JEREMIAH 16:1 TO JEREMIAH 17:18. THE COMING DISTRESS A PENALTY FOR
SIN. The prophet is forbidden to found a family, because of the coming
sorrows (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 7:29 ff.), in which death will be too
common even for due mourning and burial. He is to stand aloof from the
ordinary expressions of... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SABBATH DAY. The general tone and emphasis of this paragraph,
which makes a particular ceremonial ordinance the condition of
permanent survival, relate it rather to the period of Nehemiah 13:15
than to that of Jeremiah. The prophecy is uttered in the gate
(Jeremiah 7:2)_,_ because of the Sabbath... [ Continue Reading ]