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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 21:1 - Strong Concordance
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| Jer 21:1 |
Strong Concordance |
The word [01697] which came unto Jeremiah [03414] from the LORD [03068], when king [04428] Zedekiah [06667] sent [07971] unto him Pashur [06583] the son [01121] of Melchiah [04441], and Zephaniah [06846] the son [01121] of Maaseiah [04641] the priest [03548], saying [0559], |
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King James |
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
ZEDEKIAH CONSULTS JEREMIAH WHAT IS TO BE THE EVENT OF THE WAR: GOD'S ANSWER. (Jer 21:1-14)
Zedekiah--a prince having some reverence for sacred things, for which reason he sends an honorable embassy to Jeremiah; but not having moral courage to obey his better impulses.
Pashur--son of Melchiah, of the fifth order of priests, distinct from Pashur, son of Immer (Jer 20:1), of the sixteenth order (Ch1 24:9, Ch1 24:14).
Zephaniah--of the twenty-fourth order. They are designated, not by their father, but by their family (Ch1 24:18). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| By sending this embassy Zedekiah acknowledged that Jeremiah held the same position in the kingdom which Isaiah had held under Hezekiah Kg2 19:2. Pashur and Zephaniah belonged to the party who were for resisting Nebuchadnezzar by force of arms. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The Taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. - Jer 21:1 and Jer 21:2. The heading specifying the occasion for the following prediction. "The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah when King Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying: Inquire now of Jahveh for us, for Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the Lord will deal with us according to all His wondrous works, that he may go up from us." The fighting of Nebuchadrezzar is in Jer 21:4 stated to be the besieging of the city. From this it appears that the siege had begun ere the king sent the two men to the prophet. Pashur the son of Malchiah is held by Hitz., Graf, Ng., etc., to be a distinguished priest of the class of Malchiah. But this is without sufficient reason; for he is not called a priest, as is the case with Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, and with Pashur the son of Immer (Jer 21:1). Nor is anything proved by the circumstance that Pashur and Malchiah occur in several places as the names of priests, e.g., Ch1 9:12; for both names are also used of persons not priests, e.g., Malchiah, Ezr 10:25, Ezr 10:31, and Pashur, Jer 38:1, where this son of Gedaliah is certainly a laic. From this passage, where Pashur ben Malchiah appears again, it is clear that the four men there named, who accused Jeremiah for his speech, were government authorities or court officials, since in Jer 38:4 they are called שׂרים. Ros. is therefore right in saying of the Pashur under consideration: videtur unus ex principibus sive aulicis fuisse, cf. Jer 38:4. Only Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah is called priest; and he, acc. to Jer 29:25; Jer 37:3; Jer 52:24, held a high position in the priesthood. Inquire for us of Jahveh, i.e., ask for a revelation for us, as Kg2 22:13, cf. Gen 25:22. It is not: pray for His help on our behalf, which is expressed by התפּלּל בּעדנוּ, Jer 37:3, cf. Jer 52:2. In the request for a revelation the element of intercession is certainly not excluded, but it is not directly expressed. But it is on this that the king founds his hope: Peradventure Jahveh will do with us (אותנוּ for אתּנוּ) according to all His wondrous works, i.e., in the miraculous manner in which He has so often saved us, e.g., under Hezekiah, and also, during the blockade of the city by Sennacherib, had recourse to the prophet Isaiah and besought his intercession with the Lord, Kg2 19:2., Isa 37:2. That he (Nebuch.) may go up from us. עלה, to march against a city in order to besiege it or take it, but with מעל, to withdraw from it, cf. Jer 37:5; Kg1 15:19. As to the name Nebuchadrezzar, which corresponds more exactly than the Aramaic-Jewish Nebuchadnezzar with the Nebucadurriusur of the inscriptions (נבו כדר אצר, i.e., Nebo coronam servat), see Comm. on Daniel at Dan 1:1. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The word which came unto Jeremiah - The chapters in the remaining parts of this prophecy seem strangely interchanged. This subject has been mentioned in the introduction, and some tables given; and to these the critical reader is requested to refer. The discourse here was delivered about the ninth year or the reign of Zedekiah. This chapter, observes Dr. Blayney, contains the first of those prophecies which were delivered by Jeremiah, subsequent to the revolt of Zedekiah, and the breaking out of the war thereupon; and which are continued on to the taking of Jerusalem, related in chap. 29, in the following order: Jer 21:1-14, 34, 37, 32, 33, 38, 39.
Pashur the son of Melchiah - There can be little doubt that this Pashur was a different person from him who was called the son of Immur in the preceding chapter. |
18 The three [07969] and twentieth [06242] to Delaiah [01806], the four [0702] and twentieth [06242] to Maaziah [04590].
14 The fifteenth [02568] [06240] to Bilgah [01083], the sixteenth [08337] [06240] to Immer [0564],
9 The fifth [02549] to Malchijah [04441], the sixth [08345] to Mijamin [04326],
1 Now Pashur [06583] the son [01121] of Immer [0564] the priest [03548], who was also chief [06496] governor [05057] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], heard [08085] that Jeremiah [03414] prophesied [05012] these things [01697].
1 The word [01697] which came unto Jeremiah [03414] from the LORD [03068], when king [04428] Zedekiah [06667] sent [07971] unto him Pashur [06583] the son [01121] of Melchiah [04441], and Zephaniah [06846] the son [01121] of Maaseiah [04641] the priest [03548], saying [0559],
2 Enquire [01875], I pray thee, of the LORD [03068] for us [01157]; for Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] maketh war [03898] against us; if so be that the LORD [03068] will deal [06213] with us according to all his wondrous works [06381], that he may go up [05927] from us.
3 Then said [0559] Jeremiah [03414] unto them, Thus shall ye say [0559] to Zedekiah [06667]:
4 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will turn back [05437] the weapons [03627] of war [04421] that are in your hands [03027], wherewith ye fight [03898] against the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and against the Chaldeans [03778], which besiege [06696] you without [02351] the walls [02346], and I will assemble [0622] them into the midst [08432] of this city [05892].
5 And I myself will fight [03898] against you with an outstretched [05186] hand [03027] and with a strong [02389] arm [02220], even in anger [0639], and in fury [02534], and in great [01419] wrath [07110].
6 And I will smite [05221] the inhabitants [03427] of this city [05892], both man [0120] and beast [0929]: they shall die [04191] of a great [01419] pestilence [01698].
7 And afterward [0310], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], I will deliver [05414] Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and his servants [05650], and the people [05971], and such as are left [07604] in this city [05892] from the pestilence [01698], from the sword [02719], and from the famine [07458], into the hand [03027] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and into the hand [03027] of their enemies [0341], and into the hand [03027] of those that seek [01245] their life [05315]: and he shall smite [05221] them with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719]; he shall not spare [02347] them, neither have pity [02550], nor have mercy [07355].
8 And unto this people [05971] thou shalt say [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Behold, I set [05414] before [06440] you the way [01870] of life [02416], and the way [01870] of death [04194].
9 He that abideth [03427] in this city [05892] shall die [04191] by the sword [02719], and by the famine [07458], and by the pestilence [01698]: but he that goeth out [03318], and falleth [05307] to the Chaldeans [03778] that besiege [06696] you, he shall live [02421] [02421], and his life [05315] shall be unto him for a prey [07998].
10 For I have set [07760] my face [06440] against this city [05892] for evil [07451], and not for good [02896], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]: it shall be given [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall burn [08313] it with fire [0784].
11 And touching the house [01004] of the king [04428] of Judah [03063], say, Hear [08085] ye the word [01697] of the LORD [03068];
12 O house [01004] of David [01732], thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Execute [01777] judgment [04941] in the morning [01242], and deliver [05337] him that is spoiled [01497] out of the hand [03027] of the oppressor [06231], lest my fury [02534] go out [03318] like fire [0784], and burn [01197] that none can quench [03518] it, because [06440] of the evil [07455] of your doings [04611].
13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant [03427] of the valley [06010], and rock [06697] of the plain [04334], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]; which say [0559], Who shall come down [05181] against us? or who shall enter [0935] into our habitations [04585]?
14 But I will punish [06485] you according to the fruit [06529] of your doings [04611], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]: and I will kindle [03341] a fire [0784] in the forest [03293] thereof, and it shall devour [0398] all things round about [05439] it.
2 And he sent [07971] Eliakim [0471], which was over the household [01004], and Shebna [07644] the scribe [05608], and the elders [02205] of the priests [03548], covered [03680] with sackcloth [08242], to Isaiah [03470] the prophet [05030] the son [01121] of Amoz [0531].
1 In the third [07969] year [08141] of the reign [04438] of Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063] came [0935] Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] unto Jerusalem [03389], and besieged [06696] it.
19 There is a league [01285] between me and thee, and between my father [01] and thy father [01]: behold, I have sent [07971] unto thee a present [07810] of silver [03701] and gold [02091]; come [03212] and break [06565] thy league [01285] with Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478], that he may depart [05927] from me.
5 Then Pharaoh's [06547] army [02428] was come forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714]: and when the Chaldeans [03778] that besieged [06696] Jerusalem [03389] heard [08085] tidings [08088] of them, they departed [05927] from Jerusalem [03389].
2 And he sent [07971] Eliakim [0471], who was over the household [01004], and Shebna [07644] the scribe [05608], and the elders [02205] of the priests [03548] covered [03680] with sackcloth [08242], unto Isaiah [03470] the prophet [05030] the son [01121] of Amoz [0531].
2 And he sent [07971] Eliakim [0471], which was over the household [01004], and Shebna [07644] the scribe [05608], and the elders [02205] of the priests [03548], covered [03680] with sackcloth [08242], to Isaiah [03470] the prophet [05030] the son [01121] of Amoz [0531].
2 And he did [06213] that which was evil [07451] in the eyes [05869] of the LORD [03068], according to all that Jehoiakim [03079] had done [06213].
3 And Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] sent [07971] Jehucal [03081] the son [01121] of Shelemiah [08018] and Zephaniah [06846] the son [01121] of Maaseiah [04641] the priest [03548] to the prophet [05030] Jeremiah [03414], saying [0559], Pray [06419] now unto the LORD [03068] our God [0430] for us.
22 And the children [01121] struggled together [07533] within her [07130]; and she said [0559], If it be so, why am I thus [02088]? And she went [03212] to enquire [01875] of the LORD [03068].
13 Go [03212] ye, enquire [01875] of the LORD [03068] for me, and for the people [05971], and for all Judah [03063], concerning the words [01697] of this book [05612] that is found [04672]: for great [01419] is the wrath [02534] of the LORD [03068] that is kindled [03341] against us, because our fathers [01] have not hearkened [08085] unto the words [01697] of this book [05612], to do [06213] according unto all that which is written [03789] concerning us.
24 And the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] took [03947] Seraiah [08304] the chief [07218] priest [03548], and Zephaniah [06846] the second [04932] priest [03548], and the three [07969] keepers [08104] of the door [05592]:
3 And Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] sent [07971] Jehucal [03081] the son [01121] of Shelemiah [08018] and Zephaniah [06846] the son [01121] of Maaseiah [04641] the priest [03548] to the prophet [05030] Jeremiah [03414], saying [0559], Pray [06419] now unto the LORD [03068] our God [0430] for us.
25 Thus speaketh [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Because thou hast sent [07971] letters [05612] in thy name [08034] unto all the people [05971] that are at Jerusalem [03389], and to Zephaniah [06846] the son [01121] of Maaseiah [04641] the priest [03548], and to all the priests [03548], saying [0559],
4 Therefore the princes [08269] said [0559] unto the king [04428], We beseech thee, let this man [0376] be put to death [04191]: for thus [03651] he weakeneth [07503] the hands [03027] of the men [0582] of war [04421] that remain [07604] in this city [05892], and the hands [03027] of all the people [05971], in speaking [01696] such words [01697] unto them: for this man [0376] seeketh [01875] not the welfare [07965] of this people [05971], but the hurt [07451].
4 Therefore the princes [08269] said [0559] unto the king [04428], We beseech thee, let this man [0376] be put to death [04191]: for thus [03651] he weakeneth [07503] the hands [03027] of the men [0582] of war [04421] that remain [07604] in this city [05892], and the hands [03027] of all the people [05971], in speaking [01696] such words [01697] unto them: for this man [0376] seeketh [01875] not the welfare [07965] of this people [05971], but the hurt [07451].
1 Then Shephatiah [08203] the son [01121] of Mattan [04977], and Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Pashur [06583], and Jucal [03116] the son [01121] of Shelemiah [08018], and Pashur [06583] the son [01121] of Malchiah [04441], heard [08085] the words [01697] that Jeremiah [03414] had spoken [01696] unto all the people [05971], saying [0559],
31 And of the sons [01121] of Harim [02766]; Eliezer [0461], Ishijah [03449], Malchiah [04441], Shemaiah [08098], Shimeon [08095],
25 Moreover of Israel [03478]: of the sons [01121] of Parosh [06551]; Ramiah [07422], and Jeziah [03150], and Malchiah [04441], and Miamin [04326], and Eleazar [0499], and Malchijah [04441], and Benaiah [01141].
12 And Adaiah [05718] the son [01121] of Jeroham [03395], the son [01121] of Pashur [06583], the son [01121] of Malchijah [04441], and Maasiai [04640] the son [01121] of Adiel [05717], the son [01121] of Jahzerah [03170], the son [01121] of Meshullam [04918], the son [01121] of Meshillemith [04921], the son [01121] of Immer [0564];
1 The word [01697] which came unto Jeremiah [03414] from the LORD [03068], when king [04428] Zedekiah [06667] sent [07971] unto him Pashur [06583] the son [01121] of Melchiah [04441], and Zephaniah [06846] the son [01121] of Maaseiah [04641] the priest [03548], saying [0559],
4 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will turn back [05437] the weapons [03627] of war [04421] that are in your hands [03027], wherewith ye fight [03898] against the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and against the Chaldeans [03778], which besiege [06696] you without [02351] the walls [02346], and I will assemble [0622] them into the midst [08432] of this city [05892].
2 Enquire [01875], I pray thee, of the LORD [03068] for us [01157]; for Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] maketh war [03898] against us; if so be that the LORD [03068] will deal [06213] with us according to all his wondrous works [06381], that he may go up [05927] from us.
1 The word [01697] which came unto Jeremiah [03414] from the LORD [03068], when king [04428] Zedekiah [06667] sent [07971] unto him Pashur [06583] the son [01121] of Melchiah [04441], and Zephaniah [06846] the son [01121] of Maaseiah [04641] the priest [03548], saying [0559],
1 The word [01697] which came unto Jeremiah [03414] from the LORD [03068], when king [04428] Zedekiah [06667] sent [07971] unto him Pashur [06583] the son [01121] of Melchiah [04441], and Zephaniah [06846] the son [01121] of Maaseiah [04641] the priest [03548], saying [0559],
2 Enquire [01875], I pray thee, of the LORD [03068] for us [01157]; for Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] maketh war [03898] against us; if so be that the LORD [03068] will deal [06213] with us according to all his wondrous works [06381], that he may go up [05927] from us.
3 Then said [0559] Jeremiah [03414] unto them, Thus shall ye say [0559] to Zedekiah [06667]:
4 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will turn back [05437] the weapons [03627] of war [04421] that are in your hands [03027], wherewith ye fight [03898] against the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and against the Chaldeans [03778], which besiege [06696] you without [02351] the walls [02346], and I will assemble [0622] them into the midst [08432] of this city [05892].
5 And I myself will fight [03898] against you with an outstretched [05186] hand [03027] and with a strong [02389] arm [02220], even in anger [0639], and in fury [02534], and in great [01419] wrath [07110].
6 And I will smite [05221] the inhabitants [03427] of this city [05892], both man [0120] and beast [0929]: they shall die [04191] of a great [01419] pestilence [01698].
7 And afterward [0310], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], I will deliver [05414] Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and his servants [05650], and the people [05971], and such as are left [07604] in this city [05892] from the pestilence [01698], from the sword [02719], and from the famine [07458], into the hand [03027] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and into the hand [03027] of their enemies [0341], and into the hand [03027] of those that seek [01245] their life [05315]: and he shall smite [05221] them with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719]; he shall not spare [02347] them, neither have pity [02550], nor have mercy [07355].
8 And unto this people [05971] thou shalt say [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Behold, I set [05414] before [06440] you the way [01870] of life [02416], and the way [01870] of death [04194].
9 He that abideth [03427] in this city [05892] shall die [04191] by the sword [02719], and by the famine [07458], and by the pestilence [01698]: but he that goeth out [03318], and falleth [05307] to the Chaldeans [03778] that besiege [06696] you, he shall live [02421] [02421], and his life [05315] shall be unto him for a prey [07998].
10 For I have set [07760] my face [06440] against this city [05892] for evil [07451], and not for good [02896], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]: it shall be given [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall burn [08313] it with fire [0784].
11 And touching the house [01004] of the king [04428] of Judah [03063], say, Hear [08085] ye the word [01697] of the LORD [03068];
12 O house [01004] of David [01732], thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Execute [01777] judgment [04941] in the morning [01242], and deliver [05337] him that is spoiled [01497] out of the hand [03027] of the oppressor [06231], lest my fury [02534] go out [03318] like fire [0784], and burn [01197] that none can quench [03518] it, because [06440] of the evil [07455] of your doings [04611].
13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant [03427] of the valley [06010], and rock [06697] of the plain [04334], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]; which say [0559], Who shall come down [05181] against us? or who shall enter [0935] into our habitations [04585]?
14 But I will punish [06485] you according to the fruit [06529] of your doings [04611], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]: and I will kindle [03341] a fire [0784] in the forest [03293] thereof, and it shall devour [0398] all things round about [05439] it.