Jeremias 37:14

14 All thy friends have forgotten thee; they shall not ask at all, for I have smitten thee with he stroke of an enemy, severe correction: thy sins have abounded above all thine iniquity.

Jeremias 37:14 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 37:14

Then said Jeremiah, [it is] false
Or a "falsehood" ^F11; as undoubtedly it was; I fall not away to the Chaldeans;
for the Chaldean army was gone from the city; nor did Jeremiah like so well to be with an idolatrous people; for after the city was taken, when Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard gave him his choice, either to go with him to Babylon, where he promised to take care of him; or to go to Gedaliah, who was made governor of Judah; he chose rather to be with him, and his poor company: but he hearkened not to him;
would not hear his defence, or however would not give any credit to it, being unwilling to let slip this opportunity of doing him ill will: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes;
the princes of Zedekiah's court, or the princes of the people, the civil magistrates; or it may be the great sanhedrim, who he knew had no good disposition towards the prophet.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 (rqv) "mendacium est", Vatablus; "falsitas, calumnia", Schmidt.

Jeremias 37:14 In-Context

12 Thus saith the Lord; I have brought on destruction; thy stroke is painful.

13 There is none to judge thy cause: thou hast been painfully treated for healing, there is no help for thee.

14 All thy friends have forgotten thee; they shall not ask at all, for I have smitten thee with he stroke of an enemy, severe correction: thy sins have abounded above all thine iniquity.

15 Thy sins have abounded beyond the multitude of thine iniquities, they have done these things to thee. Therefore all that devour thee shall be eaten, and all thine enemies shall eat all their flesh.

16 And they that spoil thee shall become a spoil, and I will give up to be plundered all that have plundered thee.