The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, Ver. 1. _The word that came to Jeremiah._] No word of comfort - how could it be, as long as they lived in open rebell... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they [are] a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein, Ver. 2. _Ye have seen all the evils that I have brought upon Jerusalem._] And... [ Continue Reading ]
Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, [and] to serve other gods, whom they knew not, [neither] they, ye, nor your fathers. Ver. 3. _Because of their wickedness._] That root of all their wretchedness.... [ Continue Reading ]
Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending [them], saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. Ver. 4. _Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants._] Here the badness of men and goodness of God come equally to be considered. _ Saying, O do not this abomin... [ Continue Reading ]
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. Ver. 5. _But they hearkened not._] See Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 7:26 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted [and] desolate, as at this day. Ver. 6. _Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth._] A metaphor from metals. See Jeremiah 42:18 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye [this] great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain; Ver. 7. _Wherefore commit you this evll against your souls?_] This land... [ Continue Reading ]
In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? Ver. 8. _In that ye provoke me to wrath... [ Continue Reading ]
Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? Ver. 9. _Have ye forgotten the w... [ Continue Reading ]
They are not humbled [even] unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers. Ver. 10. _They are not humbled._] Not tamed, not affected with attrition, much less with contrition for their sins. This I tell thee, Jeremia... [ Continue Reading ]
_Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah._ Ver. 11. _Behold, I will set my face against you for evil._] I will be implacable, as you are irreclaimable.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, [and] fall in the land of Egypt; they shall [even] be consumed by the sword [and] by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by th... [ Continue Reading ]
For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: Ver. 13. _For I will punish them._] Let them never think that they shall one day be settled again in their own country; they could easily come down into Egypt.... [ Continue Reading ]
So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape. Ver. 14. _For none shall re... [ Continue Reading ]
Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, Ver. 15. _Then all the men which knew that their wives had burnt incense._... [ Continue Reading ]
Jeremiah 44:16 [As for] the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. Ver. 16. As for the word which thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee.] This is just woman-like. See Jeremiah 44:15. When man lost his free... [ Continue Reading ]
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for [then] had we... [ Continue Reading ]
_But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all [things], and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine._ Ver. 18. But since we have left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, we have wanted all things.] This... [ Continue Reading ]
And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men? Ver. 19. _And when we burnt incense to the queen of heaven._] So the Papists also call the Virgin Mary, and idoli... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him [that] answer, saying, Ver. 20. _Then Jeremiah said unto all the people._] The prophet, without any special command from God, moved with a spirit of zeal, confuteth that blasphemy of thei... [ Continue Reading ]
The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it [not] into his mind? Ver. 21. _Ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes._] This w... [ Continue Reading ]
So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, [and] because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. Ver. 22. _So that the Lord could no longer bear._] His... [ Continue Reading ]
Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day. Ver. 23. _Because ye have burnt incense, &c._] See Je... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that [are] in the land of Egypt: Ver. 24. _Hear the word of the Lord._] Not my word only. See on Jeremiah 44:20 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely acc... [ Continue Reading ]
_Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth._ Ver. 26. _Behold, I have sworn by m... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that [are] in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. Ver. 27. _Behold, I will watch over them for evil._] I will watch them a shrewd turn, as we say. I wil... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs. Ver. 28. _Yet a small number._] _Methe mispar,_ men of num... [ Continue Reading ]
And this [shall be] a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil: Ver. 29. _That I will punish you in this place._] Which you looked upon as a place of surest security and safeguard, and would not heark... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life. Ver. 30. _Behold, I will give Phara... [ Continue Reading ]