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Jeremiah 26:1-24

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

JEREMIAH'S TRIAL AND DELIVERANCE.

EXPOSITION

The prophecy in Jeremiah 26:2-6 is a summary of that contained in Jeremiah 7:1-15; the narrative, which stands in no connection either with Jeremiah 24:1-10 or Jeremiah 27:1-22, relates the consequences of that bold declaration of the word of the Lord. The present position of the chapter is only surprising to those who assume that the works of the prophets were necessarily arranged chronologically. How many violations of chronological order meet us in other books, e.g. in Isaiah. It is only reasonable to expect similar phenomena in the Book of Jeremiah. To estimate the circumstances of the prophecy aright, we must remember that in Jehoiakim's reign a Chaldean invasion was the danger by which all minds were constantly preoccupied.

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