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Verse Jeremiah 9:24. _BUT LET HIM THAT GLORIETH_] To _glory_ in a
thing is to depend on it as the means or cause of procuring
_happiness_. But there can be no happiness but in being
_experimentally a...
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This is the prophet’s remedy for the healing of the nation. It is
the true understanding and knowledge of God, of which the first means
the spiritual enlightenment of the mind 1 Corinthians 2:13, the...
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CHAPTER 9
_ 1. The prophet's complaint and Jehovah's answer (Jeremiah 9:1) _
2. The cause of desolation and destruction (Jeremiah 9:10)
3. The call for the mourning and wailing women (Jeremiah 9:17...
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THE KNOWLEDGE OF YAHWEH: UNCIRCUMCISED ISRAEL. This paragraph contains
two originally distinct prophecies, unrelated to their present
context, though quite possibly Jeremianic. They teach the glory of...
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LET HIM, &C. Quoted in 1 Corinthians 1:31.
KNOWETH ME. This lies at the foundation of everything: of all trust in
God (for One unknown cannot be trusted at all); of all pleasing
(Ephesians 1:17; Colos...
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See summary introducing the section. Piety alone is the source of true
glory. Circumcision, as the mere external mark of the covenant, of
itself brings no man, Jew or otherwise, favour with God. 23, 2...
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Quoted freely 1Co 1:31; 2 Corinthians 10:17....
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DISCOURSE: 1046
THE ONLY TRUE AND SUFFICIENT GROUNDS OF GLORYING
Jeremiah 9:23. Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his
wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not th...
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LET NOT THE WISE MAN GLORY, &C.— "Unless this wisdom hath for its
object God himself, and teaches us to despise ourselves, to be humbled
beneath the mighty hand of God, and to glory in him alone. All...
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III. TRUE GLORY Jeremiah 9:23-24
TRANSLATION
(23) Thus says the LORD: Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom and
let not the mighty man boast of his might nor the rich man boast of
his wealth. (24)...
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But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and
knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness,
judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I
delig...
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9:24 exercise (b-20) Or 'for I, Jehovah, exercise.'...
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1-22. The prophet continues his lament. The impending doom....
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LET HIM THAT GLORIETH GLORY IN THIS... — The passage is interesting
as having clearly been present to the mind of St. Paul in writing 1
Corinthians 1:31; 2 Corinthians 10:17. He had learnt from it to...
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_[Jeremiah 9:23]_ כִּ֣י אִם ־בְּ זֹ֞את
יִתְהַלֵּ֣ל...
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Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 26:1
In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is
plainly a fin
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In answer to his own question, Jeremiah sighed for some adequate means
of expressing the anguish of his heart, and then for escape to some
lonely place in the wilderness. All this was in the nature of...
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But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and
knoweth me, that I [am] the LORD who (s) exercise lovingkindness,
judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these [things] I...
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These precious verses seem to come in like a parenthesis: and yet not
to be used with a parenthesis, being so precious, in the midst of a
gloomy description of a degenerate and rebellious people. The...
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_Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise glory, etc _(255) By way of
concession he calls those wise who were without the fear of God, which
yet we know is the beginning of wisdom. (Psalms 111:10; Proverb...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9.
Chapter 7 begins a new prophecy, contemplating especially the temple,
which, instead of being a protection (as the people, without
conscience, wo...
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BUT LET HIM THAT GLORIETH GLORY IN THIS,.... In the Lord alone, as it
is interpreted by the apostle, 1 Corinthians 1:31:
THAT HE UNDERSTANDETH AND KNOWETH ME; or, "in understanding and
knowing me" g;...
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But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and
knoweth me, that I [am] the LORD which exercise lovingkindness,
judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these [things] I
de...
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_Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom_ Let not men value
themselves on account of their wisdom, strength, or riches, which are
things in themselves of a very uncertain continuance, and such
calami...
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THE WAY OF ESCAPE REJECTED...
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but let him that glorieth glory in this, make this fact the one and
only foundation of his boasting, THAT HE UNDERSTANDETH AND KNOWETH Me,
that he has learned to know the true God, the Triune God and...
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23-26 In this world of sin and sorrow, ending soon in death and
judgement, how foolish for men to glory in their knowledge, health,
strength, riches, or in any thing which leaves them under the domin...
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UNDERSTANDETH AND KNOWETH ME: whether we make any curious distinction
between _understanding_ God, as if that be more speculative, whereby
we rightly apprehend his nature; and _knowing_ God, as if tha...
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Jeremiah 9:24 glories H1984 (H8693) glory H1984 (H8691) understands
H7919 (H8687) knows H3045 (H8800) LORD...
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THOSE WHO ARE TRULY WISE WILL KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD AND WILL THUS
UNDERSTAND WHY HE ACTS LIKE HE DOES IN BRINGING FINAL JUDGMENT ON
JUDAH (JEREMIAH 9:12).
The passage commences by asking who the tr...
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Jeremiah 9:23
There is at least so much similarity between the nature of God and the
nature of man that both God and man can take delight in the same
thing. The spirit of the text is saying, "Take de...
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Jeremiah 9:1. _Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain
of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the
daughter of my people!_
Jeremiah foresaw that the Chaldeans would c...
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CONTENTS: Message in the temple gate, continued. Detestation of the
sins of the people. The vanity of trusting in anything but God.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Those who will not know God...
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Jeremiah 9:2. _Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodgingplace of
wayfaring men._ In countries where the peasantry are very poor,
travellers provide for themselves as they can. Even in Spain many of
th...
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_Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom._
GLORYING
An idea in this text to which we assign special prominence is
this--There is at least so much similarity between the nature of God
and the nature...
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_I am the Lord which exercise loving kindness, Judgment, and
righteousness in the earth._
GOD AND THE EARTH
These words teach us--
I. The earth is the scene of God’s operations. There is a Divine
i...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 9:23 The truly WISE MAN (Jeremiah 4:22;
Jeremiah 8:8
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. For Chronology and History, see chap.
7.
1. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. Jeremiah 9:26. “_Egypt_.” sit. on N.E.
angle of Africa; a vast plain; in general features it may be...
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 9:1
The Hebrew more correctly attaches this verse to Jeremiah 8:1. OH THAT
MY HEAD WERE WATERS, etc.! A quaint conceit, it may be said. But "if
we have been going on pace for pace...
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Now Jeremiah declares,
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes were as a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my
people! Oh that I had in the wildernes...
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1 Corinthians 1:31; 1 John 5:20; 1 Samuel 15:22; 2 Corinthians 10:17;...
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Knoweth — Whether we make any curious distinction between
understanding God, as if that be more speculative, whereby we rightly
apprehend his nature; and knowing God, as if that be more practical,
as...