Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Jeremiah
Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: 43
Overview:
The leaders carry the people to
Egypt.
(1-7) Jeremiah
foretells the conquest of
Egypt.
(8-13)
1-7 Only
By pride comes contention, both with
God and
Man. They
preferred their own
Wisdom to the revealed will of
God. Men deny
the Scriptures to be the
Word of God, because they are resolved
not to conform themselves to
Scripture rules. When men will
persist in
Sin, they charge the best actions to bad motives.
These Jews deserted their own land, and threw themselves out of
God's protection. It is the folly of men, that they often ruin
themselves
By wrong endeavours to mend their situation.
8-13 God can find his people wherever they are. The
Spirit of
Prophecy was not confined to the land of
Israel. It is foretold
that
Nebuchadnezzar should destroy and carry into
Captivity many
of the Egyptians. Thus
God makes one wicked
Man, or wicked
nation, a scourge and
Plague to another. He will punish those
who deceive his professing people, or tempt them to rebellion.