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Jeremiah 40:10
As for me, I will stay in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine grapes, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have taken.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Gedaliah son of Ahikam addresses the Jewish remnant in Judah after the Babylonian conquest, instructing them where to settle and how to interact with the occupying forces. He declares his own role while directing the people's immediate actions.
The words — The Hebrew יֹשֵׁב (yo.Shev) means "dwelling" or "staying," and לַעֲמֹד (la.'a.Mod) means "to stand," describing Gedaliah's commitment to remain in Mizpah and intercede before the Chaldean officials.
The thread — This pattern of a designated figure managing affairs under foreign authority parallels the remnant's return to Gedaliah at Mizpah in Jeremiah 40:12 and the delegation of leadership before authority in Deuteronomy 1:38.
Why it lands — The text commands practical obedience and agricultural preparation for those who remain in the conquered land. It requires readers to recognize that survival and stability under foreign rule depend on following appointed leadership and securing immediate provisions.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 40:12 they all returned from all the places to which they had been banished and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. And they gathered an abundance of wine grapes and summer fruit.
- Deuteronomy 1:38 Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.
- 2 Samuel 16:1 When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
- Isaiah 16:9 So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.
- Jeremiah 35:19 this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”
- Jeremiah 39:10 But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
- Jeremiah 48:32 I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
- Proverbs 22:29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
- Jeremiah 40:6 So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.
- Micah 7:1 Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.