Jeremiah 11:1
_THE WORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAH FROM THE LORD, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE WORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAH FROM THE LORD, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; THIS COVENANT - alluding to the book of the law (Deut. 27:28 ) found in the temple by Hilkiah the high priest, five years after Jeremiah's call to the prophetic office (2 Kings 22:8; 2 Kings... [ Continue Reading ]
And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: IN THE DAY - i:e., when. The Sinaic covenant was some t... [ Continue Reading ]
That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD. OATH - (Psalms 105:9). AS IT IS THIS DAY. These are the concluding words of God to the Israelites at the time when... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them. PROCLAIM ALL THESE WORDS IN THE CITIES OF JUDAH. Jeremiah was to take a prophetic tour throughout Judah, to proclaim everywhere t... [ Continue Reading ]
For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. RISING EARLY - ().... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not. IMAGINATION - rather, stubbornness (note, ). WILL BRING. The words, "e... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. CONSPIRACY - a deliberate combination against God and against Josiah's reformation. Their idolatry is not the result of a hasty impulse (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEY ARE TURNED BACK TO THE INIQUITIES OF THEIR FOREFATHERS, WHICH REFUSED TO HEAR MY WORDS; AND THEY WENT_ _ THEY ARE TURNED BACK TO THE INIQUITIES OF THEIR FOREFATHERS, WHICH REFUSED TO HEAR MY WORDS; AND THEY WENT AFTER OTHER GODS TO SERVE THEM: THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND THE HOUSE OF JUDAH HAVE BR... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. THOUGH THEY SHALL CRY UNTO ME - contrasted with "cry unto the gods," etc. (). NOT HEARKEN - (; , "Then shall they call un... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble. THEN SHALL THE CITIES OF JUDAH AND THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM GO AND CRY UNTO THE GODS UNTO WHOM THEY OFFER INCE... [ Continue Reading ]
For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal. SHAMEFUL THING - Hebrew, shame, namely, the idol, not merely shameful, but the essence of... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble. THEREFORE PRAY NOT FOR THIS PEOPLE ... There is a climax of guilt which admits of no further intercessory prayer (, in the Chaldee vers... [ Continue Reading ]
What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. MY BELOVED - my elect people, Judea: this aggravates their ingratitude (). SHE HATH WROUGHT LEWDNESS WITH MANY - (); rather,... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. CALLED THY NAME - made thee. OLIVE - (; ). The "olive" is chosen to represent the adoption of Judah by the free grace of Go... [ Continue Reading ]
For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal. THE LORD OF HOSTS, THAT PLANTED THEE - as "a noble vine" (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings. Jeremiah here digresses to notice the attempt on his life plotted by his townsmen of Anathoth. He had no suspicion of it until Yahweh revealed it to him (Jeremiah 12:6). THE LORD HATH GIVEN ME KNOWLED... [ Continue Reading ]
But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause. O LORD OF HOSTS, THAT JUDGEST RIGHTEOUSLY, THAT TRIEST THE REINS AND THE HEART - (, "All the churches shall know that I am He which searc... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand: PROPHESY NOT - (, "Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine: BEHOLD, I WILL PUNISH THEM - the retribution of their intended murder shall be in kind. As they plotted that Jeremiah should die by their... [ Continue Reading ]
And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation. AND THERE SHALL BE NO REMNANT ... - (). THE YEAR OF THEIR VISITATION - Septuagint translate, 'in the year of their,' etc. - i:e., at the time when I shall visit them in wra... [ Continue Reading ]