Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, [yet] my mind [could] not [be] toward this people: cast [them] out of my sight, and let them go forth. Ver. 1. _Then said the Lord unto me._] In answer to my prayer he replied, Thou hast well prayed, _sed stat sententia,_ I am set... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as [are] for death, to death; and such as [are] for the sword, to the sword; and such as [are] for the famine, to the famine; and such as [are] for the captivity, to the... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. Ver. 3. _And I will appoint over them four kinds._] Heb., Families, or kindreds - _i.e., _ _quatuor cognata carnivora,_... [ Continue Reading ]
_And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for [that] which he did in Jerusalem._ Ver. 4. _Because of Manasseh._] Because of his sins, idolatry and bloodshed especially, wherein the people partook and persisted, and we... [ Continue Reading ]
For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest? Ver. 5. _Who shall bemoan thee?_] Heb., Who shall come out of his place to comfort thee? Or, Who shall shake his head in commiseration to thee?... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting. Ver. 6. _I am weary with repenting._] _Patiendo, ac parcendo._ I have so oft revoked my threats, that unless I should wrong my justice, I ca... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave [them] of children, I will destroy my people, [since] they return not from their ways. Ver. 7. _And I will fan them with a fan._] Not of purgation _a_ _as _ Jer 6:29-30 but of perdition. Such as that, Jeremiah 51:2 . _ In the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused [him] to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city._ Ver. 8. _The widows are increased to me._] Or, Before me; or, In my sight. _ Ab... [ Continue Reading ]
She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while [it was] yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD. Ver. 9. _She that hath born seven languisheth._] Jerusalem... [ Continue Reading ]
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; [yet] every one of them doth curse me. Ver. 10. _Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast born me,_] _scil., _ In such an age wherein... [ Continue Reading ]
_The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee [well] in the time of evil and in the time of affliction._ Ver. 11. _Verily it shall be well with thy remnant._] Heb., If it be not well, _q.d., _ then trust me no more; thy latter end shall be c... [ Continue Reading ]
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? Ver. 12. _Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?_] That is, say some, shall these hardhearted Jews be too hard for me? or, for thee, Jeremiah, whom I have made an "iron pillar and brazen walls" against the whole land Jer 1:18 Never think... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and [that] for all thy sins, even in all thy borders. Ver. 13. _Thy substance and thy treasure._] This is spoken by an apostrophe to the people, who are here told again what to trust to for their national sins.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will make [thee] to pass with thine enemies into a land [which] thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, [which] shall burn upon you. Ver. 14. _And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies._] Or, To serve thine enemies; for there is a double reading of the text.... [ Continue Reading ]
O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. Ver. 15. _O Lord, thou knowest._] Jeremiah had begun a complaint, Jer 15:10 not without some tang and tincture of human infirmity.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. Ver. 16. _Thy words were found, and I did eat them._] I was well apaid of thy messages that came at first to me, and of that commission thou gave... [ Continue Reading ]
I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. Ver. 17. _I sat not in the assembly of the mockers._] That scoffed and mocked at God's messages and menaces. Or, I have not sat in the assembly of those that make merry... [ Continue Reading ]
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, [which] refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, [and as] waters [that] fail? Ver. 18. _Why is my pain perpetual? &c._] Here the prophet too freely expostulates with God, as less faithful, or less mindful at least, of the pr... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, [and] thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. Ver. 19. _Therefore, thus saith the Lord._] Or, Notw... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I [am] with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD. Ver. 20. _And I will make thee._] See on Jeremiah 1:18,19 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible. Ver. 21. _And I will deliver thee._] I will, I will; never fear it, man, but go on courageously. Deal courageously, and God shall be with the good. 2Ch 19:11... [ Continue Reading ]