also turned against Baruch, who had apparently given similar advice against going to Egypt. They accused him of being a Babylonian agent and of influencing Jeremiah against them (3). They then left for Egypt, forcibly taking Jeremiah and Baruch... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 43:9

the brickkiln = the brick pavement before the royal palace. Laid bare in 1886 by Flinders Petrie. See note on 2 Samuel 12:31 . There could be no "brickkiln "close to the entrance of the palace. But such a platform is seen to-day outside all great, and most small, houses in Egypt. It is called mastaba, and is kept clean, and swept. Often made of beaten clay, edged with bricks. For this particular brickwork pavement, see App-87 . See note on Jeremiah 43:7 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 43:9

Jeremiah 43:9. Take great stones—and hide them— Bricks were the chief materials which the Babylonians used in their most stately buildings; so that there was constant occasion for such a brick-kiln near Pharaoh's palace. Yet this might be a great way from the dwelling-house itself, the courts of great kings being almost equal to cities for extent in antient times; particularly the palace in Babylon was four miles in compass, according to Diodorus Siculus, lib. 2. See the account of the emperor... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 43:9

9. stones—to be laid as the foundation beneath Nebuchadnezzar's throne ( :-). clay—mortar. brick-kiln—Bricks in that hot country are generally dried in the sun, not burned. The palace of Pharaoh was being built or repaired at this time; hence arose the mortar and brick-kiln at the entry. Of the same materials as that of which Pharaoh's house was built, the substructure of Nebuchadnezzar's throne should be constructed. By a visible symbol implying that the throne of the latter shall be raised on... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 43:8-13

Jeremiah’s prediction of Nebuchadnezzar’s invasion of Egypt 43:8-13 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 43:9

Yahweh instructed Jeremiah to perform another symbolic act (cf. Jeremiah 13:4-7; Jeremiah 19:1-13; Jeremiah 27:1 to Jeremiah 28:16; Ezekiel 4:1-12; Ezekiel 5:1-4; Ezekiel 12:3-6; Ezekiel 12:18; Ezekiel 37:15-17). He was to hide some large stones in the mortar of the brick courtyard, in front of an official government building or royal residence in Tahpanhes, while some of the Judahites watched. Pharaoh evidently had a royal residence in Tahpanhes, as well as one at Elephantine, an island in the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 43:1-13

The Fate of Egypt1-7. They disobey and go to Egypt.7. Tahpanhes] see on Jeremiah 2:16.Here ends the historical portion of the book, the remainder consisting of prophecies directed mainly against foreign nations.8-13. Prophecy of the overthrow of Egypt.9. In the clay in the brick-kiln] RV ’in mortar in the brickwork.’11. Death] by famine or pestilence. 12. Nebuchadnezzar shall have no more difficulty in spoiling Egypt than has the shepherd in wrapping his outer garment about him after his... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 43:9

(9) Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln.—Better, in the mortar on the platform. There seems something incongruous in the idea of a brickkiln, or a place for baking bricks, at the entrance of a royal palace; nor is it easy to see why Nebuchadrezzar should have chosen it as a place for his throne. It seems better, with Hitzig, Furst, and others, to take the Hebrew word, which occurs only here and in 2 Samuel 12:31 and Nahum 3:14, as meaning a structure of... read more

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