3. Zedekiah . . . sent —fearing lest, in the event of the Chaldeans overcoming Pharaoh-hophra, they should return to besiege Jerusalem. See on :- ; that chapter chronologically comes in between the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth chapter. The message of the king to Jeremiah here in the thirty-seventh chapter is, however, somewhat earlier than that in the twenty-first chapter; here it is while the issue between the Chaldeans and Pharaoh was undecided; there it is when, after the repulse of Pharaoh, the Chaldeans were again advancing against Jerusalem; hence, while Zephaniah is named in both embassies, Jehucal accompanies him here, Pashur there. But, as Pashur and Jehucal are both mentioned in Jeremiah 38:1 ; Jeremiah 38:2 , as hearing Jeremiah's reply, which is identical with that in Jeremiah 38:2- : , it is probable the two messages followed one another at a short interval; that in this Jeremiah 38:2- : , and the answer, Jeremiah 38:2- : , being the earlier of the two. Zephaniah —an abettor of rebellion against God ( Jeremiah 29:25 ), though less virulent than many ( Jeremiah 29:25- : ), punished accordingly ( Jeremiah 29:25- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"
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