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Verse Jeremiah 15:8. _THE MOTHER OF THE YOUNG MEN_] The _metropolis_
or mother city, _Jerusalem_....
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Translate, “I have brought upon them, even upon the mother of the
young man, a spoiler etc.” The word rendered “young man” means a
picked warrior. The mother has borne a valiant champion; but neither...
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CHAPTER 15
The Prophet's Deep Soul-Exercise
_ 1. The answer (Jeremiah 15:1) _
2. The prophet's grief and sorrow and Jehovah's answer (Jeremiah
15:10)
Jeremiah 15:1. The preceding prayer is
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JEREMIAH 14:1 TO JEREMIAH 15:9. THE DROUGHT IN JUDAH, AND JEREMIAH'S
CONSEQUENT INTERCESSION. The date of this disaster is unknown, but
some year in the latter half of Jehoiakim's reign is most probab...
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ABOVE, &C. Figure of speech _Hyperbole._
THE SAND OF THE SEAS. Figure of speech _Paroemia._
YOUNG MEN: choice ones, or warriors.
HIM TO FALL UPON IT... AND TERRORS UPON THE CITY. I have let fall upo...
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See introd. summary to section....
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_against the mother of the young men_ mg. _against the mother_and _the
young men_who have fallen in battle. If we may accept an emendation of
MT. by Du., we shall read _mother and suckling_.
_at noon...
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Co. considers the order of clauses to have suffered dislocation. He
inserts "Their widows … the seas" after "… confounded" (Jeremiah
15:9), thus improving both sense and Ḳinah rhythm....
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I HAVE BROUGHT UPON THEM, AGAINST THE MOTHER OF THE YOUNG MEN, &C.—
Houbigant renders this verse in the future, thus, _Their widows shall
be increased to me above the land of the sea; and upon the mot...
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E. The Final Rejection of Prophetic Intercession
Jeremiah 15:1-9
TRANSLATION
(1) And the LORD said unto me: If Moses and Samuel were standing
before Me, I would have no affection for this people. Ca...
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Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have
brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at
noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors...
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1-9. The coming woes described....
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Even the mothers of warriors in the prime of youth shall have none to
protect them. AT NOONDAY] taking them by surprise: see Jeremiah 6:4. I
HAVE CAUSED _him,_ etc.] RV 'I have caused anguish and terr...
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I HAVE BROUGHT... — Better, _I have brought upon them, even upon the
mother of the young warrior_ (_i.e.,_ upon the woman who rejoices most
in her son’s heroism), _a spoiler at noon-day, i.e.,_ coming...
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עָֽצְמוּ ־לִ֤י _אַלְמְנֹותָיו֙_† מֵ
חֹ֣ול יַמִּ֔ים הֵבֵ֨אתִי
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CHAPTER IX
THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS
Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?)
VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these
Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...
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To this great appeal Jehovah again replied by declaring mercy to be
impossible, and judgment inevitable, and this on account of the sin of
Manasseh which had been persisted in, namely, the rejection o...
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Their widows (g) are multiplied to me above the sand of the seas: I
have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler
at noonday: I have caused [him] to fall upon it suddenly, and t...
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These judgments had their accomplishment, in the captivity that
followed, when the people were carried away to Babylon....
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He says first, _Multiplied have been his widows; _because the men had
been almost all kined, in battle. If the Prophet is the speaker, the
particle לי _li, _is redundant, but if the words be referred...
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The beginning of chapter 15 is an answer to the close of chapter 14;
but the instruction and the principles it contains are very
remarkable. Jehovah declares that if Moses and Samuel (whose love for
I...
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THEIR WIDOWS ARE INCREASED TO ME ABOVE THE SAND OF THE SEAS,.... Their
husbands being slain; not in the times of Ahaz, when a hundred and
twenty thousand men were slain in one day in Judah, by Pekah t...
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_Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have
brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at
noonday: I have caused [him] to fall upon it suddenly, and terro...
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_Their widows are increased above the sand of the seas_ A hyperbolical
expression. The prophet still speaks of things to come as if present.
In Jehoiakim's time we read of no great number of widows, b...
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Their widows are increased to Me above the sand of the seas, beyond
the possibility of counting them; I HAVE BROUGHT UPON THEM AGAINST THE
MOTHER OF THE YOUNG MEN, the wife in the fullness of her stre...
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THE LORD REFUSES HELP THE SECOND TIME...
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AGAINST THE MOTHER OF THE YOUNG ME:
Or, against the mother city, a young man spoiling, etc. Or, against
the mother and the young men...
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1-9 The Lord declares that even Moses and Samuel must have pleaded in
vain. The putting of this as a case, though they should stand before
him, shows that they do not, and that saints in heaven do no...
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OLBHeb;
The prophet speaking in the name of that God who calleth things that
are not as if they were, still continueth his style, speaking of
things to come as if present. In Jehoiakim's time we read...
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Jeremiah 15:8 widows H490 increased H6105 (H8804) sand H2344 seas
H3220 bring H935 (H8689) mother H517 men...
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YHWH'S RESPONSE TO JEREMIAH'S PLEA IS OF THE ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY AND
AWFULNESS OF THE COMING JUDGMENT (JEREMIAH 15:1).
In the face of Jeremiah's plea YHWH now makes clear that nothing can
now stop His...
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CONTENTS: Message on the drought, concluded. The people abandoned to
ruin. Jeremiah complains of his hardships.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Moses, Samuel.
CONCLUSION: Miserable is the case of those w...
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Jeremiah 15:1. _Though Moses and Samuel stood before me,_ as when
Moses by his prayers saved the nation, Exodus 32:11, and Samuel in
Mizpeh was heard, when the Lord terrified the Philistine armies by...
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_Thou hast forsaken Me._
GOD FORSAKING AND GOD FORSAKEN
I. A God-forsaking people. Conviction by God Himself of this great
folly and sin. In Jeremiah 2:13, the charge is more complete. Creation
is c...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES—For _Chronology of the Chapter and
Historical Facts_, see on chap. Jeremiah 10:5 _in loc_.
1. PERSONAL ALLUSIONS. Jeremiah 15:1. “_Moses and Samuel_,” here
mentioned as h...
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 15:1
Second rejection of Jeremiah's intercession; awfulness of the
impending judgment.
JEREMIAH 15:1
THOUGH MOSES AND SAMUEL, etc. It is a mere supposition which is here
made; t...
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Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me,
yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my
sight, and let them go foRuth (Jeremiah 15:1).
Now it is interesti...
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Isaiah 3:25; Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 4:1; Jeremiah 4:16; Jeremiah 5:6;...
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Their widows — The prophet still speaks of things to come as if
present. In Jehoiakim's time we read of no such plenty of widows; they
were multiplied when the city was besieged and taken in Zedekiah'...