Jeremiah 37:10

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Contextual Overview

¹Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon named Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim. ²He and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet. ³Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, "Please pray for us to the LORD our God!" ⁴Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him into the prison. ⁵Pharaoh's army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem. ⁶Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet: ⁷"This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Tell the king of Judah, who is sending you to inquire of Me, 'Behold, Pharaoh's army, which has marched out to help you, is going back to its own land of Egypt. ⁸Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.' ⁹This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, 'The Chaldeans will go away for good,' for they will not! ¹⁰Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down."

Bible Verse Review
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though: Jeremiah 21:4-7, Jeremiah 49:20, Jeremiah 50:45, Leviticus 26:36-38, Isaiah 10:4, Isaiah 30:17

wounded men: Heb. men thrust through, Jeremiah 51:4, Isaiah 13:15, Isaiah 14:19

yet: Joel 2:11

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:37 - they shall Judges 2:14 - could not 1 Samuel 2:4 - stumbled 2 Samuel 5:6 - Except 2 Kings 19:26 - of small power 2 Kings 25:9 - the king's 2 Chronicles 24:24 - came Isaiah 37:27 - their inhabitants Jeremiah 24:8 - So will Jeremiah 32:5 - though Jeremiah 33:5 - come Jeremiah 39:8 - burned Ezekiel 14:7 - and cometh Ezekiel 17:9 - even Ezekiel 24:11 - set it Amos 5:9 - strengtheneth

Cross-References

Genesis 27:29
May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed."

Genesis 37:7
We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine."

Genesis 37:10
He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, "What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?"

Genesis 37:11
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

Isaiah 60:14
The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you,.... Supposing the whole army of the Chaldeans had been vanquished and slain by the Egyptians, the confederates of the Jews; or should they be slain by them in a second siege of them, excepting a few next mentioned:

and there remained [but] wounded men among them; and supposing that those of them that were left, that were not slain, were everyone of them wounded men, and so disabled for fighting, as might be thought:

[yet] should they rise up every man in his tent; where he was smitten, and lay wounded; or where he was carried to be cured of his wounds; such should rise up like persons from the dead almost, and fight with such strength and spirit, that they should soon take the city, though in such a condition:

and burn this city with fire; this being a thing determined by the Lord, and nothing should hinder it; for it matters not what the instruments are; though ever so impotent and disabled, they shall do the work allotted to them. Wherefore all the hopes of the Jews, founded upon the departure of the Chaldean army, were vain ones.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah’s answer here is even more unfavorable than that which is given in Jeremiah 21:4-7. So hopeless is resistance that the disabled men among the Chaldaeans would alone suffice to capture the city and burn it to the ground.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 37:10. For though ye had smitten the whole army — Strong words; but they show how fully God was determined to give up this city to fire and sword, and how fully he had instructed his prophet on this point.