Jérémie 37:2

2 Ni lui, ni ses serviteurs, ni le peuple du pays, n'écoutèrent les paroles que l'Eternel prononça par Jérémie, le prophète.

Jérémie 37:2 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 37:2

But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land,
&c.] The king, his courtiers and subjects the royal family, nobility, and common people; they were all degenerate and corrupt. Jarchi observes, that Jehoiakim was wicked, and his people righteous; and that Zedekiah was righteous, and his people wicked but he seems to found his character on that single action of taking Jeremiah out of prison; whereas, according to this account, king and people were all wicked: for neither one or other did hearken unto the words of the Lord, which he spake by Jeremiah the
prophet;
neither those which were spoken in the former nor in the latter part of his reign, concerning the destruction of the city by the Chaldeans. This short count is given to show how just it was to give up such a prince and people to ruin.

Jérémie 37:2 In-Context

1 Sédécias, fils de Josias, régna à la place de Jeconia, fils de Jojakim, et fut établi roi dans le pays de Juda par Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babylone.

2 Ni lui, ni ses serviteurs, ni le peuple du pays, n'écoutèrent les paroles que l'Eternel prononça par Jérémie, le prophète.

3 Le roi Sédécias envoya Jucal, fils de Schélémia, et Sophonie, fils de Maaséja, le sacrificateur, vers Jérémie, le prophète, pour lui dire: Intercède en notre faveur auprès de l'Eternel, notre Dieu.

4 Or Jérémie allait et venait parmi le peuple; on ne l'avait pas encore mis en prison.

5 L'armée de Pharaon était sortie d'Egypte; et les Chaldéens, qui assiégeaient Jérusalem, ayant appris cette nouvelle, s'étaient retirés de Jérusalem.