The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, "The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place, Sermons
I. HOW CLEAR WAS THE RECOGNITION OF GOD. He ascribes all to "the Lord thy God." He recognizes the prophet as sent of God (ver. 3), "According as he hath said" He traces their calamities to their true cause - sin against God. He recognizes that Babylon and her troops are but ministers of God to do his will. II. THE PROBABLE SOURCES OF HIS KNOWLEDGE. Perhaps: 1. The general belief that each nation had its own deity. 2. Yet more, the prophecies of Jeremiah. 3. Also the strength of Jerusalem. Never, apart from the people's sin, has such a fortress been overthrown. 4. The madness of the people. Quem deus vult perdere prius dementat. Only a God forsaken people could have thrown away their well being as these had done. 5. The judgments that came upon them. III. WHAT SUCH FACTS AS THESE - the blind seeing, etc. - REVEAL. 1. How clear the light of truth which God has given! Were it not so clear, such as this heathen would not see it. 2. How dense the darkness which persistent sin spreads over the soul! Hence the "seeing blind." 3. How awful the doom of those who seeing, see not! Cf. Matthew 11., "Woe unto thee, Chorazin," etc.! - C.
Being bound in chains. Christian Commonwealth. There is sadness In a shackle and bitterness In bonds. Many men part with life rather than liberty. Speaking humanly, Paul's lot In chains would have been intolerably irksome; but his soul was free! They could not chain his spirit. It is melancholy to watch the attitude of a caged eagle; its eye is dull, its plumage droops. The chain is round the spirit of the creature of the skies. Not so with the Christian soul. "It is not the shackle on the wrist that constitutes the slave," said Robertson of Brighton, "but the loss of self-respect." In Christian service we learn to reverence self. Our only bonds are the bonds of love. Our manhood is exalted, our service is liberty.(Christian Commonwealth.) People Ahikam, Ammonites, Baalis, Babylonians, Ephai, Gedaliah, Ishmael, Jaazaniah, Jeremiah, Jezaniah, Johanan, Jonathan, Kareah, Nebuzaradan, Nethaniah, Seraiah, Shaphan, TanhumethPlaces Babylon, Edom, Jerusalem, Mizpah, Moab, RamahTopics Armed, Bodyguard, Body-guard, Calamity, Captain, Chief, Decreed, Disaster, Evil, Executioners, Guard, Jeremiah, Promised, Pronounced, Spoken, TakethOutline 1. Jeremiah, being set free by Nebuzaradan, goes to Gedaliah.7. The dispersed Jews repair unto him. 13. Johanan revealing Ishmael's conspiracy is not believed. Dictionary of Bible Themes Jeremiah 40:1-4Library In JudaeaIf Galilee could boast of the beauty of its scenery and the fruitfulness of its soil; of being the mart of a busy life, and the highway of intercourse with the great world outside Palestine, Judaea would neither covet nor envy such advantages. Hers was quite another and a peculiar claim. Galilee might be the outer court, but Judaea was like the inner sanctuary of Israel. True, its landscapes were comparatively barren, its hills bare and rocky, its wilderness lonely; but around those grey limestone … Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life The Nations of the South-East Flight into Egypt and Slaughter of the Bethlehem Children. That Upon the Conquest and Slaughter of vitellius Vespasian Hastened his Journey to Rome; but Titus his Son Returned to Jerusalem. The Upbringing of Jewish Children Jeremiah Links Jeremiah 40:2 NIVJeremiah 40:2 NLT Jeremiah 40:2 ESV Jeremiah 40:2 NASB Jeremiah 40:2 KJV Jeremiah 40:2 Bible Apps Jeremiah 40:2 Parallel Jeremiah 40:2 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 40:2 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 40:2 French Bible Jeremiah 40:2 German Bible Jeremiah 40:2 Commentaries Bible Hub |