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Verse Jeremiah 2:6. _THROUGH THE WILDERNESS_] Egypt was the _house of
their_ _bondage_: the _desert_ through which they passed after they
came out of Egypt, was a place where the _means of life_ were...
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Modern researches have shown that this description applies only to
limited portions of the route of the Israelites through the Sinaitic
peninsula....
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CHAPTER S 2:1-3:5
Expostulation and Impeachment
_ 1. His love and kindness to Jerusalem (Jeremiah 2:1) _
2. The unfaithful people (Jeremiah 2:4)
3. The two evils and the results (Jeremiah 2:12)...
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YAHWEH'S REPROACHES. Yahweh asks why His redeeming acts are forgotten
and His (true) worship abandoned; other nations do not abandon their
gods, though these are worthless, but Yahweh's people have fo...
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BROUGHT US UP. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 13:27; Numbers 14:7;
Numbers 14:8; Deuteronomy 6:10;...
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The prophet brings their thanklessness into bolder relief by depicting
in the strongest colours the care lavished upon them of old. Utter
forgetfulness is their return for the deliverance from Egyptia...
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DISCOURSE: 1026
THE INGRATITUDE OF MEN
Jeremiah 2:4. _Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all
the families of the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord, What
iniquity have your fathers...
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THROUGH A LAND OF DESARTS AND OF PITS— By the words ושׁוחה
ערבה בארצ _beerets arabah veshuchah,_ it was undoubtedly meant
to characterize the wilderness by some of its most unfavourable
circumstances...
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B. Present Apostasy Jeremiah 2:4-8
TRANSLATION
(4) Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob and all the families
of the house of Israel. (5) This is what the LORD has said: What fault
did your fat...
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Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the
land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of
deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shad...
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JEREMIAH'S SECOND PROPHECY (2:1-3:5)
The prophet expostulates with Israel because of their unfaithfulness
to Jehovah.
1-13. Under the figure of the marriage relation Jehovah reminds the
people of Hi...
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THE SHADOW OF DEATH] RV 'deep darkness,' as referring to a region
where the supply of the necessaries of life was so precarious that the
fear of death was always present....
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NEITHER SAID THEY. — In somewhat of the same tone as in Deuteronomy
8:15; Deuteronomy 32:10, the horrors of the wilderness are painted in
vivid colours, to heighten the contrast with the land into whi...
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וְ לֹ֣א אָמְר֔וּ אַיֵּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה הַ
מַּעֲלֶ֥ה
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CHAPTER II
THE TRUST IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPT
Jeremiah 2:1; Jeremiah 3:1
THE first of the prophet's public addresses is, in fact, a sermon
which proceeds from an exposure of national sin to the menace...
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UNGRATEFUL FORGETFULNESS
Jeremiah 2:1-8; Jeremiah 26:1-24; Jeremiah 27:1-22; Jeremiah 28:1-17;
Jeremiah 29:1-32; Jeremiah 30:1-24; Jeremiah 31:1-40; Jeremiah 32:1-44
God regarded
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The first movement in commissioning the called man now commences. He
was commanded to utter a great impeachment in the ears of Jerusalem.
This impeachment was threefold. It first declared how Israel h...
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Neither said they, Where [is] the LORD that brought us out of the land
of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of
deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of (g) the sh...
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Having put his people in mind of what had passed; and given them to
understand that the Lord had not forgotten the smallest tendencies of
their affection towards him; he now begins to remonstrate with...
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The Prophet goes on with the same subject; for God adduces here no
small crime against his people, as they had buried his favom’s in
oblivion. Indeed, a redemption so wonderful was worthy of being
cel...
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Chapter 2 contains a most touching appeal to the people at Jerusalem.
It requires no explanation, but deserves the heart's serious
attention. It testifies in the most striking manner to the kindness
a...
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NEITHER SAID THEY, WHERE IS THE LORD?.... They did not ask after him,
nor seek his face and favour, nor worship him, nor took any notice of
the blessings he bestowed upon them:
THAT BROUGHT US UP OUT...
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Neither said they, Where [is] the LORD that brought us up out of the
land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of
deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the sha...
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_Hear, O house of Jacob_, &c. The prophet here directs his discourse
to the twelve tribes, as he does afterward, Jeremiah 3:14, &c. For the
captivity of the ten tribes was not so total but that there...
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Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the
land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, that of Sinai,
Paran, and Arabia, THROUGH A LAND OF DESERTS AND OF PITS, where cha...
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ISRAEL'S LACK OF FAITHFULNESS...
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1-8 Those who begin well, but do not persevere, will justly be
upbraided with their hopeful and promising beginnings. Those who
desert religion, commonly oppose it more than those who never knew it....
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NEITHER SAID, i.e. with themselves, thought not. BROUGHT US UP: the
expression may have some respect to the situation of the place, as
lying lower than Canaan; but the design is to reprove their sloth...
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Jeremiah 2:6 say H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 up H5927 (H8688) land H776
Egypt H4714 led H3212 ...
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YHWH REMINDS THEM OF THEIR SALVATION HISTORY AND BRINGS OUT THE
INGRATITUDE OF THEIR RESPONSE (JEREMIAH 2:4).
YHWH's initial complaint is that in spite of all that He has done for
them in delivering t...
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Jeremiah 2:6
There are three shameful possibilities in life.
I. The possibility of dishonouring the great memories of life. The
great memories of life are dishonoured (1) when the vividness of their...
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Jeremiah 2:1. Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and
cry in the ears of Jerusalem saying, Thus saith the LORD: I remember
thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals...
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Jeremiah 2:1. Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and
cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I remember
thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousal...
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CONTENTS: First message to backslidden Judah concerning their
ingratitude to God and wickedness against Him.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: It is a great affront to God to neglect Him and for...
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Jeremiah 2:2. _I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth._ God now
addressed them, that he might do the same to the children as he had
done to the fathers, and rejoice over them as the bridegroom rej...
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_What iniquity have your fathers found in Me._
THE EVIL NATURE OF SIN COMMITTED AFTER CONVERSION
I. Violation of solemn vows and covenant engagements. At that time we
took Christ’s cause for our cau...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY. Most probably in
thirteenth Josiah, quickly after his call. Dr. Dahler (Stratsbourg)
would interpose Chapter s 4, 5, 6; deferring this chapter till after...
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EXPOSITION
The second chapter forms the introduction of a group of discourses
(Jeremiah 2-6), which should be read together. It is called By Ewald
(and the position of the prophecy favors this view) t...
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Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and cry in the
ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD (Jeremiah 2:1-2);
Now this is the first message that he has to deliver. As God is
cal...
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2 Kings 2:14; Deuteronomy 32:10; Deuteronomy 8:14; Exodus 15:27;...
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Neither — They never concerned themselves about what God had done
for them, which should have engaged them to cleave to him. Of drought
— Where they had no water but by miracle. Death — Bringing forth...