Yeremia 40:1

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Firman yang datang dari pada TUHAN kepada Yeremia, sesudah ia dilepaskan dari Rama oleh Nebuzaradan, kepala pasukan pengawal, yang telah menyuruh untuk mengambilnya terbelenggu pada tangannya di tengah-tengah semua orang buangan dari Yerusalem dan Yehuda yang hendak diangkut ke dalam pembuangan ke Babel.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Firman yang datang dari pada TUHAN kepada Yeremia, sesudah ia dilepaskan dari Rama oleh Nebuzaradan, kepala pasukan pengawal, yang telah menyuruh untuk mengambilnya terbelenggu pada tangannya di tengah-tengah semua orang buangan dari Yerusalem dan Yehuda yang hendak diangkut ke dalam pembuangan ke Babel.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Bahwa inilah firman Tuhan yang telah datang kepada Yermia kemudian dari pada disuruhkan Nebuzaradan, penghulu biduanda itu, akan dia datang dari Rama, yaitu kemudian dari pada disuruhnya ambil akan dia, pada masa ia terikat dengan rantai di antara segala orang Yeruzalem dan Yehuda yang tertawan, yang dipindahkan ke Babil dengan tertawan.

Contextual Overview

¹ This is the worde that the Lorde spake vnto Ieremie, when Nabuzaradan the chiefe captayne had let hym go free from Ramath, whyther he had led hym bounde among all the prisoners that were caryed from Hierusalem and Iuda vnto Babylon. ² The chiefe captaine called for Ieremie, and sayde vnto hym, The Lorde thy God spake mightily before of the misery vpon this place. ³ Nowe the Lorde hath sent it and perfourmed it as he hath promised: for ye haue sinned agaynst the Lord, and haue not ben obedient vnto his voyce, therfore commeth this plague vpon you. ⁴ Beholde, I loose the bandes from thy handes this day: yf thou wilt nowe go with me vnto Babylon, vp then, for I wyll see to thee, and prouide for thee: but yf thou wylt not go with me to Babylon, then remayne here: Beholde all the lande is at thy wyll, loke where thou thinkest conuenient and good for thee to abyde, there dwell. ⁵ For as yet he was not gone backe agayne to Gedaliah: therfore he sayde to him, Go backe to Gedaliah the sonne of Ahicam, the sonne of Saphan, whom the kyng of Babylon hath made gouernour ouer the cities of Iuda, and dwell with hym among the people, or remayne where soeuer it please thee. So the chiefe captayne gaue him his expences with a rewarde, and let hym go. ⁶ Then went Ieremie vnto Gedaliah the sonne of Ahicam to Mispa, & dwelt there with hym among the people that were left in the lande.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The word: This, and the four following chapters, record the events which occurred in Judea from the taking of Jerusalem to the retreat of the remnant of the people to Egypt; and contain several prophecies of Jeremiah concerning them there; which were "the word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord." It appears that Jeremiah, after being freed from prison, continued among the Jews, till he was bound, with others of them, and carried to Ramah; where he was set a liberty in the manner related.

after: Jeremiah 39:11-14

Ramah: Jeremiah 31:15, Joshua 18:25, 1 Samuel 7:17

bound: Psalms 68:6, Psalms 107:16, Acts 12:6, Acts 12:7, Acts 21:13, Acts 28:20, Ephesians 6:20, *marg.

chains: or, manacles

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 25:8 - Nebuzaradan Jeremiah 39:9 - Nebuzaradan Jeremiah 39:14 - took Ezekiel 7:23 - a chain

Cross-References

Genesis 40:13
For within three dayes shall Pharao lyft vp thine head, and restore thee into thine office agayne, and thou shalt deliuer Pharaos cup into his hande after the olde maner when thou wast his butler.

Genesis 40:20
And it came to passe the thirde day, which was Pharaos birth day, that he made a feast vnto all his seruauntes: and he lyfted vp the head of the chiefe butler, and of the chiefe baker among his seruauntes:

Genesis 40:23
Neither dyd the chiefe butler remember Ioseph, but forgat hym.

Esther 6:1
The same night coulde not the king sleepe, and he commaunded to bring the chronicles and stories: and they were read before the king.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum; but there being no prophecy in this and the following chapter, only a narration of facts, this is generally referred to what came ten days after, and which begins Jeremiah 42:7; so Jarchi and Kimchi; all between being included in a parenthesis, or a relation of facts preparatory, to lead on to it; though Abarbinel takes it to be a general title to all histories and prophecies in this book, from henceforward to the end of it. Jarchi and Kimchi make mention of a Midrash, which refers it to the special word of the Lord to Jeremiah to go to Gedaliah, Jeremiah 40:5; interpreting that passage as the words of the Lord, and not of Nebuzaradan; but Abarbinel's sense seems best. The time of this prophecy was

after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah; which was a city in the land of Benjamin near Gibeon, seven miles from Jerusalem, as Jerom q says; here Nebuzaradan had his rendezvous, whither he brought his captives as they fell into his hands, among whom were Jeremiah:

when he had taken him; out of the court of the prison, and out of Jerusalem, and brought him to Ramah:

being bound in chains among all them that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, that were carried away captive unto Babylon; how it came to pass is not certain, but so it was; that, though by the orders of Nebuzaradan and the princes, agreeably to the command of the king of Babylon, Jeremiah was taken out of the court of the prison, yet was not set free; but without the knowledge of Nebuzaradan, and through the inadvertency of inferior officers, he was taken and bound, and with other prisoners brought to Ramah, in order to be transported to Babylon, which lay in the way to it; for Ramah was to the north of Jerusalem, as Babylon was: these chains were for the hands, or what we call handcuffs, as Kimchi, Abarbinel, and Ben Melech observe, and as appears from Jeremiah 40:4.

q Comment in Hos. v. 8,

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As what follows is mainly a historical narrative, it seems that the title “The word ...” was appropriate not merely to a prediction of the future, but to an account of the past, if written by a prophet. The Jews regarded history as inspired if written by a seer, and thus their historical books are called “the early prophets.”

Ramah - Probably all the prisoners of note were collected at Ramah indiscriminately, and examined there.

Bound in chains - The prisoners were probably fastened together in couples by one hand, and a rope passed down the center to bind them in a long line, and prevent attempts at escape.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XL

This and the four following chapters contain a distinct account

of what passed in the land of Judah from the taking of

Jerusalem to the retreat of the remnant of the people to Egypt;

together with the prophecies of Jeremiah concerning that place,

whither he himself accompanied them. In this chapter we have an

account of the enlargement of Jeremiah by Nebuzar-adan, the

captain of the guard, who advises him to put himself under the

jurisdiction of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, whom the king of

Babylon had made governor over the land of Judea, 1-5.

The prophet and many of the dispersed Jews repair to Gedaliah,

6-12.

Johanan acquaints the governor of a conspiracy against him, but

is not believed, 13-16.

NOTES ON CHAP. XL.

Verse Jeremiah 40:1. The word that came to Jeremiah — This and the four following chapters contain a particular account of what passed in the land of Judea from the taking of the city to the retreat of the people into Egypt, and the prophecies of Jeremiah concerning them there.

Had let him go from Ramah — This has embarrassed most of the commentators. Dr. Blayney has thrown much light upon it by his translation and note:-

"The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, after that Nebu-Zaradan captain of the guards had taken him, and let him go from Ramah: for he had been bound with chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah, who were carried away captive to Babylon."

"HAD TAKEN HIM, AND LET HIM GO. - Most interpreters have understood בקחתו אתו bekachto otho of Nebuchadnezzar's having first taken Jeremiah as a captive unto Ramah. But if the order of the sentence be well observed, as well as the more common use of the verb לקח lakach, it will, I think, rather appear that those words relate to his taking or having him brought to him, in order to give him his discharge."