Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. Many of these figurative acts being either not possible or not probable or decorous seem to have existed only in the mind of the prophet as part of his inward vision (so Calvin). The w... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO I GOT A GIRDLE ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD, AND PUT IT ON MY LOINS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. EUPHRATES In order to support the view that Jeremiah's act outward Henderson considers that the Hebrew EUPHRATES. In order to support the view that Jeremiah's act outw... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO I WENT, AND HID IT BY EUPHRATES, AS THE LORD COMMANDED ME._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there. AFTER MANY DAYS - time enough was given for the girdle to become unfit for use. So in course of time the Jews became corrupted by the pa... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN I WENT TO EUPHRATES, AND DIGGED, AND TOOK THE GIRDLE FROM THE PLACE WHERE I HAD HID IT: AND, BEHOLD, THE GIRDLE WAS MARRED, IT WAS PROFITABLE FOR NOTHING._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. MAR THE PRIDE OF JUDAH - (, I will break the pride of your power").... [ Continue Reading ]
This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. WALK IN THE IMAGINATION - rather, obstinacy.... [ Continue Reading ]
For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear. THAT THEY MIGHT BE UNT... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? A new image. DO WE NOT CERTAINLY KNOW THAT EVERY BOTTLE SHALL HE FILLED WI... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. UPON DAVID'S THRONE - literally, who sit for lª- David... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them. I WILL DASH THEM ONE AGAINST ANOTHER - (, "Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel;" , "As the vessels of a potter shall t... [ Continue Reading ]
Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. BE NOT PROUD - pride was the cause of their contumacy, as humility is the first step to obedience (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. GIVE GLORY TO THE LORD - show by repentance and obedience to God that you revere His maj... [ Continue Reading ]
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is carried away captive. HEAR IT - my exhortation. IN SECRET - as one mourning and humbling himself for their sin, not self-righteousl... [ Continue Reading ]
Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. KING - Jehoiachin or Jeconiah. QUEEN - the queen-mother, who, as the king was not more than 18 years old, held the chief power. Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan... [ Continue Reading ]
The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. CITIES OF THE SOUTH - namely, south of Judea; farthest off from the enemy, who advanced from the north. SHUT UP - i:e., deserted (), so th... [ Continue Reading ]
Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? BEHOLD THEM THAT COME FROM THE NORTH - Nebuchadnezzar and his hostile army (; ). WHERE IS THE FLOCK THAT WAS GIVEN THEE? Jeremiah, amazed at the depopulation caused by Nebu... [ Continue Reading ]
What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail? WHAT WILT THOU SAY WHEN HE SHALL PUNISH THEE? FOR THOU HAST TAUGHT THEM TO BE CAPTAINS, AND AS CHIEF - literally, princes as to heads... [ Continue Reading ]
And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare. IF THOU SAY - connecting this verse with "What wilt thou say?" (.) THY SKIRTS ARE DISCOVERED - i:e., are thrown up so as to expose the pe... [ Continue Reading ]
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. ETHIOPIAN - the Cushite of Abyssinia. Habit is second nature; as therefore it is morally impossible that the Jews can alter their inveterate habits of sin, nothing remains but t... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness. THEREFORE WILL I SCATTER THEM AS THE STUBBLE ... - (, "The ungodly are ... like the chaff which the wind driveth away"). BY THE WIND - before the wind. OF THE WILDERNESS - where the wind has full sw... [ Continue Reading ]
This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. PORTION OF THY MEASURES - the portion which I have measured out to thee (; ). TRUSTED IN FALSEHOOD - () false gods and alliances with foreign idolators.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear. THEREFORE WILL I DISCOVER THY SKIRTS UPON THY FACE - rather, 'throw up thy skirts over thy face,' or head; done by way of ignominy to captive women and to prostitutes (). The Jews' punishment should answer to their cr... [ Continue Reading ]