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Jeremiah
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Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. See also: Jeremiah 22:242 Kings 24:172 Kings 24:12But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to the LORD’s words, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah. See also: 2 Kings 24:19-201 Thessalonians 4:82 Chronicles 36:12-16Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “Pray now to the LORD our God for us.” See also: Jeremiah 21:1-2Jeremiah 42:20Jeremiah 2:27Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people, for they had not put him into prison. See also: Jeremiah 37:15Jeremiah 32:2-3Pharaoh’s army had come out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they withdrew from Jerusalem. See also: Ezekiel 17:152 Kings 24:7Jeremiah 34:21Then the LORD’s word came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘You shall tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: “Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has come out to help you, will return to Egypt into their own land. See also: Lamentations 4:172 Kings 22:18Ezekiel 17:17The Chaldeans will come again, and fight against this city. They will take it and burn it with fire.”’ See also: Jeremiah 39:2-8Jeremiah 38:23Jeremiah 34:21-22“The LORD says, ‘Don’t deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely depart from us;” for they will not depart. See also: Obadiah 1:3Jeremiah 29:8Galatians 6:7For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and only wounded men remained among them, they would each rise up in his tent and burn this city with fire.’” See also: Jeremiah 50:45Joel 2:11Leviticus 26:36-38When the army of the Chaldeans had withdrawn from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army, See also: Jeremiah 37:5then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the middle of the people. See also: Jeremiah 1:1Matthew 10:231 Kings 19:3When he was in Benjamin’s gate, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!” See also: Zechariah 14:10Jeremiah 38:7Acts 6:11Then Jeremiah said, “That is false! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans.” But he didn’t listen to him; so Irijah seized Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. See also: Matthew 5:11-12Psalms 27:12Jeremiah 40:4-6The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison. See also: Jeremiah 38:26Acts 5:182 Chronicles 16:10When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days, See also: Jeremiah 38:6Jeremiah 38:10-13Lamentations 3:55then Zedekiah the king sent and had him brought out. The king asked him secretly in his house, “Is there any word from the LORD?” Jeremiah said, “There is.” He also said, “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.” See also: Jeremiah 21:71 Kings 22:16Jeremiah 37:3Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you, against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison? See also: John 10:32Acts 25:8Acts 25:25Now where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you, nor against this land’? See also: Jeremiah 28:10-17Jeremiah 2:28Jeremiah 8:11Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.” See also: Jeremiah 36:7Jeremiah 26:15Jeremiah 38:6-9Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard. They gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard. See also: Jeremiah 38:13Jeremiah 38:28Jeremiah 52:6
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)11 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Jeremiah 37:1
Ver. 1. Sedecias. He was less impious than his two predecessors; but too weak to do good.
↑ 1Jeremiah 37:3
Ver. 3. Pray, or consult. He wished to know whether the Chaldees would return.
C. --- He feared, yet ill-treated the prophet, as Herod did the baptist. W.
↑ 3Jeremiah 37:6
Ver. 6. Return, routed. C. xlvi. 15. His army was small. Ezec. xvii. 17. and xxx.
21. This king Ephree, (C. xliv. 30.) or Apries, had succeeded Psammis, after an interregnum of ten years'
continuance. Herod. ii. 161. --- He foresaw that his own dominions would be invaded, after Jerusalem, the key, was taken. The other allies of Juda perfidiously sat still, or joined the Chaldees. C.
↑ 6Jeremiah 37:8
Ver. 8. Away. They departed indeed, but for a short time.
↑ 8Jeremiah 37:9
Ver. 9. Tent. So easy it is for God to destroy by few as well as by many! H.
↑ 9Jeremiah 37:11
Ver. 11. Possession, lately purchased. C. xxxii. Lyran. --- Yet some think this had not yet taken place. C. --- Sept. "to buy provisions among." Heb. "to slip away thence in the midst of the people." H. --- He wished to escape the fury of his enemies at Jerusalem. C. --- It is an old device of persecutors to lay false charges on the innocent, as Julian and the Arians did. Hist.
Tripart. vi. 27. W.
↑ 11Jeremiah 37:14
Ver. 14. Beat him, as a traitor and fugitive. --- Prison, very deep. v. 19. C.
↑ 14Jeremiah 37:15
Ver. 15. Prison. Lit. "lake or pit," (H.) such as was used to keep wine. Thus God tries his chosen friends, according to their strength!
↑ 15Jeremiah 37:18
Ver. 18. Prophets. He insults over these impostors, and speaks boldly. The Chaldees were now returned. C. xxxviii.
↑ 18Jeremiah 37:19
Ver. 19. Be. Heb. "fall prostrate." C. xxxvi. 7.
↑ 19Jeremiah 37:20
Ver. 20. Entry, where he had been already. C. xxxii. 1. and xxxiv. 1. 7. --- Piece.
Roll, sufficient for a day's maintenance. C. --- Prot. "a piece of bread (Sept. a loaf) out of the baker's street." H.
↑ 20License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses