Westminster Annotations, Jeremiah · Chapter 26
CHAP. XXVI.
Vers. 1. CAme this word from the LORD] See Chap. 1. 2. and 2. 1.
V. 2. Stand in the Court of the LORDS own house] In that part of the Temple, wherein the people assemble out of all parts to sacrifice, Chap. 19. 14.
all the words that I command thee] That, neither they may pretend ignorance; nor thou fail in the discharge of thy dutie, Chap. 7. 27. & 11. 6. Act. 20. 27.
diminish not a word] Or, ought. Josh. 23. 14. Chap. 42. 4.
V. 3. that I may repent me, &c.] Chap. 18. 8. Jon. 3. 10.
V. 5. rising up early and sending them] Chap. 7. 13, 25. and 11. 7. & 25. 3, 4.
V. 6. Then will I make this house, &c.] Chap. 7. 12.
like Shiloh] 1 Sam. 4. 12. Psal. 78. 60. Chap. 7. 14.
this citie a curse] That in cursing men may say, God do to thee, as he did to Jerusalem. as Chap. 29. 18. 22. & 42. 18.
V. 8. Thou shalt surely die] Heb. dying die. Gen. 2. 17.
V. 9. This house shall be like Shiloh] Because of Gods promise concerning the Temple, that he would ever abide there, Psal. 132. 14. they pr…sumed that it could never perish; and accounted all preaching, that looked that way, blasphemous, Matth. 26. 61. Act. 6. 13. not considering, that the promise made as concerning the Temple, was but conditionall, Chap. 5. 7. 2 Chron. 7. 19,—22. and belonged principally to the Church, whereof the Temple was a type, Matth. 16. 18.
this citie shall be desolate] Chap. 4. 7, 27, 29. & 34. 22.
all the people were gathered against Jeremiah] Or, to Jeremiah: about him, to hear him: that which especially vexed the priests, to see the people so flock about him. Vers. 16.
V. 10. When the princes of Judah heard these things] Heb. words. Gen. 40. 1. Chap. 7. 22.
they came up from the kings house] Or, came from thence. as Chap. 22. 1.
sat down in the entry] Or, at the door. Chap. 36. 10. Ezek. 8. 14. & 16. 19.
of the new gate] So called, because lately repaired by Jotham. 2 King. 15. 35. 2 Chron. 27. 3.
V. 11. This man is worthy to die] Heb. The judgement of death is for this man. Vers. 16. Deut. 21. 22.
V. 12. The LORD sent me to prophesie against this house, &c.] He telleth them plainly the ground of what he did; assuring them withall, that by putting him to death, they should gain nothing, but greater guilt, Zech. 1. 5, 6.
V. 13. amend your wayes] Chap. 7. 3.
the LORD will repent him] Vers. 19. Chap. 18. 8.
V. 14. I am in your hand] Chap. 38. 5.
do with me as see…eth good and meet unto you] Heb. as it is good and right in your eyes. 1 Sam. 15. 26. Chap. 40. 4.
V. 15. know ye for certain] Heb. knowing know. Chap. 13. 12.
to speak all these words in your ears] Or, hearing. Isa. 5. 9. and 22. 14.
V. 16. This man is not worthy to die] See Vers. 11.
V. 18. Micah the Morasthite] Mic. 1. 1.
Zion shall be ploughed, &c.] Mic 3. 12.
the mountain of the house] On which Gods house, the Temple, standeth, Isa. 2. 1.
as the high places of the forest] Heb. high-places of a wood. a woodie high-place; overgrown with trees and shrubs. Isa. 37. 26.
V. 19. Did H…zekiah, &c.] This example they alledge to deliver Jeremiah out of the hands of the Priests; whose rage else would not have been satisfied but with his death.
put him at all to death] Heb. slaying slay. Chap. 38. 15.
did he not fear the LORD] Isa. 37. 1,—4, 15,—20.
besought the LORD] Heb. the face of the Lord. Zech. 8. 22. Mal. 1. 9.
the LORD repented him] So that the citie was not then destroyed; but by miracle delivered, Isa. 37. 35, 36. So Jon. 3. 10.
V. 20. And there was also, &c.] Or, Now there was also. as Vers. 8. For these words are not part of the speech of those wellminded persons, vers. 17. who pleaded in the prophets behalf: but of the prophet himself, or the pen-man of this part of his prephecies, relating the story of the present businesse, paralleled with an other of the same time, and of the same subject; but diversly carried, and of diverse event.
Kirjath-jearim] A citie of Judah. Josh. 18. 14.
V. 22. Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt] See the furie of this tyranne, who not enduring to hear Gods message, pursueth his messenger, even into a forain land, unto death: as Saul, Act. 26. 10, 11. yet gained nothing thereby, but provoked God so much the more to wrath; and in the end paid dearly for it. Vers. 15. Chap. 22. 18, 19. & 36. 30.
V. 23. cast his dead body into the graves of the common people] Heb. sonnes of the people. Not suffering him to have so much as an honest sepulture, such as people of the better rank had.
V. 24. Neverthelesse, &c.] Though it fared so with Urijah, that fled; yet it went better with Jeremiah, that stood to his tackle: for God stirred up those that stood by him, and delivered him out of the hands of those, who else would have slain him; according to his promise, Chap. 15. 20, 21.
the hand of Ahikam] The father of Gedaliah; whom the king of Babylon after the surprisall of Jerusalem made governour of those whom he left in Judea, 2 King. 25. 22. Chap. 39. 14. and 40. 5.
that they should not give him into the hand of the people] Or, power. as Psal. 49. 15. Chap. 22. 25.