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Verse Jeremiah 6:27. _I HAVE SET THEE FOR A TOWER AND A FORTRESS_]
Dr. _Blayney_ translates, _I have appointed thee to make an assay
among_ _my people_. The words refer to the _office of an assayer o...
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Render it:
I have set thee among My people as a prover of ore,
And thou shalt know and try their way.
They are all of them rebels of rebels (i. e., utter rebels):
Slander-walkers, were copper and...
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CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The call to the children of Benjamin (Jeremiah 6:1) _
2. Corruption and the deserved judgment (Jeremiah 6:9)
3. The prophet addressed (Jeremiah 6:27)...
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THE PROPHET'S TASK. The record of earlier prophecies (Jeremiah 6:1)
fitly closes with the application to the prophet of the figure of the
trier (_mg._) or assayer; so inextricably is the alloy mixed w...
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_a tower_ rather, as mg., _a trier_. It was owing to a difficulty
presented by the following substantives that this was rendered
_tower_.
_a fortress_ The same word (with slight difference in vocalisa...
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The last of the four divisions. See introd. note to the ch....
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In these _vv_. the Lord reassures Jeremiah of his divine commission,
and he appears under the figure of one testing metal. The result of
the testing process is that no precious metal is found. All is...
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I HAVE SET THEE FOR A TOWER, &C.— The prophet in these verses
evidently takes his ideas from metals, and the trial of them; and the
verbs in the latter clause of this verse, referring to such trial,
m...
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6. _The hopeless task of the Prophet_ (Jeremiah 6:27-30)
TRANSLATION
(27) A tower have I made you among My people, a fortified city that
you may know, then test their way. (28) They are all rebelliou...
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I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou
mayest know and try their way.
I HAVE SET THEE FOR A TOWER AND A FORTRESS AMONG MY PEOPLE -
(Jeremiah 1:18); rather, an assayer...
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6:27 assayer, (h-10) Or 'for a watch-tower.'...
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1-8. The hostile army approaches....
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A TOWER] RM 'trier,' or tester. A FORTRESS] He shall have God's
protection in his task....
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I HAVE SET THEE... — The verse is difficult, as containing words in
the Hebrew which are not found elsewhere, and have therefore to be
guessed at. The following rendering is given on the authority of...
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בָּחֹ֛ון נְתַתִּ֥יךָ בְ עַמִּ֖י
מִבְצָ֑ר וְ ת
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Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 6:1
CHAPTER IV
THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD
Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30
IF we would under
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This judgment the prophet now described. A fierce and relentless foe,
acting under the word of Jehovah, is described as coming up against
Jerusalem. The prophet declared that the city would be taken,...
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I have set (u) thee [for] a tower [and] a fortress among my people,
that thou mayest know and try their way.
(u) Meaning, Jeremiah, whom God had appointed to try out the godly
from the wicked, as a f...
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_Trier of my people, as of gold in the furnace, Job xxii. 25._...
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The last of these verses throws a light on the whole passage, by way
of explanation, on the principles of the gospel of Christ. All men are
as reprobate silver, until the Great Refiner and Purifier of...
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The Prophet says, that he was _set _by God as a _watchtower_, which
was also fortified, that he might observe the wickedness of the
people. In order to gain more authority for his prophecy, he
introdu...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6.
Chapter 4 resumes the subject of Chapter s 2, 3, and, applying it at
that time to the people, tells them that, if they return, it must be
unto th...
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I HAVE SET THEE FOR A TOWER,.... Or "in" one d; in a watch tower, to
look about and observe the actions of the people, their sins and
transgressions, and reprove them for them; as well as to descry th...
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I have set thee [for] a tower [and] a fortress among my people, that
thou mayest know and try their way.
Ver. 27. _I have set thee for a tower and a fortress._] Or, A
fortified watch tower have I mad...
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_I have set thee for a tower_, &c. According to this reading, God
speaks here by way of encouragement to the prophet, and tells him he
had made him a fortified tower, that he might be safe, notwithsta...
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18-30 God rejects their outward services, as worthless to atone for
their sins. Sacrifice and incense were to direct them to a Mediator;
but when offered to purchase a license to go on in sin, they p...
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Here God speaks by way of encouragement to the prophet, and tells him
he had made him a fortified tower, that he might both discover the
carriages of his people, which is one use of a high tower, ISAI...
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Jeremiah 6:27 set H5414 (H8804) assayer H969 fortress H4013 people
H5971 know H3045 (H8799) test H974 ...
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JEREMIAH LEARNS THAT YHWH HAS ESTABLISHED HIM AS AN ASSAYER OF HIS
PEOPLE, AS WELL AS THEIR FORTRESS, ALTHOUGH ALL THAT HE WILL DISCOVER
WILL BE THAT THEY ARE A MIXTURE OF BASE METAL AND DROSS (JEREMI...
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IN VIEW OF JUDAH'S FAILURE TO RESPOND TO HIS WARNINGS YHWH STRESSES
THAT THE INVASION IS NOW IMMINENT (JEREMIAH 6:1).
Chapter 4 had predicted that invasion was coming, and chapter 5 had
given the reas...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. The terrors that
should come because of sin.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: The God of mercy is loath to depart even from a provoking
people,...
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Jeremiah 6:1. _Oh ye children of Benjamin flee out of the midst of
Jerusalem._ Many of this tribe lived in the city. _Blow the trumpet_
[of alarm] _in Tekoa,_ a village twelve miles from Jerusalem,
ac...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 6:27 TESTER OF METALS. Jeremiah’s task
is to assess how much impurity remains in a people called to be pure.
The ancient refining process used heated lead to draw out ore fro...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
POSITION OF THIS CHAPTER THE SAME. (Comp. notes on 3, 4, 5.)
2. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES.— Jeremiah 6:1. “_Tekoa:_” a small
town of defenc...
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EXPOSITION
A prophecy, in five stanzas or strophes, vividly describing the
judgment and its causes, and enforcing the necessity of repentance.
JEREMIAH 6:1
Arrival of a hostile army from the north,...
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Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and
know, and seek in the broad places, if you can find a man, if there be
any that is executing judgment, and that is seeking truth; and...
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Ezekiel 20:4; Ezekiel 22:2; Ezekiel 3:8; Jeremiah 1:18; Jeremiah 15:2
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I have set thee — Here God speaks by way of encouragement to the
prophet, and tells him, he had made him a fortified tower, that he
might be safe, notwithstanding all the attempts against him. And try...