The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Ver. 1. _The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord._] This chapter and the next are Jeremiah's thirteenth sermon, as some reckon them, and it is wholly consolatory. The author of it he showeth to be the "God of all consolation"; and this the... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. Ver. 2. _Write thee all the words that I have spoken to thee in a book._] For the use of posterity, _as _ Hab 2:2 and that the consolations may not be forgotten. _as _ Heb 12:5 “ _Vox aud... [ Continue Reading ]
For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. Ver. 3. I will bring again the captivity _a_ of Israel and Judah.] This p... [ Continue Reading ]
_And these [are] the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah._ Ver. 4. _And these are the words._] These are the contents of this precious book; every leaf, nay, line, nay, letter whereof, droppeth myrrh and mercy. _ That the Lord spake._] See on Jeremiah 30:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. Ver. 5. _We have heard a voice of trembling._] We were at first in a pitiful plight, _scil., _ when the city was taken and the temple burnt (and this is elegantly here set forth, and in the two next verses); but... [ Continue Reading ]
Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? Ver. 6. _Ask ye now, and see, &c._] Was it ever heard of in this world that a male did bear? The poets indeed fable tha... [ Continue Reading ]
Alas! for that day [is] great, so that none [is] like it: it [is] even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. Ver. 7. _Alas! for that day is great,_] _i.e., _ Troublesome and terrible, somewhat like the last day, the day of judgment, which is therefore also called the "great... [ Continue Reading ]
For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, [that] I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: Ver. 8. _I will break his yoke from off thy neck._] The forementioned misery did but make way for this mercy... [ Continue Reading ]
But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. Ver. 9. _But they shall serve the Lord their God._] "Without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of their lives." Luk 1:74-75 _John 8:12_ _; _ Joh 8:31-36 _,_ Rom 8:1-4 _ And Davi... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make [him] afraid. Ver. 10. _Therefore fear thou... [ Continue Reading ]
For I [am] with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. Ver. 11. _For I am with thee._] To preserve thee, and... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise [is] incurable, [and] thy wound [is] grievous. Ver. 12. _Thy bruise is incurable,_] _i.e., _ Inevitable, by God's irrevocable decree. Or, It is incurable in itself; but not to me, who am an almighty Physician or surgeon. See Ezekiel 37:11. They seemed "free among... [ Continue Reading ]
Jeremiah 30:13 [There is] none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. Ver. 13. _There is none to plead thy cause._] Thou art friendless. _ That thou mayest be bound up._] Thou art helpless.... [ Continue Reading ]
All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; [because] thy sins were increased. Ver. 14. _All thy lovers have forgotten thee._] Thy sweethearts, thine idols, thy... [ Continue Reading ]
Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow [is] incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: [because] thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee. Ver. 15. _Why criest thou for thine affliction?_] And not rather for thy sins? cry not _perii,_ I have died, but _peccavi; _ I... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey. Ver. 16. _Therefore all they that devoured thee shall be devoured._] Or, Never... [ Continue Reading ]
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, [saying], This [is] Zion, whom no man seeketh after. Ver. 17. _For I will restore health._] It goes best with the Church when worst with her enemies. It shall do so much mor... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof. Ver. 18. The captivity of Jacob's tents,] _i.e., _ The poor captives that now... [ Continue Reading ]
And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. Ver. 19. _And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving._] _Mox ubi fides, inde prodit et laus et confessio._ Fa... [ Continue Reading ]
Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. Ver. 20. _Their children also shall be as aforetime._] How easily can the Lord "turn again the captivity of his people," set them _statu quo prius?_ "They shall... [ Continue Reading ]
And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who [is] this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. Ver. 21. _And their nobles shall be of themselves._] Fore... [ Continue Reading ]
_And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God._ Ver. 22. _And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God,_] _sc., _ Through Christ, and by his mediation. As for those that are not in covenant with God by Christ, as the devil will one day sweep them, so meanwhile,... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. Ver. 23. _Behold the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury._] _Sensim sese conglomerans ac demittens in eorum capite; _ the vengeance of God followeth them clo... [ Continue Reading ]
The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done [it], and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it. Ver. 24. _The fierce anger of the Lord._] See Jeremiah 23:20 . _ In the latter days ye shall consider it._] In the days of the Mess... [ Continue Reading ]