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An attack by the Egyptians provides a brief respite for Jerusalem. Given the pause in hostilities, Jeremiah plans to head back to Anathoth to conduct some family business. He does not get very far:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When he got to the Benjamin Gate, there was a guard officer there named Irijah son of Shelemiah son of Hananiah; and he arrested the prophet Jeremiah, saying, \u2018You are defecting to the Chaldeans!\u2019 (verse 13).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why does the text include the name of the guard who stopped Jeremiah? The Talmud in Sota 41b explains that Shelemiah\u2019s father Hananiah was the same Hananiah from the confrontation with Jeremiah in chapter 28. Hananiah had been prophesying that everything was going to be ok, and there was no need to panic about Babylonia. Jeremiah so wished that message was true, even though he knew it was not.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The prophet Jeremiah said: \u2018Amen! May GOD do so! May GOD fulfill what you have prophesied and bring back from Babylon to this place the vessels of the House of GOD and all the exiles!\u2019 (28:6).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Talmud explains that Jeremiah falsely flattered Hananiah when he should have been direct. After Jeremiah cursed Hananiah, Hananiah charged his son to make sure he exacts revenge on the prophet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And Rabbi Elazar says: Anyone who flatters another ultimately falls into his hands. And if he does not fall into his hands, he falls into his children\u2019s hands. And if he does not fall into his children\u2019s hands, he falls into his grandchildren\u2019s hands (Sotah 41b).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There is an additional bit of irony here that the Talmud does not touch on. The whole reason that Jeremiah is stopped at the gate and accused of desertion is because his wish that Hananiah\u2019s \u201cprophecy\u201d comes true, was fulfilled, albeit for a brief moment. This additional layer sets Jeremiah up to be thwarted by the son of his adversary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Our Chapter begins with a brief historical notice about the last Davidic King of Judah: \u201cZedekiah son of Josiah became king instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim, for King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon set him up as king over the land of Judah. Neither he nor his courtiers nor the people of the land gave heed to the words which the Lord spoke through the prophet Jeremiah\u201d (Jeremiah 37:1-2). However, Zedekiah sends for Jeremiah to ask for his prayer of deliverance (verse 3). Eventually, Jeremiah tells the king: \u201cYou will be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon\u201d (verse 17). As our Chapter ends, Jeremiah remains in the prison compound, but at least for the meantime under better living conditions (verse 21).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Midrash Pesiqta Rabbati (27-28) devotes a whole Pisqa (\u201cLiterary Homily\u201d) to our Chapter, which preserves an interesting historical reflection. Woe to the wicked, for when they \u201cblossom\u201d (tzomhim) the people wail (tzovhim): \u201cWoe! Woe!\u201d. When Zedekiah became king, all of Zion said: Woe! Now an end has come to the Davidic Kingdom! Jeremiah cried out: Lord of the World! What were my sins that the Temple was destroyed, not in the days of the prophets who came before and not in the days of the prophets who came after me, but only in my time?! What would Jeremiah do? He would go around to the Gates of Jerusalem, saying: \u201cAnd the Lord said to me: Do not say: I am still a boy. But go wherever I send you and speak whatever I command you\u201d (Jeremiah 1:7). So, the men of Anathoth said to me: \u201cYou must not prophesy any more in the name of the Lord, or you will die by our hand\u201d (Jeremiah 7:21).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jeremiah thought: \u201cNo more will I speak in His name\u2026 But His word was like a raging fire in my heart\u201d (Jeremiah 20:9) \u2013 like a woman sitting on the birthing-stool trying to give birth. So, what did Jeremiah then do? He would go around crying out: \u201cMy insides, my insides! How I writhe! Oh, the walls of my heart! My heart moans within me. I cannot be silent\u201d (Jeremiah 4:19). Jeremiah asked God: Was I created for this suffering?! God answered: From before My creation of the world, you were created for this, as it says: \u201cBefore I created you in the womb, I selected you. Before you were born, I consecrated you. I appointed you a prophet concerning the nations\u201d (Jeremiah 1:4).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Prophet Jeremiah is indeed the archetypical prophet of doom and destruction. Talmud Bavli Berakhot 57b records the following psychological observation: \u201cIf one sees the Book of Kings in a dream, he may look forward to greatness; if Ezekiel, he may look forward to wisdom; if Isaiah he may look forward to consolation; if Jeremiah, let him fear for punishment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Things are looking bad for Jeremiah in Chapter 37. The Chaldeans (i.e., Babylonians) are getting ready to conquer Jerusalem again, this time threatening to destroy it completely. Jeremiah decides to start a new life outside of Jerusalem. However, as he is leaving the city, he is arrested. He is accused of defecting to the Chaldeans. He claims this accusation is a lie, but Jeremiah is beaten and imprisoned anyway.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Embedded in this arrest story is a fascinating subtext. The guard officer who arrests him is Irijah son of Shelemiah son of Hananiah. For close readers of Jeremiah, the name Hananiah might ring a bell.\u00a0 Back in Chapter 28, we met Hananiah son of Azzur who was described there by Jeremiah as a false prophet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Hananiah prophesied that God would break the yoke of the Babylonians and that those who had already been taken into exile by Nebuchadnezzar would return. Jeremiah prophesies against Hananiah, declaring that God will punish him for his disloyalty. Although Jeremiah is technically delivering God\u2019s word, Jeremiah\u2019s words against Hananiah are anything but kind. They could even be seen as a curse. As foretold, Hananiah dies later that same year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Irijah had very good reasons not to like Jeremiah \u2013 he probably saw Jeremiah as complicit or even directly responsible for his grandfather\u2019s death. For his part, Jeremiah does not seem upset over Hananiah\u2019s death and may even be happy about it. One can also understand Irijah\u2019s assumption that Jeremiah is in cahoots with the Babylonians \u2013 after all, Jeremiah has spent his entire prophetic career predicting the destruction of Judah by their hand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

One of the most striking features of this situation is Jeremiah\u2019s total lack of self-awareness and sensitivity towards others. Imprisoned, with his life on the line, Jeremiah speaks to King Zedekiah. In verse 18, he asks what wrong he has done to deserve such treatment. In verse 19, he seems to mock the dead, sardonically asking where the false prophets are (such as Hananiah and others like him) who thought Judah would be spared. Then, in verse 20, Jeremiah begs for his life.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jeremiah shows no recognition of the consequences of his actions. He mocks his deceased rivals in one breath and then asks to be given mercy in the next.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Throughout his career, Jeremiah seems to think that people want to kill him because he is delivering bad news of God\u2019s judgement against them. He sees himself as a truth-teller and a victim of unjust persecution. But what if Jeremiah is wrong? Perhaps people want to kill him not because of the content of his prophecies, but because he is unkind, vindictive, and self-righteous.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jeremiah offers us a chance to reconsider how we see ourselves. In those moments when we need to speak hard truths to others, can we do so from a place of kindness? Doing so may be what releases us from our own prisons.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Image: Jeremiah in the Pit, The Art Bible, with numerous illustrations, 1896, G. Newnes \/ wikimedia<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Two momentous events are recorded in this chapter: one was of national import and one was individual. On the national level, the Babylonians heard that the Egyptians were coming to the aid of the Judeans, so they withdrew from the siege of Jerusalem (5). Particularly, Jeremiah was instructed to inform the king that the Babylonian retreat was only temporary (8) and he himself was told to leave the city and head for the territory of Benjamin\u2014from which he himself came (1:1).\u00a0 When he tried to exit the city through the \u201cBenjamin Gate,\u201d he was intercepted, accused of collaborating with the enemy (13), and thrown into prison (15).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A key verse in this episode describes Jeremiah\u2019s actions as follows: \u201cJeremiah was going to leave Jerusalem and go to the territory of Benjamin <\/span>lachalik<\/span><\/i> there among the people\u201d (12). Our \u201cgo to\u201d translation rendered it as \u201cto share in some property\u201d (a <\/span>chelek<\/span><\/i> is a share), which is the rendition of the Aramaic Targum and followed by Rashi. Radak, perhaps influenced by the odd vocalization (<\/span>lachalik<\/span><\/i>, rather than <\/span>lehechalek<\/span><\/i>), chose another approach, identifying it with the noun <\/span>chalak<\/span><\/i> meaning smooth, yielding something akin to \u201cslipping out\u201d of the city.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Shadal,* following Radak\u2019s lead, elaborated.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In other words, he sought to sneak out of Jerusalem in the company of the people who were fleeing the city. This was because he knew the officials would be angry with him for saying the city would be burned [v.8]. At that time, the Chaldeans had departed, and all of his enemies and the false prophets were conspiring to kill him. Jeremiah never ceased sounding the word of God truthfully and faithfully; however, after completing his mission, he sought to distance himself from Jerusalem for a while until the crisis was over in order, thereafter, to return and prophesy in the name of God and assist his people, whether at home or in exile, as he had in the past.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

*For an explanation of our objectives in studying Shadal\u2019s commentary, <\/span>see our introduction<\/span><\/a> in Jeremiah chapter 1.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Jerusalem trembles as the Babylonians approach. It has no chance of surviving against this mighty empire. All the prophets from the school of Hananiah son of Azzur, who promised and prophesied the impending fall of Babylonia, are struck dumb and flee underground. No one imagined that the prophecies of Jeremiah, of all people, would come to fruition. Rumors of the fall of the cities of the Shephelah have reached Jerusalem, leaving it in turmoil. The elders, priests, and people gather to fast and pray, in the best Jewish tradition. In addition, there has been no rain for two winters. It is clear to all that only God's mercy can bring relief. King Zedekiah sends delegates to Jeremiah, inviting him to lead a communal prayer for God's mercy. This invitation recalls Zedekiah's great-grandfather Hezekiah's invitation to Isaiah for similar purposes before the fearful invasion of the Assyrian king Sennacherib in 701 BCE:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201c[Hezekiah] sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered in sackcloth, to Isaiah son of Amoz. They said to him: \u2018Thus said Hezekiah: This day is a day of strife and rebuke and disgrace, as when children are about to be born but there is no strength to deliver them. Perhaps the Lord, your God, will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, sent by his master, the Assyrian king, to blaspheme the living God, and will punish him for his words that the Lord, your God, has heard \u2014 0 pray for the remnant who is left!\u2019\u201d (II Kings 19:2-4).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For years, Isaiah had been locked in an ideological struggle against Hezekiah. Although Hezekiah was a righteous king, he did not heed the prophet's warnings to refrain from political involvement with foreign empires. When Assyria invaded Judah, destroyed entire cities, and stood on Jerusalem's doorstep, Hezekiah begged Isaiah \u2014 whose prophecies were sadly proven right \u2014 to pray on the city's behalf. The Book of Kings describes the poignancy and intensity of the king's and the prophet's combined prayers, and the miracle that immediately followed \u2014 Assyria's hasty retreat in a single night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Now, 112 years later, Zedekiah hopes to reenact that course of events. He calls to Jeremiah and asks him to pray on their behalf. He sends two clerks, one from the palace and one from the Temple. He is convinced that because Jeremiah is a true prophet, faithful to his God and devoted to his people, he will not stand by idly, but will join them in their desperate supplications.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Lau, Binyamin. <\/span>Jeremiah: The Fate of a Prophet<\/span><\/i>. Maggid Books, 2013. \u201cThe King's First Appeal to the Prophet.\u201d<\/span>
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37:12 \u201cJeremiah went out from Jerusalem to go to the region of Benjamin to hide there in the midst of the people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The verb <\/span>\u1e25alaq<\/span><\/i> usually means \u201cto share,\u201d and so many interpreters understand this to say that Jeremiah was going on personal business, to realize a share in an inheritance coming to him. The conduct of such business in a time of siege is unlikely. Hoffman cites an Akkadian cognate that means \u201cto hide\u201d or \u201cto flee,\u201d and that sounds plausible here: Jeremiah may be fleeing from a fate of death when the city falls to the Babylonians.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From: Robert Alter, The Hebrew Bible, vol. 2: Prophets, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019, ad loc. 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  1. Deserters<\/em>? There were those who understood there to be no chance, and preferred to surrender themselves to the Babylonians , and save their own lives. In the next chapter, we\u2019ll see that Jeremiah actually encourages this route. Then there are those who try to prevent it, such as Irijah son of Shelemiah son of Hananiah, stationed at the gate.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. The problematic precedent of a temporary cessation of hostilities<\/em>. In the year 587 BCE, there apparently was a break in the siege on Jerusalem, perhaps due to the advance of the Egyptian army northwards. The temporary break gave the people hope because the circumstances reminded them of their salvation in the time of Sennecharib. In the year 701 BCE, all of Judah was destroyed, and Jerusalem alone was left in a siege. The siege ended suddenly with the retreat of the Assyiran forces. The people, the king and the ministers are hoping for a second miracle, while it is left to Jeremiah to rain on their parade.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. No chance of change<\/em>. And the city will get destroyed in any event. That\u2019s what Jeremiah says in verse 10. Even if you succeed in attacking the Chaldean camp and overcame all their soldiers \u201cand only wounded men were left lying in their tents, they would get up and burn this city down!\u201d By the way, it could be that this image too is meant to be reminiscent of the story of the rescue from the siege of Sennecharib. 114 years ago, according to 2 Kings 19:35 - \u201cThat night an angel of the LORD went out and struck down one hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp, and the following morning they were all dead corpses.\u201d This time, nothing can help Jerusalem, not even hitting the enemy soldiers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Who\u2019s the king here<\/em>? Good question! It is the ministers who determine the fate of Jeremiah. Zedekiah is the king who wants to meet with him, has to do it in secret. But at least he gives the command to change the conditions of his imprisonment. In the next chapter, this relationship will deteriorate even further.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. Where are all those false prophets now<\/em>? That\u2019s what Jeremiah asks with frustration in verse 19. And the frustration is great: he is the true prophet, and he\u2019s in jail? Where are the false prophets!?<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Jeremiah 37","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Jeremiah","chapter":"37","chapter_main_number":"437","date":"20270503","wall_id":"437"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"hide_acf":true,"home_image":false,"home_posts":false,"home_posts_title":"","posts_home":[],"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":"","link_teaser":"","listen_link":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/71524"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}