The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms # 104
104. Internal Meaning of Jeremiah, Chapter 38
1-3 Those who have not yet been vastated, will be vastated. (2, 3)
4-6 They made themselves still more obstinate, by perverting doctrine from the Word, and defiling it. (2)
7-13 The remnants that were not utterly falsified, were nevertheless tainted with falsities. (2, 17)
14-18 If they pervert them still farther, they will perish. (2)
19-21 Otherwise, if those remnants are not so perverted, they will not perish. (2)
22-23 It is foreseen that all things of the church will be perverted. (2)
Jeremiah 38:1-3
1
Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,
2
Thus says Yahweh, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.
3
Thus says Yahweh, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.
