Jeremiah
Verse 1. Beginning, after Joakim had reigned some time. verse 21.
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Jeremiah 26
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Verse 2. Word. This example all pastors should follow, in the midst of dangers. Calmet.
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Verse 3. If. God is not ignorant, ( Calmet.) but he preserves man’s free-will. Saint Jerome—He threatens conditionally, if people persist in evil. Worthington.
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Verse 6. Silo. Calmet. 7:12. Calmet.—Curse. No greater punishment could be threatened or endured in this world. Bible.
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Verse 8. Death. The pretext was plausible, as God seemed to have promised the temple an eternal duration. 3 Kennicott. 9:3. The Jews accused Christ of the like crime. Matthew 26:61. Such questions were brought before the sanhedrim and priests. Calmet. 26:57. But the latter are here ( Calmet.) the chief accusers with “the false prophets.” Septuagint Bible.—The princes, moved by the elders, (verse 17) acquit the prophet, ( Calmet.) at the persuasion of Ahicam. verse 24. Several priests would probably judge along with the other princes, as the examination of impostors belonged chiefly to their tribunal. Bible.—All is often used for most part.
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Verse 15. Sent me. This was a complete justification. Calmet.—None could deny but Jeremias had all the characters of a true prophet. verse 16. Bible.
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Verse 16. All. The populace easily changes either for better or for worse. Worthington.
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Verse 17. Ancients. They declare what happened about 100 years before, respecting Micheas. 3:12. Calmet.
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Verse 18. Mountain. Sion, on which the house of the Lord was built. Conquerors have sometimes ploughed up cities. Calmet.—Jam seges est ubi Troja fuit. Ovid, ep. i.
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Verse 20. There was. The adversaries make this reply, or the others contrast the conduct of Joakim with the piety of Ezechias.
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Verse 23. Egypt, as a seditious person … Joakim was tributary to Pharao.
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Verse 24. Ahicam. A man employed under Josias, (4 Kennicott. 22:12) and father of Godolias, who was also the protector of Jeremias. Calmet. 39:14 and 4 Kennicott. 25:22. Calmet.