Jer 43:2
43:2 Then spoke {a} Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the
     son of Kareah, and all the {b} proud men, saying to
     Jeremiah, {c} Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath
     {d} not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn
     there:

     (a) Who was also called Jezaniah, @Jer 42:1.
     (b) This declares that pride is the cause of rebellion and
         contempt of God's ministers.
     (c) When the hypocrisy of the wicked is discovered, they
         burst forth into open rage: for they can abide nothing
         but flattery, read @Isa 30:10.
     (d) He shows what is the nature of the hypocrites: that is,
         to pretend that they would obey God and embrace his
         word, if they were assured that his messenger spoke the
         truth: though indeed they are most far from all
         obedience.

Jer 43:3
43:3 But Baruch the son of Neriah {e} setteth thee on against
     us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they
     may put us to death, and carry us away captives into
     Babylon.

     (e) Thus the wicked not only contemn and hurt the
         messengers of God, but slander and speak wickedly of
         all them that support or favour the godly.

Jer 43:5
43:5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
     forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that had returned
     from all {f} nations, where they had been driven, to dwell
     in the land of Judah;

     (f) As from the Moabites, Ammonites and Edomites,
         @Jer 40:11.

Jer 43:6
43:6 [Even] men, and women, and children, and the king's
     daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of
     the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son
     of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the {g} prophet, and Baruch the
     son of Neriah.

     (g) When these wicked lead away by force.

Jer 43:7
43:7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not
     the voice of the LORD: thus they came [even] to {h}
     Tahpanhes.

     (h) A city in Egypt near to Nilus.

Jer 43:9
43:9 Take great stones in thy hand, and {i} hide them in the
     clay in the brickkiln, which [is] at the entrance of
     Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of
     Judah;

     (i) Which signified that Nebuchadnezzar would come even to
         the gates of Pharaoh, where his brick kilns for his
         buildings were.

Jer 43:10
43:10 And say to them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
      Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the
      king of Babylon, {k} my servant, and will set his throne
      upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his
      royal pavilion over them.

      (k) Read @Jer 25:9.

Jer 43:11
43:11 And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, [and
      deliver] {l} such [as are] for death to death; and such
      [as are] for captivity to captivity; and such [as are] for
      the sword to the sword.

      (l) Everyone will be slain by the means that God has
          appointed, @Jer 15:2.

Jer 43:12
43:12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of
      Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away
      captives: and he shall array himself with the land of
      Egypt, as a {m} shepherd putteth on his garment; and he
      shall go forth from there in peace.

      (m) Meaning most easily and suddenly will he carry the
          Egyptians away.



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