Jeremiah 18:1
_THE WORD WHICH CAME TO JEREMIAH FROM THE LORD, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE WORD WHICH CAME TO JEREMIAH FROM THE LORD, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. GO DOWN - namely, from the high ground on which the temple stood, near which Jeremiah exercised his prophetic office, to the low ground, where some well-known (this is the force of "the") potter had his works... [ Continue Reading ]
Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. WHEELS, [ haa'aabªnaayim (H70)] - literally, 'on both stones.' The potter's horizontal lathe consisted of two round plates, the lower one larger, the upper smaller; of stone originally, but afterward of wood. O... [ Continue Reading ]
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. AND THE VESSEL THAT HE MADE OF CLAY WAS MARRED - spoiled "Of clay" is the true reading, which was corrupted into 'as clay' (margin) through the s... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. O HOUSE OF ISRAEL, CANNOT I DO WITH YOU AS THIS POTTER? - refuting the Jews' reliance on their external privileges as God's elect people,... [ Continue Reading ]
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; AT WHAT INSTANT - in a moment, when the nation least expects it. Hereby he reminds the Jews how marvelously God had delivered them from their original degradation - i:e.... [ Continue Reading ]
If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. IF THAT NATION, AGAINST WHOM I HAVE PRONOUNCED, TURN FROM THEIR EVIL. Their is emphatically in antithesis to "the evil that I thought to do." I WILL REPENT. God herein... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AT WHAT INSTANT I SHALL SPEAK CONCERNING A NATION, AND CONCERNING A KINGDOM, TO BUILD AND TO PLANT IT;_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. BEHOLD, I FRAME EVIL - alluding... [ Continue Reading ]
And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. THEY SAID, THERE IS NO HOPE - thy threats and exhortations are all thrown away ). Our case is desperate; we are hopelessly abandoned to our sins and their penalty.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing. ASK YE NOW AMONG THE PAGAN, WHO HATH HEARD SUCH THINGS? - (Jeremiah 2:10.) Even among the pagan it was a thing unheard of that a nation should lay aside... [ Continue Reading ]
Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken? WILL A MAN LEAVE THE SNOW OF LEBANON? - Is there any man (living near it) who would leave the snow of Lebanon - (i:e., the cool melted snow wate... [ Continue Reading ]
Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up; BECAUSE - rather, And yet; in defiance of the natural order of things. MY PEOPLE HATH FORGOTTEN ME - (). T... [ Continue Reading ]
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. TO MAKE THEIR LAND DESOLATE, AND A PERPETUAL HISSING - which the Lord foretold Solomon would be the result of national apostasy: "Everyone that passeth by shall be astonish... [ Continue Reading ]
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity. I WILL SCATTER THEM AS WITH AN EAST WIND - literally, 'I will scatter them as an east wind (scatters all before it): a most violent wind (; ; ). Thirty-two MSS. r... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. THEN SAID THEY, COME, AND LET US DEVI... [ Continue Reading ]
Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. GIVE HEED TO ME, O LORD - contrasted with "let us not give heed to any of his words" (). Since they give no heed to me, do thou, O Lord, give heed to me and let my words at least have their weight with me.... [ Continue Reading ]
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them. SHALL EVIL BE RECOMPENSED FOR GOOD? In the particulars here specified Jeremiah was a type of Jesus Christ (Psalms 109:4; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. POUR OUT THEIR BLOOD BY THE FORCE OF THE... [ Continue Reading ]
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. LET A CRY BE HEARD FROM THEIR HOUSES - by reason of the enemy bursting in; let their houses be no shelter to them in their calamities (Calvin... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger. FORGIVE NOT - (Psalms 109:9; ). Denouncing the doom of their foreseen im... [ Continue Reading ]