Jeremiah 25:1-11
THE JUDGMENT ON JUDAH... [ Continue Reading ]
THE JUDGMENT ON JUDAH... [ Continue Reading ]
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, the year 606 B. C. the date being determined so exactly because it marked the final turning-point in the hi... [ Continue Reading ]
the which, namely, the word of prophecy transmitted to him from the Lord, JEREMIAH, THE PROPHET, SPAKE UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH AND TO ALL THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
From the thirteenth year of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, who reigned from approximately 641 to 610 B. C. EVEN UNTO THIS DAY, THAT IS, THE THREE AND TWENTIETH YEAR, in other words, for twenty-three years, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, his public ministry having begun approximatel... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord hath sent unto you all His servants, the prophets, for Zephaniah and Habakkuk and the prophetess Huldah had also been active during this period, RISING EARLY AND SENDING THEM, eagerly concerned about their welfare; BUT YE HAVE NOT HEARKENED NOR INCLINED YOUR EAR TO HEAR, they had paid n... [ Continue Reading ]
They said, literally, "saying," the word referring either to Jeremiah alone or to all the prophets, TURN YE AGAIN NOW EVERY ONE FROM HIS EVIL WAY, from his wicked manner of living, AND FROM THE EVIL OF YOUR DOINGS, their wickedness finding its expression in all the acts of their life, AND DWELL IN T... [ Continue Reading ]
and go not after other gods to serve them and to worship them, in the idolatry which they had practiced so flagrantly and shamelessly, AND PROVOKE ME NOT TO ANGER WITH THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS, chiefly their idolatrous sacrifices, AND I WILL DO YOU NO HURT, for all the prophets had told them time and... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet ye have not hearkened unto Me, saith the Lord; that ye might provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands, as the natural consequence of their obstinate disobedience, TO YOUR OWN HURT.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts, whose sublime authority is unquestioned, BECAUSE YE HAVE NOT HEARD MY WORDS,... [ Continue Reading ]
behold, I will send and take all the families of the North, saith the Lord, all the nations which were allies to the Chaldeans, AND NEBUCHADNEZZAR, THE KING OF BABYLON, MY SERVANT, who is so designated in this case because in this campaign he carried out the plans of the Lord, AND WILL BRING THEM AG... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover, I will take from them the voice of mirth, of loud rejoicing, AND THE VOICE OF GLADNESS, THE VOICE OF THE BRIDEGROOM AND THE VOICE OF THE BRIDE, THE SOUND OF THE MILLSTONES, whose incessant grinding noise indicated a happy household in the Orient, AND THE LIGHT OF THE CANDLE, even the poore... [ Continue Reading ]
And this whole land shall be a desolation, the territory not only of Judah, but of the surrounding nations as well, AND AN ASTONISHMENT, a source of amazement to all beholders; AND THESE NATIONS, Judah and its neighbors, SHALL SERVE THE KING OF BABYLON SEVENTY YEARS, which, beginning with 606 B. C.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, namely, from the time of the first deportation to Babylon, THAT I WILL PUNISH THE KING OF BABYLON AND THAT NATION, SAITH THE LORD, FOR THEIR INIQUITY, visiting their guilt upon them AND THE LAND OF THE CHALDEANS, AND WILL MAKE IT PERPET... [ Continue Reading ]
THE JUDGMENT ON THE KINGDOMS... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will bring upon that land all My words which I have pronounced against it, carrying out His threats upon the entire country, EVEN ALL THAT IS WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK, WHICH JEREMIAH HATH PROPHESIED AGAINST ALL THE NATIONS, for it was in this year that Jeremiah was, for the first time, told to wri... [ Continue Reading ]
For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also, that is, the Chaldeans themselves would, in turn, become servants to others, so that their masters would exact the service of vassals from them; AND I WILL RECOMPENSE THEM ACCORDING TO THEIR DEEDS AND ACCORDING TO THE WORKS OF THE... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me, Take the wine-cup of this fury at My hand, a symbol of stupefying judgments, AND CAUSE ALL THE NATIONS TO WHOM I SEND THEE TO DRINK IT, a symbolical action which could be used to illustrate an important truth.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall drink and be moved, so that they would stagger and reel, AND BE MAD, stunned and stupefied with the intoxicating effects of the liquid consumed, BECAUSE OF THE SWORD THAT I WILL SEND AMONG THEM, that is, the war which the Lord intended to bring upon these nations would be so severe, s... [ Continue Reading ]
Then took I the cup at the Lord's hand, all this in the vision which was vouchsafed him, AND MADE ALL THE NATIONS TO DRINK UNTO WHOM THE LORD HAD SENT ME, namely, by making an open announcement of this intention on the part of Jehovah:... [ Continue Reading ]
to wit, Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, these two heading the list as the chief offenders against the Lord of the covenant, AND THE KINGS THEREOF AND THE PRINCES THEREOF, TO MAKE THEM A DESOLATION, AN ASTONISHMENT, AN HISSING, AND A CURSE, objects of mockery and imprecations, AS IT IS THIS DAY;... [ Continue Reading ]
Pharaoh, king of Egypt, upon whom the Jews had chiefly relied, AND HIS SERVANTS AND HIS PRINCES AND ALL HIS PEOPLE,... [ Continue Reading ]
and all the mingled people, small tribes of a mixed population near the borders of Egypt and elsewhere, AND ALL THE KINGS OF THE LAND OF UZ, in Northwestern Arabia, near the borders of Idumea and Egypt, AND ALL THE KINGS OF THE LAND OF THE PHILISTINES, of the various Philistine city-states, AND ASHK... [ Continue Reading ]
Edom, south of the Dead Sea, AND MOAB, east of the Dead Sea, AND THE CHILDREN OF ANUNON, tribes to the northeast of Moab,... [ Continue Reading ]
and all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, the representative cities of Phenicia on the Mediterranean Sea, AND THE KINGS OF THE ISLES WHICH ARE BEYOND THE SEA, all the distant countries along the shores of the Mediterranean and the nations on its islands,... [ Continue Reading ]
Dedan, north of Arabia, AND TEMA, an Arabian city not far from Damascus, AND BUZ, another city and tribe in this neighborhood, AND ALL THAT ARE IN THE UTMOST CORNERS, the entire section of Arabia bordering on Palestine,... [ Continue Reading ]
and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, where tribes no longer were of pure blood,... [ Continue Reading ]
and all the kings of Zimri, probably a country toward the Euphrates, AND ALL THE KINGS OF ELAM, to the east of the Tigris, used for Persia in general, AND ALL THE KINGS OF THE MEDES,... [ Continue Reading ]
and all the kings of the North, far and near, a general expression referring to all the empires in the valleys of the Euphrates and the Tigris and beyond, ONE WITH ANOTHER, AND ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD, WHICH ARE UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, AND THE KING OF SHESHACH, SHALL DRINK AFTER THEM, Baby... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thou shall say unto them, Thus salth the Lord of hosts, whose majesty and power would here find expression, THE GOD OF ISRAEL, DRINK YE, namely, the cup of the Lord's fierce anger, AND BE DRUNKEN, AND SPUE, vomiting as a result of their excessive drinking, AND FALL, AND RISE NO MORE, being... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, unwilling to let His punishment strike them, THEN SHALT THOU SAY UNTO THEM. THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, YE SHALL CERTAINLY DRINK, compelled to endure the destruction which had been resolved upon in their case.... [ Continue Reading ]
For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by My name, revealed in the Word which had been proclaimed by His prophets from the early days, Jerusalem being the center of the true worship, AND SHOULD YE BE UTTERLY UNPUNISHED? Should the Lord treat the others as innocent and forbear wre... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, all nations being included in this address, and say unto them, THE LORD SHALL ROAR FROM ON HIGH, with an angry voice, AND UTTER HIS VOICE FROM HIS HOLY HABITATION, heaven being regarded as His dwelling-place. HE SHALL MIGHTILY ROAR UPON HIS HABIT... [ Continue Reading ]
THE JUDGMENT UPON THE WORLD... [ Continue Reading ]
A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth, that is, the tumult of enormous armies; FOR THE LORD HATH A CONTROVERSY WITH THE NATIONS, a cause at issue before the tribunal of His justice; HE WILL PLEAD WITH ALL FLESH, Cf Isaiah 66:16; HE WILL, as the result of this just trial, GIVE THEM THAT AR... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the Commander of the heavenly armies. BEHOLD, EVIL SHALL GO FORTH FROM NATION TO NATION, in a continual progress, AND A GREAT WHIRLWIND SHALL BE RAISED UP FROM THE COASTS OF THE EARTH, a storm arising at its extremities, which gradually expands to cover the whole world... [ Continue Reading ]
And the slain of the Lord, those who have become the victims of His sword in the war brought upon them, SHALL BE AT THAT DAY FROM ONE END OF THE EARTH EVEN UNTO THE OTHER END OF THE EARTH, their corpses lying everywhere; THEY SHALL NOT BE LAMENTED, NEITHER GATHERED NOR BURLED, Cf. Jeremiah 16:4; THE... [ Continue Reading ]
Howl, ye shepherds, the kings and rulers of the earth, AND CRY, AND WALLOW YOURSELVES IN THE ASHES, as a token of great sorrow, YE PRINCIPAL OF THE FLOCK, the strong ones, the nobles, the wealthy among the people; FOR THE DAYS OF YOUR SLAUGHTER AND OF YOUR DISPERSION ARE ACCOMPLISHED, rather, "And I... [ Continue Reading ]
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, literally, "And there vanishes the refuge away from the shepherds," so that they cannot depend upon it, NOR THE PRINCIPAL OF THE FLOCK TO ESCAPE, the flock being destroyed together with its leaders.... [ Continue Reading ]
A voice of the cry of the shepherds and an howling of the principal of the flock shall be heard; for the Lord hath spoiled their pasture, utterly destroying the meadows which they thought inexhaustible by the blast of His burning wrath.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the Lord, rendered desolate as He gave vent to His fury. The description once more returns to the picture of a lion.... [ Continue Reading ]
He hath forsaken His covert as the lion, leaving the thicknesses where his den is located; FOR THEIR LAND IS DESOLATE BECAUSE OF THE FIERCENESS OF THE OPPRESSOR, before the fury of the destroyer sent by God, AND BECAUSE OF HIS FIERCE ANGER, the Lord Himself having gone forth to punish His enemies.... [ Continue Reading ]