Title: Jeremiah's imprisonment (Jeremiah 37:1-21)
Contents Chapters 37 and 38 are the facts of the siege of Jerusalem in the days of Zedekiah. The facts in this chapter are closely related to the facts in Chapter 21, so Chapter 21 is a fact between Chapters 37 and 38 in chronological order.
1. Requested Prayer from Jeremiah 1-10 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took Coniah son of Jehoiakim to Babylon and made his uncle Zedekiah son of Josiah ruler for the rest of the people. Like Jehoiakim, I too, as an evil king, did not listen to the word of God. However, when faced with difficulties, he sent messengers to Jeremiah to pray for salvation. At this time, the Babylonian army temporarily retreated after hearing the news of the invasion of the Egyptian army. Jeremiah, who was asked to pray for salvation, answered the prayer as follows.1) The Egyptian army will return to their own country. This is because there was no chance of victory in preparation for the Babylonian army's re-attack.
2) It was said that the Babylonian army would attack again, occupy it, and then set it on fire.
It is unbelievable to say that the Babylonian army has completely departed from the anti-Babylonian faction, and even if you do some counterattacks, it is only a reckless sacrifice, and it is God's established fact that the Babylonians will attack you.
2. Jeremiah is imprisoned with a sieve 11-15 At this time, the Babylonian army's mace was a strategy for a surprise attack, and it was never a complete withdrawal. Verse 12 seems to have gone to the land of Benjamin for the land he had bought from his uncle.
It is thought that Ilia in verse 13 is the grandson of Haniniah, the false prophet Sangpil (27-).
After leading Jeremiah to the princes and beating them terribly, Illiah put him in prison. The reward for Jeremiah's faithful prophecy is ultimately shame and suffering. This is the way of the cross that true servants take as they do God's work. The prison was the one in the house of the scribe Jonathan. Who struck down and imprisoned God's servants? Their religious leaders in charge of God's work were mainly at the forefront of planning and implementing this work.
3. Zedekiah protects Jeremiah 16-21 The attitude of King Zedekiah after releasing Jeremiah and asking him whether God has revealed him shows that he was more good than the princes.
However, in the Bible (2 Chronicles 36:11-13), King Zedekiah is said to be an evil king. From this, it is clear that he was good, but his personality was weak and he was influenced by evil servants. Jeremiah also boldly spoke of going into captivity to Babylon just as God had said. In verse 19, he questioned whether the prophecy of the king's false prophets to destroy Babylon was correct. At that time, the king of Babylon invaded Judah again, and in the end Jeremiah's words were true, and it became self-evident that the words of the false prophets were false. Then he could boldly ask, “What crime are you in prison for?” The basement cell of the scribe Jonathan's house was very dark, and the air was bad and unsanitary, to the point of getting sick, and there was a fear of being killed by ignorant humans.
Conclusion: It was said that the king allowed Jeremiah to be in the courtyard of the guards. ).