The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, Ver. 1. _The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch._] It is thought that Je... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch; Ver. 2. _Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch._] Whom he knoweth by name, and for whom he hath in store an ample recompense of reward; for never yet did any one do or suffer aught for God's sake, that complained of... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. Ver. 3. _Thou didst say,_] _i.e., _ Thou didst think, like a poor pusillanimous creature as thou art. But Jeremiah could pity him in this infirmity, because it had sometime been h... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, [that] which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land. Ver. 4. _Behold, that which I have built, &c._] A metaphor, as is before noted, _ab architectura et agricultura._ I am turning... [ Continue Reading ]
And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek [them] not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest. Ver. 5. _And seekest thou great things for thyself?_] This is, saith one, as if a man should hav... [ Continue Reading ]