If. The Geneva Bible reads corruptly, "Though Moses...stood," contrary to Hebrew and Greek. (Worthington) --- And Samuel. These two had shewn a particular love for the people, Exodus xxxii., and 2 Kings xii. (Calmet) --- Ezechiel (xiv. 4.) specifies Noe[Noah], Daniel, and Job, who were eminent for s... [ Continue Reading ]
_Death. This Hebrew phrase intimates that some should die by sickness, &c. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Kinds of persecutors, the sword, &c. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Rage. Hebrew, "agitation." (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "necessities." Protestants, "to be removed into all," &c. (Haydock) This the event verified, Isaias xi. 11. --- Manasses. Though he obtained pardon, the people would not imitate his repentance. A dreadful warning for princes! (Calmet) --- "The peo... [ Continue Reading ]
_Peace. All will abhor thee. (Calmet) --- "The creatures cannot be so clement as the Creator." (St. Jerome)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Intreating thee. Hebrew, "of being intreated;" (St. Jerome) or, "of repenting," and suspending the effects of my wrath. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "I will no longer spare them." (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Will, or "have scattered" the ten tribes, and many of Juda, before the last siege. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Man, or "a spoiler of the young man," (Haydock) so that the widow shall also be deprived of her children. Hebrew, "the young spoiler," Nabuchodonosor. He shall not come like a night thief, to attack the metropolis._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Seven: many. It is not common for a mother to lose so numerous a family; yet such shall be the misfortune of Jewish parents. The synagogues shall decrease. --- Day. Her prosperity shall end on a sudden. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Strife. Jeremias was under continual persecution, (Menochius) yet ceased not to reprimand the wicked. (Haydock) --- Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit. (Cicero) --- Usury. Such people are exposed to contention. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Remnant; posterity, (Calmet) or rather possessions, as the prophet never married, chap. xvi. 2. (Haydock) --- God assures him that he shall be protected. (Menochius) --- The Chaldeans treated him with respect, chap. xxxix. 2., and xl. 1. Sedecias and the people had often recourse to him. Chaldean,... [ Continue Reading ]
_Iron. Shall the iron (that is, the strength of Juda) stand against the stronger iron of the north, (that is, of Babylon) or enter into an alliance upon equal footing with it? No, certainly; but it must be broken by it. (Challoner) --- Iron is not easily united with brass, though Pliny ([Natural His... [ Continue Reading ]
_Bring. Septuagint, "enslave thee to thy," &c. Chaldean, "thou shalt serve." (Haydock) --- They have read (Calmet) hahabadti. Hebrew has r instead of d, "I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a," &c. (Protestants) (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Patience. That is, let not thy patience and long suffering, which thou usest towards sinners, keep thee from making haste to my assistance. (Challoner) --- He is actuated by a zeal for God's glory. (Calmet) --- He is afraid of his own weakness, and begs to be delivered shortly, Psalm xii. 2. (Worth... [ Continue Reading ]
_Eat them. I received them most cordially, (Ezechiel iii. 1.; Haydock) as one who is hungry. --- Upon me. I was recognized as the prophet of the Lord._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Jesters, who deride religion, (Psalm i. 1.) or sport away their time. (Calmet) --- Hand, through vanity. Literally, and I boast of." (Haydock) --- I rejoiced in suffering, as this prophet. Many (Calmet) supply nor from the former part of the sentence. (Menochius) --- Threats. I could not refrain fr... [ Continue Reading ]
_Trusted. It is not cured as soon as might be expected. (Haydock) --- It continually breaks out again, (Menochius) like a bog not properly drained. (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "Thou art become," &c. Chaldean, "break not thy promise, as," &c., Do not reject me when I stand most in need of redress. (Calmet)... [ Continue Reading ]
_Converted, and cease to fear the people; (Calmet) and confide in my precious words, (Haydock) despising the vile threats of the people. (Menochius) --- Mouth; interpreter, Exodus iv. 16. Chaldean, "If thou wilt recall the wicked into the way of justice, though shalt fulfill my will." See St. Jerome... [ Continue Reading ]
_Mighty; Chaldeans. Providence watched over Jeremias, amid all his enemies. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
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