Jeremiah 41:1
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord (now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the country of his dominion, were warring against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah), saying,
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2 Samuel 3:27And he brought back Abner to Hebron, and Joab caused him to turn aside from the gate to speak to him, laying wait for him: and he smote him there in the loins, and he died for the blood of Asahel the brother of Joab.
2 Kings 11:1And Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, and she destroyed all the seed royal.
2 Kings 25:25And it came to pass in the seventh month that Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and he smote Gedaliah, that he died, him and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him in Mizpah.
Psalms 41:9By day the Lord will command his mercy, 1 And manifest it by night: 1 With me is prayer to the God of my life. 1
Proverbs 13:10A bad man does evil with insolence: 1 But they that are judges of themselves are wise. 1
Proverbs 27:4Wrath is merciless, and anger sharp: 1 But envy can bear nothing. 1
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 41:1
It is a very tragical story that is related in this chapter, and shows that evil pursues sinners. The black cloud that was gathering in the foregoing chapter here bursts in a dreadful storm. Those few Jews that escaped the captivity were proud to think that they were still in their own land, when their brethren had gone they knew not whither, were fond of the wine and summer-fruits they had gathered, and were very secure under Gedaliah's protectorship, when, on a sudden, even these remains prove ruins too. I.… Read the whole commentary →