Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. SEEK IF YE CAN FIND A MAN. Since the pious Josiah, Baruch, and Zephaniah li... [ Continue Reading ]
And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. THOUGH THEY SAY, THE LORD LIVETH - (, "They profess that they know God, but in works they deny Him"). SWEAR FALSELY - not a judicial oath; but their profession of the worship of Yahweh is insincere (; ). The reformation under Jos... [ Continue Reading ]
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. EYES UPON THE TRUTH - (, "A God of truth, and without i... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. POOR - rather 'the poor.' He supposes for the moment that this utter depravity is confined to the uninstructed poor, and that he would find a different: state of thing... [ Continue Reading ]
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. THEY HAVE KNOWN - rather, 'they must know.' The prophet supposes it as probable, considering their p... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. A LION ... A WOLF ... A... [ Continue Reading ]
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. It would not be consistent with God's holiness to let such wickedness pass... [ Continue Reading ]
They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. IN THE MORNING - (Isaiah 5:11). 'Rising early in the morning' is a phrase for unceasing eagerness in any pursuit; such was the Jews' avidity after idol worship [ mashkiym (H7904) for mashkiymiym] (Gesenius). Mau... [ Continue Reading ]
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? (; ; , "So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed").... [ Continue Reading ]
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's. Abrupt apostrophe to the Babylonians, to take Jerusalem, but not to destroy the nation utterly (remark, Jeremiah 4:27, "Make not a full end." BATTLEMENTS - [ nªTiyshowteyhaa (H... [ Continue Reading ]
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD. (.)... [ Continue Reading ]
They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: BELIED - denied. IT IS NOT HE - rather, '(Yahweh) is not HE' - i:e., the true and only God (, "Art not thou HE, O Lord our God;" , "I, even I, am HE, and there is no God wi... [ Continue Reading ]
And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. AND THE PROPHETS SHALL BECOME WIND - continuation of the unbelieving language of the Jews. AND THE PROPHETS SHALL BECOME WIND - continuation of the unbelieving language of the Jews. THE PROPHETS -... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. BECAUSE YE SPEAK THIS WORD. He turns away from addressing the people directly, to the prophet: implying that He puts them to a d... [ Continue Reading ]
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. (; .) I WILL BRING A NATION UPON YOU FROM FAR ... WHOSE LANGUAGE THOU KNOWEST NOT. Allud... [ Continue Reading ]
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. OPEN SEPULCHRE - (cf. ). Their quiver is all-devouring, as the grave opened to receive the dead: as many as are the arrows, so many are the deaths.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. (.)... [ Continue Reading ]
Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you. (; .) NEVERTHELESS - not even in those days of judgments, God will not utterly exterminate His people,... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours. Retribution in kind. As ye have "forsak... [ Continue Reading ]
_DECLARE THIS IN THE HOUSE OF JACOB, AND PUBLISH IT IN JUDAH, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: WHICH HAVE EYES, AND SEE NOT; WHICH HAVE EARS, AND HEAR NOT - translate, 'Which have eyes, and yet see not; which have ears, and yet hear not.' The Lord alone can give spiritu... [ Continue Reading ]
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? FEAR YE... [ Continue Reading ]
But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. THIS PEOPLE HATH A REVOLTING AND A REBELLIOUS HEART - ().... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. RAIN, BOTH THE FORMER AND THE LATTER, IN HIS SEASON - the "former" falls from the middle of October to the... [ Continue Reading ]
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. YOUR SINS HAVE WITHHOLDEN GOOD THINGS FROM YOU - national guilt had caused the suspension of these national mercies mentioned in (cf. ).... [ Continue Reading ]
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. THEY LAY WAIT ... SET A TRAP ... CATCH MEN - (; Proverbs 1:17; ). AS HE THAT SETTETH SNARES - rather, 'as fowlers crouch' [shak] (Buxtorf). TRAP - literally, destruction: the... [ Continue Reading ]
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. FULL OF DECEIT - full of treasures gotten by deceit. RICH - (; Psalms 73:18, "Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches").... [ Continue Reading ]
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. SHINE - the effect of fatness on the skin (). They live a life of self indulgence. THEY OVERPASS TH... [ Continue Reading ]
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? SHALL I NOT VISIT FOR THESE THINGS? - (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; A ... HORRIBLE THING - (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? BEAR RULE BY THEIR MEANS - literally, according to their hands - i:e., under their guidance (, "The sons of Jeduthun ... under the hands of their fat... [ Continue Reading ]