Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Jeremiah 14:15,16
Gi. now (Metrik) omits these vv., apparently as failing to satisfy the metrical conditions which prevail elsewhere in the ch. (Ḳinah).
Gi. now (Metrik) omits these vv., apparently as failing to satisfy the metrical conditions which prevail elsewhere in the ch. (Ḳinah).
Verse Jeremiah 14:15. _BY SWORD AND FAMINE SHALL THOSE PROPHETS BE CONSUMED._] Jeremiah had told Jehoiakim that, if he rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar, he should be overthrown, and the land wasted by...
II. THE PROPHET'S MINISTRY BEFORE THE FALL OF JERUSALEM, THE PROPHECIES OF JUDGMENT AND RESTORATION, THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF JEREMIAH, HIS FAITHFULNESS AND HIS SUFFERING CHAPTER 14 The Great Drought...
JEREMIAH 14:1 TO JEREMIAH 15:9. THE DROUGHT IN JUDAH, AND JEREMIAH'S CONSEQUENT INTERCESSION. The date of this disaster is unknown, but some year in the latter half of Jehoiakim's reign is most probab...
C. The Prophet's Second Petition Rejected Jeremiah 14:13-18 TRANSLATION (13) And I said, Ah Lord GOD, Behold, the prophets are saying to them, You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine;...
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets...
1-6. Description of the drought....
THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD. — To the mind of a true prophet, feeling that he was taught of God, nothing could be more hateful than the acts of those who, for selfish ends, were leading the people t...
לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה עַֽל ־הַ נְּבִאִ
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...
We now come to the second division of the Book, that containing the account of the prophet's ministry. This falls into three sections: prophecies before the fall of Jerusalem (14-39), prophecies after...
Faithful ministers cannot but feel grief at the conduct of false teachers, who prophecy smooth things, and prophecy deceit. Jeremiah had to encounter with many in his days, of this description and no...
Jeremiah, after having declared to the false prophets, that as they had by their flatteries deceived the people, they would have to suffer the punishment they had deserved, turns now his address to th...
Chapter 14 refers to a famine which took place in the land. The desolation of Jerusalem by the sword and by famine is again declared. But observe here the touching intercession of Jeremiah 14:7-9; and...
THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD CONCERNING THE PROPHETS,.... The false prophets, as the following description shows: THAT PROPHECY IN MY NAME, AND I SENT THEM NOT; made use of his name, pretending his...
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets...
_Ah, Lord God! Behold the prophets_, &c. See note on Jeremiah 4:10. _Thus saith the Lord_ And what he saith he will assuredly make good; _By the sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed_ They...
The Lord Refuses Jeremiah's Request...
Therefore, thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy in My name and I sent them not, who were acting entirely without authority in bringing people a message of their own invention, YET...
10-16 The Lord calls the Jews "this people," not "his people." They had forsaken his service, therefore he would punish them according to their sins. He forbade Jeremiah to plead for them. The false...
It is a most dangerous thing for ecclesiastical ministers to deliver that to people as the will of God which is not so. God here threateneth that these prophets, in testimony of the truth of the word...
Jeremiah 14:15 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 prophets H5030 prophesy H5012 (H8737) name H8034 send H7971 ...
YHWH INFORMS JEREMIAH THAT HE WILL NO LONGER HEAR HIS PEOPLE BUT RATHER INTENDS TO CONTINUE TO VISIT THEM WITH THE SWORD AND WITH FAMINE (JEREMIAH 14:11). Once again we learn with something of a shock...
In some respects, Jeremiah is one of the greatest of the ancient prophets, for he had most sorrowful task to perform. He had not to deliver a message full of Evangelical comfort, like that of Isaiah;...
CONTENTS: Message on the drought. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Man's sins bring those judgments upon the earth which make even the inferior creatures to groan. There will come a time when...
Jeremiah 14:3. _They found no water._ The latter rain had been denied, as in Jeremiah 3:3; and as Moses had foretold. Deuteronomy 11:17;...
_Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet; therefore the Lord doth net accept them._ JEHOVAH’S REFUSAL TO ALLOW INTERCESSION TO PREVAIL I. The Lord’s answer to the prophet’...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 14:15 SWORD AND FAMINE. Babylon and the drought (compare Jeremiah 11:22)....
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY of the Chapter. This and chapter 15 form one prophecy (although Lange, Keil, and others connect Chapter s 14 to 17, regarding them as interwoven and synchr...
EXPOSITION This chapter must be read in connection with the following one. They describe chiefly Jeremiah's twofold attempt at intercession (see verses 7-9 and 19-22)—a tender and appealing attempt in...
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the deaRuth (Jeremiah 14:1). For a drought filled the land. Judah mourns, and the gates languish; they are black upon the ground; and the cry of...
1 Kings 22:25; 2 Peter 2:1; 2 Peter 2:14; Amos 7:17; Ezekiel 14:10;...