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Verse Jeremiah 14:9. _YET THOU, O LORD_, ART _IN THE MIDST OF US_] Thy
ark, temple, and sacred rites, are all here; and thou thyself, who art
every where present, art here also: but alas! thou dost no...
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ASTONIED - The word may possibly mean “one who is taken by surprise
and loses his presence of mind.”...
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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...
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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...
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IN THE MIDST. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 29:45.Leviticus 26:11;
Leviticus 26:12). App-92.
WE ARE CALLED, &C.. Thy name was called upon us....
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DISCOURSE: 1052
A PATTERN FOR NATIONAL HUMILIATION [Note: For a Fast-Day—Drought,
&c.]
Jeremiah 14:7. O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do
thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslid...
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WHY SHOULDEST THOU BE AS A MAN ASTONISHED— _Why shouldest thou be as
a man void of counsel?_ Houbigant....
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B. The Prophet's Intercession Rejected Jeremiah 14:7-12
TRANSLATION
(7) If our iniquities testified against us act, O LORD, for the sake
of Your name; for our backsliding are many, against You we hav...
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Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot
save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by
thy name; leave us not.
WHY SHOULDEST THOU BE AS A MAN AST...
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1-6. Description of the drought....
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ASTONIED] hesitating, inactive....
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AS A MAN ASTONIED. — The word so rendered is not found elsewhere,
but cognate words in Arabic have the meaning of being startled and
perplexed.
THOU, O LORD, ART IN THE MIDST OF US. — After all, then...
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לָ֤מָּה תִֽהְיֶה֙ כְּ אִ֣ישׁ נִדְהָ֔ם
כְּ גִב
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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...
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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...
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Why shouldest thou be as a man astonished, as (h) a mighty man [that]
cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, [art] in the midst of us, and we are
called by thy name; leave us not.
(h) That takes no care for...
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_Wandering. Septuagint, "sleeping;" (Haydock) or as a boaster, who
thinks himself strong. (Worthington) --- Upon us. Shall strangers rule
over thy people?_...
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Nothing can be more beautiful and expressive, than this prayer of the
Prophet. First, he confesses sin: Leviticus 26:1. Secondly, he takes
hold of the best and only argument for forgiveness; God's cov...
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As to the words which follow, _Why shouldest thou be as a man
astonished _or terrified? I take “terrified” for an uncultivated
person, as we say in our language, _homme savage _(111) It is then
added,...
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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...
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WHY SHOULDEST THOU BE AS A MAN ASTONIED,.... Astonished, and so
surprised as not to know what to say or do; or "asleep", as the
Septuagint; taking no notice of us, and being altogether unconcerned
wha...
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Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man [that] cannot
save? yet thou, O LORD, [art] in the midst of us, and we are called by
thy name; leave us not.
Ver. 9. _Why shouldest thou be as...
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_O the hope of Israel_ That is, the object of Israel's hope; the Being
in whom alone thy people Israel have been wont to hope, or in whom
they have just reason to hope; _the Saviour thereof in time of...
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THE PROPHET INTERCEDES FOR THE FIRST TIME...
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Why shouldest Thou be as a man astonied, taken by surprise and
therefore unable to lift His hand, stunned by a sudden calamity, AS A
MIGHTY MAN THAT CANNOT SAVE? having become weak and helpless in an...
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BY THY NAME, LEAVE US NOT:
_ Heb._ thy Name is called upon us...
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1-9 The people were in tears. But it was rather the cry of their
trouble, and of their sin, than of their prayer. Let us be thankful
for the mercy of water, that we may not be taught to value it by
f...
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ASTONIED; the Hebrew word here used being found in no place of holy
writ but this, hath given interpreters a liberty to translate it
variously, _sleepy, weak, astonished, frighted_, like a man in such...
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Jeremiah 14:9 man H376 astonished H1724 (H8737) one H1368 cannot H3201
(H8799) save H3467 (H8687) LORD...
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THE PEOPLE CRY TO YHWH IN THEIR DISTRESS (JEREMIAH 14:7).
Things had come to such a pass with the effects of the droughts that
the people began to visit the Temple in droves and call on YHWH. Of
cours...
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THE LESSON OF THE GREAT DROUGHTS (JEREMIAH 14:1).
As a preliminary warning of what is coming YHWH sends a great drought
on Judah with the result that the cisterns are empty, the springs are
dry, the p...
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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;...
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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...
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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;...
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_They came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their
vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their
heads._
THE DROUGHT OF NATURE, THE RAIN OF GRACE, AND THE LESSO...
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_O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do Thou it for Thy
name’s sake._
THE PRAYER OF CONTRITE ISRAEL
I. A mournful fact acknowledged.
1. Even in the case of God’s own people, sin does...
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_Why shouldst Thou be. .. as a mighty man that cannot save?_
GOD RENDERED POWERLESS BY MAN
A strong man may be rendered powerless by a reel of cotton being wound
around him. Each thread so brittle, y...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 14:8 WE ARE CALLED BY YOUR NAME. God has
been Israel’s deliverer in the past. Jeremiah wonders if God will
help the nation for the sake of his reputation ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 12:22; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Daniel 9:18; Daniel 9:19;...
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Astonished — In such disorder through some great passion, that he is
able to do nothing. A mighty man — Like a man who in his own nature
is strong, but through sickness so weakened, that he cannot put...