Jeremiah 11:1
_The, &c. He continues his discourse, (ver. 15.) or rather addresses the people, when Josias renewed the covenant, 2 Paralipomenon xxxiv. 29., Leviticus xxvi., and Deuteronomy xxvii. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_The, &c. He continues his discourse, (ver. 15.) or rather addresses the people, when Josias renewed the covenant, 2 Paralipomenon xxxiv. 29., Leviticus xxvi., and Deuteronomy xxvii. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Fathers. God chooses his people for obedience, not for kindred, &c. (St. Jerome) (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Amen. Septuagint, "So be it." (Haydock) --- Thou hast fulfilled thy engagements. _... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cities, or to those who come thence to the temple, that all may know._... [ Continue Reading ]
_For. This and the next verse have not been read by Septuagint; (Calmet) but only "and they did not comply." Grabe supplies the rest. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Brought; or "will bring," seems preferable. What does the history of God's people till the captivity exhibit, but scenes of disorder and of succeeding misery? (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Conspiracy. They are leagued together to do evil, with all earnestness. (St. Jerome)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_To them, for a long time. Yet they must not despair, or have recourse to idols, (ver. 12.) or witches, 1 Kings xxviii._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Confusion. Thus he contemptuously denotes Baalim, chap. iii. 24. (Calmet) --- Various idols were objects of adoration, (Haydock) so that no city or street, perhaps not any house, was pure, chap. vii. 18., and xliv. 17., Isaias lxv. 11., and Ezechiel xvi. 25._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Beloved, dilectus. Hebrew and Septuagint have the feminine. Chaldean, "people." They presumptuously thought that they would be freed from all their abominations, by partaking of the sacrifices. (Calmet) --- But the offerings of such are not accepted. (Menochius) --- The flesh is holy, but is of no... [ Continue Reading ]
_Burnt, by lightning. The olive was a most useful and beautiful tree._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Shewedst me. He insinuates that something more than what appears must be understood. (Theodoret) --- All Christians explain what follows of Jesus Christ, (St. Jerome; Worthington) whom Jeremias prefigured in his sufferings. (Calmet) --- "Let us follow the rule which shews that all the prophets did... [ Continue Reading ]
_Meek: pet lamb. The Arabs still keep one in their houses, 2 Kings xii. 3. (Bochart ii. 46.) (Calmet) --- Knew. I acted as if I had been ignorant. (Menochius) --- Yet Christ foretold his sufferings, Matthew xx. 18., &c. (Worthington) --- Bread. Christ, the bread of life, was nailed to the disgracefu... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sabaoth. That is, of hosts or armies; a name frequently given to God, in the Scriptures. --- Thy revenge. This was rather a prediction of what was to happen, with an approbation of the divine justice, than an imprecation. (Challoner) --- He speaks of the impenitent, (St. Jerome) and wishes they may... [ Continue Reading ]
_Life. What precedes, was spoken concerning the prophet, though it regarded Christ also in a proper but more elevated sense. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Remains. All these priests shall perish, Psalm xxxvi. 28. (Haydock) --- He speaks of the wicked, as a remnant was still left, chap. iv., and Isaias x. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XI.... [ Continue Reading ]