Jeremiah 21 - Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Bible Study & Commentary

Introduction

A.M. 3414. B.C. 590.

From the first two verses of this chapter we learn that the predictions and warnings contained in it were delivered in answer to a message sent by King Zedekiah, when Nebuchadnezzar was coming to make war against him. By this circumstance, and others of a similar kind, it evidently appears that the prophecies and discourses of this book are not placed therein in the same order in which they were delivered, for there are several chapters after this which concern Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, and Jeconiah, who all reigned before Zedekiah. We have here,

(1,) The message which Zedekiah sent to the prophet, to desire him to inquire of the Lord for them, Jeremiah 21:1 , Jeremiah 21:2 .

(2,) In answer to that message, Jeremiah, in the name of God, foretels the certain and inevitable ruin of the city, and the fruitlessness of their attempts for its preservation, Jeremiah 21:3-7 .

(3,) He advises the people to make the best they could of their situation, by surrendering themselves to Nebuchadnezzar in due time, Jeremiah 21:8-10 .

(4,) He advises the king and his family to repent of their wickedness, and execute just judgment, and not to trust to the strength of Jerusalem, which should certainly be destroyed, Jeremiah 21:11-14 .

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments

One of the most eminent of the early Methodist ministers in England, Joseph Benson was born at Melmerby, in Cumberland, Jan. 25, 1748. At sixteen he became a Methodist and was converted. In 1766 Mr. Wesley appointed him classical master at Kingswood School. He devoted himself closely to philosophy and theology, studying constantly and zealously.Joseph Benson became a Methodist circuit rider in 1771. A close associate of Wesley, he was chosen to be a member of the Legal One Hundred who governed the Conference at Wesley's death and he was president of the Conference two times. As one of post-Wesley Methodism's most popular preachers, he sometimes addressed crowds of over twenty thousand. Wesley established an extensive organization, including the circuit riding system and a media or press to showcase books, pamphlets, and a monthly magazine. After the death of John Wesley, Joseph Benson took over the Methodist/Wesleyan movement and the organization that Wesley created.During the Bristol dispute of 1794 he led the conservative Church Methodists and was against moves which suggested that the Methodists were breaking ties with the Church of England; he was one of the last leaders to contend for the methods and philosophy of eighteenth-century Wesleyan Methodism. The circulation of The Methodist Magazine rose from ten thousand to twenty-four thousand per issue on his watch, and it was one of the most widely read periodicals in pre-Victorian England. He was an able writer, serving as apologist against Joseph Priestley, as biographer of John Fletcher, and as author of a multi-volume commentary on the Bible.Benson was influential in Methodism, and through the press, especially the magazine, he was able to extend his influence to non-Methodists as well. He and other Methodist leaders, through preaching and publication, disseminated their conservative social and political credo and may be credited in part with creating a climate in which the seeds of Victorianism could thrive.... Show more

One of the most eminent of the early Methodist ministers in England, Joseph Benson was born at Melmerby, in Cumberland, Jan. 25, 1748. At sixteen he became a Methodist and was converted. In 1766 Mr. Wesley appointed him classical master at Kingswood School. He devoted himself closely to philosophy and theology, studying constantly and zealously.... Show more

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