Jeremiah 23:1
_Pastors. Successors of Josias (Calmet) and false prophets. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Pastors. Successors of Josias (Calmet) and false prophets. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Multiplied. The prophets subjoin tidings of peace to such as might cause affliction. (Theodoret)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Pastors; Zorobabel, &c., as figures of Christ, and of the pastors of his Church. --- No more, as much as formerly. So many expressions must be understood. --- Branch. Septuagint, "orient." --- Reign. Zorobabel was not chief governor, (Calmet) though at the head of his tribe. (Haydock) --- The kingd... [ Continue Reading ]
_Saved: less disturbed. The world shall be redeemed, Luke ii. 14., and Ephesians ii. 14. --- Just. Hebrew, "Justice," by whom we are made just. He is the true God, Colossians ii. 9, 14. No man could bear this title: and Grotius insidiously attempts to apply it to the Jews, though the Chaldean, &c.,... [ Continue Reading ]
_Land. The deliverance from Egypt and Babylon were emblems of man's redemption, which was accomplished by far greater miracles._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Prophets of falsehood. He directs his discourse to them, and afterwards to the priests, being filled with amazement at their impending ruin._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Adulterers; impostors or idolaters. --- Cursing of the Lord, or the abuse of his sacred name. (Calmet) --- Unlike. Hebrew, "not right." (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Defiled. Hebrew, "hypocrites." My priests retain the appearance of religion, to join with impostors in deluding the people._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Jerusalem. These were far worse, as they pretended to be inspired by God, whereas those of Samaria publicly adhered to Baal; so that the people must have been foolish to have been deceived by them. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Gall, or something mortally bitter, chap. ix. 15. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Own. To rely on private judgment, and not on the Church, is a mark of falsehood. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Blaspheme. Hebrew, "despise;" or Septuagint, "reject disdainfully the word of the Lord, you," &c., chap. vi. 14., and viii. 11._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Counsel. Hebrew, "secret." Which of you is acquainted with his designs? I will inform you, that your perdition is at hand, ver. 20. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Not send. The want of mission proves a prophet or preacher to be false. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_I should. Some copies read avertissent, "they would have turned," conformably with the Hebrew, &c., and we should suspect that this was a mistake of the transcriber, if St. Jerome did not agree with the Vulgate in his commentary, (Calmet) though not in express terms: (Haydock) "I also should not ha... [ Continue Reading ]
_Off? Can you so easily penetrate my designs, or escape my fury? Am I like your idols of yesterday? Septuagint and Theodotion, "I am a God at hand," &c., which agrees with the sequel. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Dreams, as if God had favoured them with his revelations. (Haydock) --- Fathers; the false prophets of Baal, whom these imitate._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Dream, to those who are really sent by God, (Calmet) and recognized, 1 Corinthians xiv. 29. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Pieces? True prophets will have a zeal fo the conversion of souls, chap. xx. 9., and Hebrews iv. 12._... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XXIII. _ Neighbour, causing those whom I have sent to be disregarded._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Use. Hebrew also, "sharpen, or render smooth," and insinuating, Psalm xlix. 16. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wonders. Protestants, "lightness." Septuagint, "frauds," or pretended miracles. (Haydock) --- False prophets cannot work true miracles: but it is more difficult to distinguish these than the former mark of being lawfully sent, ver. 21. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Burden, Massa, (Haydock) denotes a weight, or sometimes a prediction. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Burden of the Lord. This expression is here rejected and disallowed, at least for those times: because it was then used in mockery and contempt by the false prophets, and unbelieving people, who ridiculed the repeated threats of Jeremias under the name of his burdens. (Challoner)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Answered. I will make you alter your language by chastisements._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Take. Hebrew of the Masorets, (Calmet) "I, even I, will utterly forget (Protestants; Haydock) or abandon you." (Chaldean) But the sense of the Septuagint and Vulgate seems preferable. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]