Jeremiah 43:3
in Jeremiah 43Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death or exile us to Babylon!”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
but Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away captive to Babylon.
KJV
But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.
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This verse in Jeremiah 43
Commentary
4 notes on this verseHe says that the whole people obstinately persevered in their wicked design, so that he effected nothing by his warning and protest. Now this stupidity of the people was monstrous; for they had found out by experience the fidelity of the Prophet for many years; and further, they had gone to him because they believed that he was a faithful and an approved servant of God.
This site's exposition
when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking
on Jeremiah 43:1-3
Jeremiah had just delivered the Lord's answer to Johanan's own inquiry, safety in the land against ruin in Egypt, and the ink is barely dry before Azariah and Johanan brand it a lie: Thou speakest falsely, the Lord our God hath not sent thee. The charge does not stop at Jeremiah but lands on Baruch, that Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, the world's usual explanation for an unwelcome word, that someone else must be pulling the prophet's strings. The bench notes the irony: forty years earlier Jeremiah stood trial for a sermon at the temple gate, and here at the close of his public ministry the same accusation is renewed in exile's antechamber.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
When men will persist in sin they represent those that would turn them from it as designing men for themselves, nay, as ill-designing men against their neighbours. It is well for persons who are thus misrepresented that their witness is in heaven and their record on high.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Baruch--He being the younger spake out the revelations which he received from Jeremiah more vehemently. From this cause, and from their knowing that he was in favor with the Chaldeans, arose their suspicion of him. Their perverse fickleness was astonishing.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֗י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בָּרוּךְ֙ | barukh | Baruch | H1263 → | 26 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| נֵ֣רִיָּ֔ה | neriyah | Neriah | H5374 → | 10 times |
| מַסִּ֥ית | masit | [is] inciting | H5496 → | |
| אֹתְךָ֖ | ʾotekha | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בָּ֑נוּ | banu | against <the> us | ||
| לְמַעַן֩ | lemaan | so as | H4616 → | 272 times |
| תֵּ֨ת | tet | to give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֹתָ֤נוּ | ʾotanu | <obj.> us | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְיַֽד־ | veyad- | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| הַכַּשְׂדִּים֙ | hakasdim | the Chaldeans | H3778 → | 80 times |
| לְהָמִ֣ית | lehamit | to put to death | H4191 → | 839 times |
| אֹתָ֔נוּ | ʾotanu | <obj.> us | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וּלְהַגְל֥וֹת | ulehaglot | and to take into exile | H1540 → | 186 times |
| אֹתָ֖נוּ | ʾotanu | <obj.> us | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בָּבֶֽל׃ | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
כִּ֗יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
בָּרוּךְ֙Baruch
barukhH1263 →26 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
נֵ֣רִיָּ֔הNeriah
neriyahH5374 →10 times
מַסִּ֥ית[is] inciting
masitH5496 →
אֹתְךָ֖<obj.> you
ʾotekhaH853 →10935 times
בָּ֑נוּagainst <the> us
banu
לְמַעַן֩so as
lemaanH4616 →272 times
תֵּ֨תto give
tetH5414 →2011 times
אֹתָ֤נוּ<obj.> us
ʾotanuH853 →10935 times
בְיַֽד־in [the] hand of
veyad-H3027 →1618 times
הַכַּשְׂדִּים֙the Chaldeans
hakasdimH3778 →80 times
לְהָמִ֣יתto put to death
lehamitH4191 →839 times
אֹתָ֔נוּ<obj.> us
ʾotanuH853 →10935 times
וּלְהַגְל֥וֹתand to take into exile
ulehaglotH1540 →186 times
אֹתָ֖נוּ<obj.> us
ʾotanuH853 →10935 times
בָּבֶֽל׃Babylon
bavelH894 →262 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 36:26Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD…
it leads to
- Psalms 91:1
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
- 1 Kings 19:1–3
Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
- 1 Kings 19:10
“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am…
- 1 Kings 17:3
“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
- 1 Kings 19:14
“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am…
- Psalms 91:1
Through
Jeremiah 36:10From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 36:11
When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,
- Jeremiah 36:11
Through
Jeremiah 36:4So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:12
and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews…
- Jeremiah 32:12
Through
Jeremiah 38:4Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 26:11
Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”
- Jeremiah 26:11
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This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentaries and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.