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Verse Jeremiah 17:27. _BUT IF YE WILL NOT HEARKEN_] Then their sin lay
at their own door. How fully were they warned; and how basely did they
reject the counsel of God against themselves!...
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This prophecy on the observance of the Sabbath, is the first of a
series of short predictions. arranged probably in chronological order
among themselves, but in other respects independent of one anoth...
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CHAPTER 17
_ 1. Judah's sin (Jeremiah 17:1) _
2. The curse and the blessing (Jeremiah 17:5)
3. The worship of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 17:12)
4. Concerning the Sabbath ...
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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
th...
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KINDLE. FIRE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:22), App-92.
Compare Jeremiah 21:14.Lamentations 4:11....
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Jeremiah 17:19-27. An exhortation on the observance of the Sabbath
This section is unconnected with the preceding, and, as it considers
that the doom pronounced on Judah may be averted on condition o...
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See introd. summary to section....
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_will I kindle … Jerusalem_ These words are based on the refrain
Amos 1:3 to Amos 2:5, where they occur seven times. They are found
three times later in Jeremiah (Jeremiah 21:14;...
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B. Promise and Threat Jeremiah 17:24-27
TRANSLATION
(24) And it shall come to pass if you fully hearken unto Me (oracle of
the LORD) not to carry a burden into the gates of this city on the
Sabbath d...
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Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children
of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which
they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
Delivered in...
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THEN WILL I KINDLE A FIRE... — The fire is figurative rather than
literal: the “fierce anger” of the Lord which man cannot quench,
and which brings destruction in its train, of which an actual
conflag...
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וְ אִם ־לֹ֨א תִשְׁמְע֜וּ אֵלַ֗י לְ
קַדֵּשׁ֙
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CHAPTER IX
THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS
Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?)
VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these
Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...
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CHAPTER X
THE SABBATH - A WARNING
Jeremiah 17:19
"THUS said Iahvah unto me: Go and stand in the gate of Benjamin,
whereby the kings of Judah come in, and whereby they go out; and in
all the gates o...
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Once again Jehovah declared His determination to deal with the people
in judgment, because of the defiant definiteness of their sin. That
sin was "written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a d...
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_Fire, by means of Nabuzardan. (Menochius) --- The city shall be
entirely destroyed. (Calmet)_...
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No sooner had the Prophet finished his prayer, than he begins again
his Sermon. It is a delightful transition from preaching to prayer,
and from prayer to preaching. Both form a part in the minister's...
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REFLECTIONS
WHEN I read of the state of sin on the heart of Judah, as stated in
this Chapter: and when I consider, what my own heart saith of the
same, and the testimony of God concerning the desperat...
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Now, on the other hand, the Prophet terrifies them, if they hearkened
not to the promises of God. God first kindly allures us; but when he
sees us to be refractory, he deals with us according to the h...
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The great thing, amidst all that was going on, was to trust in
Jehovah. He who, failing in this, made flesh his arm, should not see
when good came. Meantime the fire of God's anger was kindled and
sho...
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BUT IF YE WILL NOT HEARKEN UNTO ME,.... With respect to this
particular point, more especially:
TO HALLOW THE SABBATH DAY; to keep it holy to the Lord in a religious
way, in the exercise of the dutie...
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_Then shall there enter into the gates of this city_, &c. “From
hence it appears,” says Lowth, “that the judgments denounced
against Jerusalem, at least as far as they threatened the city with
utter d...
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But if ye will not hearken unto Me to hallow the Sabbath-day and not
to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the
Sabbath-day, that is, if their deliberate desecration of the Sa...
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THE HALLOWING OF THE SABBATH...
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19-27 The prophet was to lay before the rulers and the people of
Judah, the command to keep holy the sabbath day. Let them strictly
observe the fourth command. If they obeyed this word, their prosper...
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A threatening quite contrary to the former promise, upon their acting
contrary to the duty to which that promise was annexed. God would
destroy their city; it should be burned with fire, and the highe...
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Jeremiah 17:27 heed H8085 (H8799) hallow H6942 (H8763) Sabbath H7676
day H3117 carrying H5375 (H8800) burden...
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THE CALL GOES OUT FOR THE TRUE OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH DAY (JEREMIAH
17:19).
In Jeremiah 17:5 YHWH had promised cursing and blessing on individuals
depending on whether they were obedient to His cov...
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CONTENTS: Sign of the unmarried prophet, concluded. Message in the
gates concerning the Sabbath.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: The heart of man, out of communion with God, is wicked and
dece...
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Jeremiah 17:1. _The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron._ Yea,
it is deeply written on the heart, as the diamond will write on
polished stones, on tablets of brass, or on the brazen altars of B...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 17:24 Restoration of SABBATH rest and
worship will result in permanent rule by David’s lineage, permanent
life in the land, and permanent worship. Refusal to keep the Sabbath...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.
Jeremiah 17:1 continue the prophecy of chap. 16. A distinct break in
the continuity of the book is noticeable at Jeremiah 17:19. [_Keil_
se...
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EXPOSITION
Jeremiah 17:1 are closely connected with the preceding chapter. We
have just been pointed to the striking contrast between the conduct of
the heathen and that of the backsliding men of Juda...
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Chapter 17 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with
the point of a diamond (Jeremiah 17:1):
Interesting that they were using diamonds for pens in those days,
isn't it? Diamonds set in...
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2 Chronicles 36:19; 2 Kings 22:17; 2 Kings 25:9; Amos 1:10; Amos 1:12