Jeremiah 16:1
_THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME ALSO UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME ALSO UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place. THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THEE A WIFE, NEITHER SHALT THOU HAVE SONS NOR DAUGHTERS IN THIS PLACE - in Judea. The direction to remain single was (whether literally obeyed or only in prophetic vision) to symbolize th... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD CONCERNING THE SONS AND CONCERNING THE DAUGHTERS THAT ARE BORN IN THIS PLACE, AND CONCERNING THEIR MOTHERS THAT BARE THEM, AND CONCERNING THEIR FATHERS THAT BEGAT THEM IN THIS LAND;_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. TH... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies. ENTER NOT ... NEITHER LAMENT - (Ezekiel 24:17; Ezekiel 24:22). HOUSE OF MOURNING - (Mark 5:38).... [ Continue Reading ]
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them: NOR CUT THEMSELVES - indicating extravagant grief (; ), prohibited by the law (). MAKE THEMSELVES BALD - (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. NEITHER SHALL ... TEAR THEMSELVES - rather, "break bread" - namely, that eaten at the funeral-feast (; ; ; ). 'Br... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. THOU SHALL NOT GO INTO THE HOUSE OF FEASTING - joyous, as distinguished from mourning-feasts. Have no more to do with this people, whether in mourning or joyous feasts.... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. I WILL CAUSE TO CEASE OUT OF THIS PLACE IN YOUR EYES, AND I... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? WHEREFORE HATH THE LORD PRONO... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; BECAUSE YOUR FATHERS HAVE FORSAKEN ME - (; ; ; Jeremiah 23:8).... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: YE - emphatic; so far from avoiding your fathers' bad example, "ye have done far worse" (; ). IMAGINATION - rather, stubborn perversity. THAT T... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour. SERVE OTHER GODS - that which was their sin in their own land was their punishment in exile. Retribution in k... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; THEREFORE - so severe shall be... [ Continue Reading ]
But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. THE LORD LIVETH, THAT BROUGHT UP THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FROM THE LAND OF THE NOR... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. SEND FOR - translate, 'I will send many;' "I will give the commission to m... [ Continue Reading ]
For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. MINE EYES ARE UPON ALL THEIR WAYS - (; ; , "The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good"). THEIR INIQUITY - the cause of God's judgments on them.... [ Continue Reading ]
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. FIRST I WILL RECOMPENSE THEIR INIQUITY AND THEIR SIN DOUBLE. Horsley translates, 'I will recompense, e... [ Continue Reading ]
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. O LORD ... THE GENTILES SHALL COME UNTO THE EARTH. The... [ Continue Reading ]
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? SHALL A MAN MAKE GODS UNTO HIMSELF - indignant protest of Jeremiah against idols. AND THEY ARE NO GODS - (; ; ). "They" refers to the idols. A man (a creature himself) making God is a contradiction in terms. The Vulgate takes "they" thu... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD. THEREFORE - in order that all may be turned from idols to Yahweh, He will now give awful proof of His divine power in the judgments He will infl... [ Continue Reading ]