Jeremiah 22:1-9
WARNING AGAINST UNRIGHTEOUSNESS AND OPPRESSION... [ Continue Reading ]
WARNING AGAINST UNRIGHTEOUSNESS AND OPPRESSION... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, Go down to the house of the king of Judah, from the Temple to the palace, which was situated at a lower level, AND SPEAK THERE THIS WORD, not merely in the presence of the king, but as a message to the entire nation,... [ Continue Reading ]
and say, Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, a fact which committed him to the high standards set by that friend of God, THOU AND THY SERVANTS, the members of his court, AND THY PEOPLE THAT ENTER IN BY THESE GATES, those of the royal palace:... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, Execute ye judgment and righteousness, as the fundamental principle of Jehovah's nation, Cf. Jeremiah 7:6; Jeremiah 21:12, AND DELIVER THE SPOILED OUT OF THE HAND OF THE OPPRESSOR, rescuing those who were being systematically plundered by the mightier people of the nation; AND D... [ Continue Reading ]
For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, as his successors in a direct line, RIDING IN CHARIOTS AND ON HORSES, HE AND HIS SERVANTS AND HIS PEOPLE. Cf. Jeremiah 17:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
But if ye will not hear these words, disregarding their solemn warning, I SWEAR BY MYSELF, SAITH THE LORD, by the highest instance to which appeal can be made at any time, THAT THIS HOUSE SHALL BECOME A DESOLATION, the splendid royal palace becoming a total ruin.... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the Lord unto the king's house of Judah, concerning the royal palace with all its inestimable splendor. THOU ART GILEAD UNTO ME AND THE HEAD OF LEBANON, the point of comparison being the many pillars and ornaments of costly wood derived from the forests of Gilead and of Lebanon, which... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will prepare destroyers against thee, consecrated, as it were, to perform His will in bringing destruction upon Jerusalem and the palace of the king, EVERY ONE WITH HIS WEAPONS; AND THEY SHALL CUT DOWN THY CHOICE CEDARS AND CAST THEM INTO THE FIRE, the picture of a forest's destruction being m... [ Continue Reading ]
And many nations shall pass by this city, the entire capital being destroyed with the Temple and the royal palace, AND THEY SHALL SAY EVERY MAN TO HIS NEIGHBOR, in wonder and astonishment over such utter desolation, WHEREFORE HATH THE LORD DONE THUS UNTO THIS GREAT CITY?... [ Continue Reading ]
Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord, their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them. Cf Deuteronomy 29:23 ff.; 1 Kings 9:8. Jerusalem is only one of _ the_ many cities which, in the course of time, have become spectacles of God's vengeance, as a warning... [ Continue Reading ]
Weep ye not for the dead, so Jeremiah admonished the people of Judah, NEITHER BEMOAN HIM, namely, Josiah, the last good king, who had stayed the doom pronounced upon the reprobate people, BUT WEEP SORE FOR HIM THAT GOETH AWAY, whose departure in this case is truly an occasion for great sorrowing, FO... [ Continue Reading ]
PROPHECIES RELATING TO SHALLUM, JEHOIKIM, AND JEHOIACHIN... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the Lord touching Shallum, or Jehoa-haz, 2 Kings 23:30, THE SON OF JOSIAH, KING OF JUDAH, WHICH REIGNED INSTEAD OF JOSIAH, HIS FATHER, WHICH WENT FORTH OUT OF THIS PLACE, having been taken to Egypt by Pharaoh-Nechoh, who placed his older brother Jehoiakim on the throne, much to the di... [ Continue Reading ]
but he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. It happened in just this way, as the sacred narrative informs us, 2 Kings 23:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
Woe unto him, so the Lord now proceeds to call out upon Jehoiakim, THAT BUILDETH HIS HOUSE BY UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, by unjust measures, AND HIS CHAMBERS BY WRONG, in impressing people into work without right and compensation, THAT USETH HIS NEIGHBOR'S SERVICE WITHOUT WAGES AND GIVETH HIM NOT FOR HIS WORK... [ Continue Reading ]
that saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, roomy, airy upper chambers, AND CUTTETH HIM OUT WINDOWS, with wide and high openings, such as were found in the palaces of the rich; AND IT IS CEILED WITH CEDAR AND PAINTED WITH VERMILION, a costly paint made of sulphur and quicksilver. Al... [ Continue Reading ]
Shalt thou reign because thou closest thyself in cedar? making a show of wealth which he did not in reality possess and had no right to parade. DID NOT THY FATHER EAT AND DRINK, enjoying the ordinary comforts of life, AND DO JUDGMENT AND JUSTICE? exercising these two virtues according to the demands... [ Continue Reading ]
He Judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him. Was not this to know Me? saith the Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, being directed only to the gaining of his own advantage, regardless of the rights of other people, AND FOR TO SHED INNOCENT BLOOD AND FOR OPPRESSION AND FOR VIOLENCE TO DO IT, Jehoiakim thus proving himself a tyrant in every sense of t... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, the subject of this entire paragraph of denunciation, THEY SHALL NOT LAMENT FOR HIM, SAYING, AH, MY BROTHER! OR, AH, SISTER! none of the mournful cries such as relatives make at the death of those near and dear to... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem, not interred, but dragged forth and left as carrion to the birds and beasts of prey.... [ Continue Reading ]
Go up to Lebanon, so the prophet now bids the people, personified as the daughter of Zion, AND CRY, AND LIFT UP THY VOICE IN BASHAN, that is, the mountains of Bashan, in the country east of Jordan, AND CRY FROM THE PASSAGES, rather, "from Aba-rim," the mountain range east of the Dead Sea, to which N... [ Continue Reading ]
I spake unto thee in thy prosperity, while the country was enjoying prosperous, secure, peaceful relations; BUT THOU SAIDST, I WILL NOT HEAR. THIS HATH BEEN THY MANNER FROM THY YOUTH, from the days that He chose Israel to be His people and led them forth from the land of their bondage, Hosea 2:17, T... [ Continue Reading ]
The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, all their rulers and leaders, as the hot desert wind singed off the meadows, AND THY LOVERS SHALL GO INTO CAPTIVITY. SURELY THEN SHALT THOU BE ASHAMED AND CONFOUNDED FOR ALL THY WICKEDNESS; for with her rulers in captivity, Judah would be helpless before the in... [ Continue Reading ]
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, this picture being chosen because, as the birds of Lebanon make their nests in the cedars, so the princes of Judah built their homes of the cedars of Lebanon, HOW GRACIOUS SHALL THOU BE, rather, "how shalt thou moan," WHEN PANGS COME UPON... [ Continue Reading ]
As I live, saith the Lord, though Coniah, abbreviated from Jeco-niah, 1 Chronicles 3:16, THE SON OF JEHOIAKIM, KING OF JUDAH, WERE THE SIGNET UPON MY RIGHT HAND, a most costly and valued ornament, which one guards with great care, YET WOULD I PLUCK THEE THENCE, this being affirmed with a solemn vow,... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, deliberately delivering him into the power of his enemies everywhere, EVEN INTO THE HAND OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR, KING OF BABYLON, AND INTO THE HAND OF THE CHALDEANS.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, namely, Nehushta, the daughter of Einathan, 2 Kings 24:8, INTO ANOTHER COUNTRY, WHERE YE WERE NOT BORN, one utterly strange to them in every way; AND THERE SHALL YE DIE.... [ Continue Reading ]
But to the land whereunto they, Coniah and his mother, DESIRE TO RETURN, THITHER SHALL THEY NOT RETURN. By the change to the third person these two were put out of sight, as unworthy to be addressed directly any longer. The prophet now addresses the country as such with reference to the fate of this... [ Continue Reading ]
Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? so the people are represented as asking. IS HE A VESSEL WHEREIN IS NO PLEASURE? with whom neither God nor men were pleased. WHEREFORE ARE THEY CAST OUT, HE AND HIS SEED, the presence of minor children at the time when he was led away into captivity being al... [ Continue Reading ]
O earth, earth, earth, the threefold repetition serving to lay particular stress upon the contents of this warning, HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD!... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man childless, bereaved of his children, A MAN THAT SHALL NOT PROSPER IN HIS DAYS; FOR NO MAN OF HIS SEED SHALL PROSPER, SITTING UPON THE THRONE OF DAVID, succeeding to the kingdom, AND RULING ANY MORE IN JUDAH. According to the list given in 1 Chronicles 3:16, the... [ Continue Reading ]