Passage Research
Jeremiah 43 — Sermon Preparation
Despite the divine warning, the leaders accuse Jeremiah of lying and lead the people to Egypt; Jeremiah buries stones in Tahpanhes as a sign that Babylon will come there too. Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 43, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 13
- verses
- 237 / 107
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Jeremiah 43 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִצְרַיִם | Mitsrayim | H4714 | 7 | Mitsrajim |
| תַּחְפַּנְחֵס | Tachpanchêç | H8471 | 3 | Tachpanches |
| יִרְמְיָה | Yirmᵉyâh | H3414 | 4 | Jirmejah |
| קָרֵחַ | Qârêach | H7143 | 3 | Kareach |
| יוֹחָנָן | Yôwchânân | H3110 | 3 | Jochanan |
| נֵרִיָּה | Nêrîyâh | H5374 | 2 | Nerijah |
| עָטָה | ʻâṭâh | H5844 | 2 | wrap, cover |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 43, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Jeremiah had faithfully delivered his message from God in the foregoing chapter, and the case was made so very plain by it that one would have thought there needed no more words about it; but we find it quite otherwise. Here is, I. The people's contempt of this message; they denied it to be the word of God (ver. 1-3) and then made no difficulty of going directly contrary to it. Into Egypt they went, and took Jeremiah himself along with them, ver. 4-7. II. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 4 (Isaiah to Malachi), on Jeremiah 43:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylon 1— Jer 43:10
- Egypt— Jer 43:10
- Heliopolis— Jer 43:13
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