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JEREMIAH CHAPTER 40
Jeremiah, being set free by Nebuchadnezzar, goeth to Gedaliah, Jer_40:1-6, to whom the remaining Jews repair, Jer_40:7-12. Johanan revealing Ishmael’s conspiracy, is not believed, Jer_40:13-16.
These words refer to the forty-second chapter, where begins the revelation which Jeremiah had from God, for all this chapter and the next are no prophecy, but only an historical narration of some passages after the taking of the city, and so cannot be called a prophecy, but are a piece of history previous to that prophecy.
Ramah was a city in the tribe of Benjamin near Gibeon. See Jer_31:15. Jeremiah was by mistake, and expressly contrary to the king’s orders, Jer_39:11, manacled and carried away amongst the other prisoners; probably the captain of the guard at that place called over his prisoners, and amongst them he found the prophet, contrary to his expectation.