Jer 26:2
26:2 Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the {a} court of the LORD'S
     house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to
     worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command
     thee to speak to them; diminish not a word:

     (a) That is, in that place of the temple to which the
         people resort out of all Judah to sacrifice.
     (b) To the intent that they should pretend no ignorance, as
         in @Ac 20:27.

Jer 26:3
26:3 It may be they will hearken, and turn every man from his
     evil way, that I may {c} repent of the evil, which I
     purpose to do to them because of the evil of their doings.

     (c) \\See Geneva "Jer 7:12"\\

Jer 26:6
26:6 Then will I make this house like {d} Shiloh, and will make
     this city {e} a curse to all the nations of the earth.

     (d) \\See Geneva "Jer 7:12"\\
     (e) So that when they would curse any, they will say, "God
         do to you as to Jerusalem."

Jer 26:9
26:9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying,
     {f} This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be
     desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were
     gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

     (f) Because of God's promises to the temple,
         @Ps 132:14 that he would forever remain there,
         hypocrites thought this temple could never perish and
         therefore thought it blasphemy to speak against it,
         @Mt 26:61, Ac 6:13 not considering that this was
         meant of the Church where God will remain forever.

Jer 26:10
26:10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they
      came up from the king's house to the house of the LORD,
      and sat down in the entrance of the {g} new gate of the
      LORD'S [house].

      (g) So called, because it was repaired by Jotham,
          @2Ki 15:35.

Jer 26:12
26:12 Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the
      people, saying, The LORD {h} sent me to prophesy against
      this house and against this city all the words that ye
      have heard.

      (h) He both shows the cause of his doings plainly and also
          threatens them that nothing would help, though they
          should put him to death, but heap greater vengeance
          on their heads.

Jer 26:18
26:18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah
      king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah,
      saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed
      [like] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the
      mountain of the {i} house as the high places of the
      forest.

      (i) That is, of the House of the Lord, that is, Zion, and
          these examples the godly alleged to deliver Jeremiah
          out of the priests hands, whose rage else would not
          have been satisfied but by his death.

Jer 26:19
26:19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death?
      did he not fear the LORD, and beseech the LORD, and the
      LORD repented of the {k} evil which he had pronounced
      against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our
      souls.

      (k) So that the city was not destroyed, but by a miracle
          was delivered out of the hands of Sennacherib.

Jer 26:22
26:22 And Jehoiakim the king {l} sent men into Egypt, [namely],
      Elnathan the son of Achbor, and [certain] men with him
      into Egypt.

      (l) Here is declared the fury of tyrants who cannot stand
          to hear God's word declared but persecute the
          ministers of it, and yet in the end they prevail
          nothing but provoke God' judgments so much more.

Jer 26:23
26:23 And they brought forth Urijah from Egypt, and brought him
      to Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and
      {m} cast his dead body into the burial place of the common
      people.

      (m) As in the first Hezekiah's example is to be followed,
          so in this other Jehoiakim's act it to be abhorred:
          for God's plague descended on him and his household.

Jer 26:24
26:24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam {n} the son of Shaphan was
      with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand
      of the people to put him to death.

      (n) Which declares that nothing could have appeased their
          fury if God had not moved this noble man to stand
          valiantly in his defense.



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