Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 22:1-9
Here we have,
I. Orders given to Jeremiah to go and preach before the king. In the foregoing chapter we are told that Zedekiah sent messengers to the prophet, but here the prophet is bidden to go, in his own proper person, to the house of the king, and demand his attention to the word of the King of kings (Jer 22:2): Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah! Subjects must own that where the word of the king is there is power over them, but kings must own that where the word of the Lord is there is power over them. The king of Judah is here spoken to as sitting upon the throne of David, who was a man after God's own heart, as holding his dignity and power by the covenant made with David; le…
Read the whole note in the consoleJamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 22:7
prepare--literally, "sanctify," or solemnly set apart for a particular work (compare Isa 13:3).
thy choice cedars-- (Isa 37:24). Thy palaces built of choice cedars (Sol 1:17).
John Gill on Jeremiah 22:7
And I will prepare destroyers against thee,.... The Chaldeans, men of savage dispositions, bent upon the destruction of their neighbours; and who had already destroyed many nations, and so fit instruments for such service, as after mentioned; and who yet did not come merely of themselves, but were moved and directed to it by the powerful and all wise providence of God, in consequence of a previous preparation and appointment of them by the Lord in his counsels and purposes. It is, in the original text, "I will sanctify destroyers" (c); and not only intends a purpose and design; but suggests, that what they should do by his will and order would be consistent with his holiness and justice; and…
Read the whole note in the consoleJohn Calvin on Jeremiah 22:7
Jeremiah 22:7
7. And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
7. Et praeparabo (vertunt alii, sanctificabo, ut etiam qds hoc significat, praeparabo igitur) adversum to perditores, (aut, vastatores; scht significat perdere, et redigere in nihilum, et corrumpere, unde nomen mschtym, quod hic ponitur,) virum et arma ejus (aut, instrumenta bellica, vasa transferunt,) et exscindent electionem cedrorum tuarum (hoc est, electissimas quasque cedros tuas,) et conjicient in ignem.
He expresses the manner, for he had only said before, that the ruin of the city Jerusalem was nigh at hand; he adds, that…
