Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, Ver. 1. _Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time._] To the same purpose with the former, Jer 32:1 which is reckoned his fourteenth sermon, as this... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD [is] his name; Ver. 2. _Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof._] _i.e., _ Of the promise of restoration. Jer 32:41-44 Or of Jerusalem, which he is said to make in the sense that he "made Moses and Aaron," that... [ Continue Reading ]
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Ver. 3. _Call unto me, and I will answer thee._] Thou hast a promise, and I will perform it; but so as that thou Jeremiah, and such as thou art, Daniel, Ezekiel, Nehemiah, &c., pray over the promise... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; Ver. 4. _Which are thrown down by the mounts._] Or, Catapults, or engines of demolition, used to batter with. See J... [ Continue Reading ]
They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but [it is] to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. Ver. 5. _They come to fight with the Chaldeans._] But they fight not in God's name; for he hat... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. Ver. 6. _Behold, I will bring it health and cure._] _Una eademque manus vulnus opemque feret._ This is God's usual method and manner of dealing with his people, Hos 6:1 as a sk... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. Ver. 7. _And I will cause the captivity of Judah._] As Jeremiah 24:5; Jeremiah 30:3; Jeremiah 32:44. They shall be as if I had not cast them off, and I will hear them. Zec 10:6... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. Ver. 8. _And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity._] Which must therefore needs be a filthy a... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. Ver. 9. And it shall be to me a name _a_ of joy... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say [shall be] desolate without man and without beast, [even] in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, Ver. 10. _Again there shall be he... [ Continue Reading ]
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD [is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: [and] of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LO... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing [their] flocks to lie down. Ver. 12. _In all the cities thereof shall be an habitation of shepherds,_] _i.e.,_ Several sorts... [ Continue Reading ]
In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth [them], saith the LORD. Ver. 13. _Shall the flocks p... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. Ver. 14. _I will perform that good thing._] _Praestabo verbum istud optimum,_ as Tremellius well rendereth it. I will perform that best word or promis... [ Continue Reading ]
In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. Ver. 15. _I will cause the branch of righteousness._] See the same, Jeremiah 23:5. The sweet promise concerning Christ can never be too often... [ Continue Reading ]
In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this [is the name] wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness. Ver. 16. _And this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord is our righteousness._] Heb., This is that he shall call her, Jehovah our ri... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; Ver. 17. _David shall never want a man._] The man Christ Jesus. Luk 1:32-33... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. Ver. 18. _Neither shall the priest want a man._] The same man Christ Jesus, who is, as a King everlasting, so a priest for ever after the order of Melc... [ Continue Reading ]
And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, Ver. 19. _And the word of the Lord, &c._] _Iterum de perpetuitate regni Christi tractat et iurat,_ saith Oecolampadius. Once more he treateth of the perpetuity of Christ's kingdom, and assureth it as by oath.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; Ver. 20. _If ye can break my covenant of the day._] God hath hitherto kept promise with nights and days, that one shall succeed the other; and will... [ Continue Reading ]
Jeremiah 33:21 [Then] may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. Ver. 21. _Then may also my covenant._] See Jeremiah 33:17,18. The poet hath somewhat like this: “ _Iungantur ante saev... [ Continue Reading ]
_As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me._ Ver. 22. _As the host of heaven._] See Genesis 13:16; Genesis 15:5 . _ So will I multiply the seed of David._] True believers.... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, Ver. 23. _Moreover._] Or, Again. _Idem repetit; _ the same thing is repeated, that it may be the better believed.... [ Continue Reading ]
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. Ver. 24. _Consider thou not what this people have spoken._] This unbelieving, misg... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant [be] not with day and night, [and if] I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;_ Ver. 25. _If my covenant be not with day and night._] See on Jeremiah 33:20. If there be not a constant intercourse of either.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, [so] that I will not take [any] of his seed [to be] rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them. Ver. 26. _Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob._] The body of... [ Continue Reading ]