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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...
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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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See introductory summary to section....
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Gi. now (_Metrik_) omits these _vv_., apparently as failing to satisfy
the metrical conditions which prevail elsewhere in the ch. (Ḳinah)....
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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;...
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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...
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1-6. Description of the drought....
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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...
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לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה עַֽל ־הַ
נְּבִאִ
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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The Lord Refuses Jeremiah's Request...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Jeremiah 14:15 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 prophets H5030 prophesy
H5012 (H8737) name H8034 send H7971 ...
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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...
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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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_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’...
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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 Kings 22:25; 2 Peter 2:1; 2 Peter 2:14; Amos 7:17; Ezekiel 14:10;...