Jeremiah 40:2

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon. ²The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, "The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,³and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you. ⁴But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right for you to go, go there." ⁵But before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan told him, "Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people, or go anywhere else that seems right." Then the captain of the guard gave him a ration and a gift and released him. ⁶So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.

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The Lord: Jeremiah 22:8, Jeremiah 22:9, Deuteronomy 29:24-28, 1 Kings 9:8, 1 Kings 9:9, 2 Chronicles 7:20-22, Lamentations 2:15-17

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 29:25 - Because Nehemiah 9:30 - therefore Jeremiah 11:17 - pronounced Jeremiah 15:11 - verily I Jeremiah 25:9 - Nebuchadrezzar Jeremiah 50:7 - We offend Ezekiel 20:48 - General Ezekiel 39:23 - the heathen Acts 28:16 - captain

Cross-References

1 Chronicles 27:27
Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards. Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine vats.

Psalms 76:10
Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.

Proverbs 16:14
The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

Proverbs 19:12
A king's rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 19:19
A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.

Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?

Acts 12:20
Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king's country for food.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah,.... When he mustered his prisoners, to his great surprise he found the prophet among them, whom he took out from them, and set him free; though, before he dismissed him, he had the following conversation with him:

and said unto him, the Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil on this place; the city of Jerusalem; from whence the prophet and the rest of the captives were just brought, and which now lay in ruins; the houses burnt; the walls broken down; and the inhabitants spoiled and carried captive. This was the evil which the Lord, he says, had "decreed", as the Targum renders it; had purposed to bring upon it; and which he had declared and pronounced by the mouth of Jeremiah, whose Lord God he was, being his prophet, and a worshipper of him: this Nebuzaradan was apprized of by the Jews that deserted to the Chaldeans; and particularly, as is probable, by Gedaliah.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 40:2. The Lord thy God hath pronounced — I know that thou art a true prophet, for what thou hast predicted from thy God is come to pass.