Jeremiah 9 - Introduction
JEREMIAH 7-10. A new section begins here, containing prophecies presumably uttered in the earlier years of Jehoiakim (608- 604), except Jeremiah 10:1 *.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH 7-10. A new section begins here, containing prophecies presumably uttered in the earlier years of Jehoiakim (608- 604), except Jeremiah 10:1 *.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH 8:18 TO JEREMIAH 9:1. JEREMIAH'S SORROW OVER JUDAH'S SUFFERING. The prophet, in sorrowful sympathy with his people, hears in anticipation the cry of the exiles and Yahweh's answer. They reproach Him with His abandonment of Zion; He points to their idolatry, and introduction of foreign (stra... [ Continue Reading ]
FAITHLESSNESS AND ITS RETRIBUTION: THE DIRGE OF DEATH. The humblest caravanserai would be preferable to life among these evil men, with their calumnies and the unfaithful use of power by those in authority, their mutual deceit, and their untruthfulness (Jeremiah 9:2)_._ Yahweh will prove them in His... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KNOWLEDGE OF YAHWEH: UNCIRCUMCISED ISRAEL. This paragraph contains two originally distinct prophecies, unrelated to their present context, though quite possibly Jeremianic. They teach the glory of Israel's religion (Jeremiah 9:23 f.), and the futility of physical without spiritual circumcision ... [ Continue Reading ]