translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: JER

label: NET study note

text: See the study note on 42:1 for the possible identification of this man with Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite.


text: These are the people who are referred to in Jer 40:11-12 .


text: This refers to the group mentioned in Jer 40:7 and 41:10 . The two groups together constituted all the people who were at Mizpah when Gedaliah was murdered, had been taken captive by Ishmael, had been rescued by Johanan and the other army officers, and had consulted Jeremiah at Geruth Chimham.


text: This had been their intention all along ( 41:17 ). Though they consulted the Lord and promised to do what he told them whether they agreed with it or not ( 42:5-6 ), it is clear that they had no intention of doing so. Jeremiah could see that ( 42:19-22 ). They refused to believe that the Lord had really said what Jeremiah told them ( 43:4 ) and feared reprisal from the Babylonians more than any potential destruction from the Lord ( 43:3 ).


text: Tahpanhes was an important fortress city on the northern border of Egypt in the northeastern Nile delta. It is generally equated with the Greek city of Daphne. It has already been mentioned in 2:16 in conjunction with Memphis (the Hebrew name is “Noph”) as a source of soldiers who did violence to the Israelites in the past.


text: All the commentaries point out that this was not Pharaoh’s (main) palace but a governor’s residence or other government building that Pharaoh occupied when he was in Tahpanhes.


text: This is another of those symbolic prophecies of Jeremiah which involved an action and an explanation. Compare Jer 19, 27 .


text: See the study note on Jer 25:9 for the use of this epithet for foreign rulers. The term emphasizes God’s sovereignty over history.


text: It is generally agreed that the temple of the sun was located in Heliopolis, which is elsewhere referred to as On (cf. Gen 41:45 ). It was the center for the worship of Amon-Re, the Egyptian sun god, and was famous for its obelisks (conical shaped pillars) dedicated to that god. It was located about 6 miles (10 km) northeast of modern-day Cairo.