The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying, Ver. 1. _The word of the Lord came also unto me._] It is the property of this prophet to handle the same thing several ways, and by sundry effectual arguments. God's ministers must turn themselves, as it were, into all shapes and fashions, both of spe... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place. Ver. 2. _Thou shalt not take thee a wife, &c._] It is very likely that this befell the prophet in a vision. Or, if otherwise, it was but for a sign, and in regard of the great calamity impendent, that he is he... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land; Ver. 3. For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons - born in this place,] _i.e., _ At Anatho... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; [but] they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. Ver... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, [even] lovingkindness and mercies. Ver. 5. _Enter not into the house of mourning._] Or banquets, whether at burials or bridals. _as _... [ Continue Reading ]
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall [men] lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them: Ver. 6. _Both the great and the small shall die._] Princes and peasants, lords and lowlies together. _ Nor cut themselves, nor... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shall [men] tear [themselves] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall [men] give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. Ver. 7. _Neither shall men tear themselves for them._] Or, Neither shall they deal them bread in mourning to... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. Ver. 8. _Thou shall not also go into the house of feasting._] Ministers may lawfully go to feasts, Joh 2:1-2 but not in times of common calamity. See Isaiah 22:12,14. Pliny _a_ telleth us that when in the time... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. Ver. 9. _Behold, I will cause to cease._] See Jeremiah 7:34. _... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what [is] our iniquity? or what [is] our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? Ver. 10. _And they shall say... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; Ver. 11. _Because your fathers._] See Jeremiah 2:5; Jeremiah 7:24,25 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: Ver. 12. _And ye have done worse._] See Jeremiah 7:26 . _ For, behold, ye walk._] See Jeremiah 9:13; Jeremiah 11:8; Jeremiah 13:10 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, [neither] ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour. Ver. 13. _Therefore I will cast you._] Jeremiah 10:18. Because ye have sinned wilfully and willingly, ye shall... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; Ver. 14. _Therefore. behold._] Or, Notwithstanding, _scil., _ these grievous threatenings and extreme desolations. Thus the Lord still r... [ Continue Reading ]
But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. Ver. 15. _But the Lord liveth, &c._] Or, "Let the Lord live, and let the God of our... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. Ver. 16. _Behold, I will send for many fishers, &c._] _scil., _ To enclose in... [ Continue Reading ]
For mine eyes [are] upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. Ver. 17. _For mine eyes are upon all their ways._] And though they hide me from themselves, yet can they not hide themselves from me possibly, nor from my hunters, who shall ferret... [ Continue Reading ]
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. Ver. 18. _And first,_] _i.e., _ Before I restore them. I will recompense their iniquity and their sin _... [ Continue Reading ]
_O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and [things] wherein [there is] no profit._ Ver. 19. _My refuge._] Better than those of the fug... [ Continue Reading ]
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they [are] no gods? Ver. 20. _Should a man make gods to himself?_] _Nonne res haec stupore digna?_ Is not this a strange sottishness? The Gentiles here see it, and yet the Papists will not.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name [is] The LORD. Ver. 21. _I will for this once._] And "this once" shall stand for all. Affliction shall not rise up the second time. Nah 1:9 _ And I will make t... [ Continue Reading ]