The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 1. Sent, after Nabuchodonosor had returned from Egypt. A. 3415. This consultation should be placed after Calmet. 37. Calmet.—Phassur, specified above, and Calmet. 38:1. ( Calmet.) or a different person. Saint Jerome Pisc.—Sophonias, the second priest, (Calmet. 37:3 and 52:24) of the 24th class, (1 Chronicles 24:18) who was slain at Reblatha. Calmet.—Jeremias threatens the great ones to Calmet. 29 and is persecuted. He spoke this when Nabuchodonosor invaded the country. Worthington.