Jeremiah 8:1-3
RETRIBUTION UPON THE JEWS... [ Continue Reading ]
RETRIBUTION UPON THE JEWS... [ Continue Reading ]
At that time, saith the Lord, namely, when the sentence of God upon Jerusalem would be carried into effect, THEY SHALL BRING OUT THE BONES OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH, AND THE BONES OF HIS PRINCES, AND THE BONES OF THE PRIESTS, AND THE BONES OF THE PROPHETS, of all the rulers and leaders of the people, an... [ Continue Reading ]
and they shall spread them before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, exposing them under the open sky to the influence of these heavenly bodies, WHOM THEY HAVE LOVED, AND WHOM THEY HAVE SERVED, AND AFTER WHOM THEY HAVE WALKED, AND WHOM THEY HAVE SOUGHT, AND WHOM THEY HAVE WORSHIPED, th... [ Continue Reading ]
And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the Lord of hosts, literally, "shall prefer death to life in all places of the survivors whither I have driven them, saith Jehovah S... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover, thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Shall they fall and not arise? Shall he turn away and not return? or, "Shall a man fall and not get up again? Shall one wander off and not return to the right path?" It is a natural instinct and inclination of men to get up after a fall, to se... [ Continue Reading ]
THE JEWS PERSIST IN WICKEDNESS... [ Continue Reading ]
Why, then, is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? Why do they persist so obstinately in their perverse ways? THEY HOLD FAST DECEIT, clinging to their hypocritical behavior, THEY REFUSE TO RETURN, they stubbornly cling to the error of their ways.... [ Continue Reading ]
I hearkened and heard, listening carefully for some evidence of repentance, BUT THEY SPAKE NOT ARIGHT, they were far from confessing any wrong on their part; NO MAN REPENTED HIM OF HIS WICKEDNESS, SAYING, WHAT HAVE I DONE? aghast at the evidences of his guilt. EVERY ONE TURNED TO HIS COURSE, to his... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times, the regular migration seasons; AND THE TURTLE, that is, the turtle-dove, AND THE CRANE AND THE SWALLOW OBSERVE THE TIME OF THEIR COMING, returning with unfailing certainty from their winter quarters to their summer homes; BUT MY PEOPLE, those... [ Continue Reading ]
How do ye say, We are wise, and the Law of the Lord is with us? They prided themselves upon their possessing the Law, Romans 2:17; but this fact alone served rather to emphasize their dead orthodoxy, since they ignored the very teachings which they so emphatically proclaimed. LO, CERTAINLY IN VAIN M... [ Continue Reading ]
The wise men are ashamed, put to shame and reproach, THEY ARE DISMAYED, confounded, AND TAKEN. LO, THEY HAVE REJECTED THE WORD OF THE LORD, AND WHAT WISDOM IS IN THEM? Having despised and set aside the only norm of doctrine and life, the only source of true wisdom, they could not lay claim to any ki... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, on account of the wickedness thus shown by the false teachers, WILL I GIVE THEIR WIVES UNTO OTHERS AND THEIR FIELDS TO THEM THAT SHALL INHERIT THEM; FOR EVERY ONE, FROM THE LEAST EVEN UNTO THE GREATEST, IS GIVEN TO COVETOUSNESS; FROM THE PROPHET EVEN UNTO THE PRIEST EVERY ONE DEALETH FALS... [ Continue Reading ]
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace.... [ Continue Reading ]
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? Nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush; therefore shall they fall among them that fall, in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 6:12. The punishment of the Lord will ever strike the... [ Continue Reading ]
I will surely consume them, saith the Lord, making a clean sweep of them all; THERE SHALL BE NO GRAPES ON THE VINE NOR FIGS ON THE FIG-TREE, both of these plants representing unfruitful Israel, AND THE LEAF SHALL FADE. As it had been at the time of Isaiah, Isaiah 5:2, and as it later was at the time... [ Continue Reading ]
FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPENDING PUNISHMENT... [ Continue Reading ]
Why do we sit still? So the prophet hears the people of Judah cry out in view of the impending calamity. ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES, so they are represented as urging one another, AND LET US ENTER INTO THE DEFENSED CITIES, seeking security behind their buttressed walls, AND LET US BE SILENT THERE, to peris... [ Continue Reading ]
We looked for peace, still expecting deliverance, BUT NO GOOD CAME, their hope of blessing being utterly vain; AND FOR A TIME OF HEALTH, when healing would come to them, AND BEHOLD TROUBLE! So all the promises of the false prophets upon which the people had depended were found to be vain.... [ Continue Reading ]
The snorting of his, the invader's, horses was heard from Dan, on the extreme northern border of Canaan, the prophet here seeing the Chaldean hordes advancing to subdue the country; THE WHOLE LAND TREMBLED AT THE SOUND OF THE NEIGHING OF HIS STRONG ONES, of the proud chargers of the Chaldean cavalry... [ Continue Reading ]
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, reptiles of a most poisonous kind, WHICH WILL NOT BE CHARMED, rendered harmless by soothing music, AND THEY SHALL BITE YOU, SAITH THE LORD. The Chaldeans are here represented as cruel and destructive enemies, whose power no means could count... [ Continue Reading ]
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me, literally, "O my exhilaration in sorrow! My heart very ill!" His sorrow was so great that he despaired of finding consolation. He hears the bitter complaint of his people,... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of My people because of them that dwell in a far country, a lament from the people in exile in distant lands: IS NOT THE LORD IN ZION? IS NOT HER KING IN HER? namely, to deliver His people from their captivity and to lead them back to Jerusalem. But the di... [ Continue Reading ]
The harvest is past, so the people continue to lament, THE SUMMER IS ENDED, AND WE ARE NOT SAVED. As the farmer who expects a good harvest and is disappointed sees only failure and ruin before his eyes, so Israel despaired of deliverance.... [ Continue Reading ]
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt, so the prophet once more cries out in bitter grief; I AM BLACK, deeply sad and mournful, his face expressing dark despair; ASTONISHMENT HATH TAKEN HOLD ON ME, a horror and dread of the ultimate consequences.... [ Continue Reading ]
Is there no balm in Gilead? the reference being to a balsam which was in wide use in the Orient for the cooling and healing of wounds. IS THERE NO PHYSICIAN THERE? Because this balsam, found chiefly in the country east of Jordan, drawn from the terebinth-tree and similar plants, was considered so ve... [ Continue Reading ]