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Verse Jeremiah 17:14. _HEAL ME - AND I SHALL BE HEALED_] That is, I
shall be _thoroughly_ healed, and _effectually_ saved, if thou
undertake for me.
_THOU_ ART _MY PRAISE._] The whole glory of the wo...
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In the rest of the prophecy Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults
which had led to Judah’s ruin.
Jeremiah 17:6
LIKE THE HEATH - Or, “like a destitute man” Psalms 102:17. The
verbs “he shall see” (or...
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CHAPTER 17
_ 1. Judah's sin (Jeremiah 17:1) _
2. The curse and the blessing (Jeremiah 17:5)
3. The worship of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 17:12)
4. Concerning the Sabbath ...
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JEREMIAH 16:1 TO JEREMIAH 17:18. THE COMING DISTRESS A PENALTY FOR
SIN. The prophet is forbidden to found a family, because of the coming
sorrows (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 7:29 ff.), in which death will be...
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THOU ART MY PRAISE. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 10:21)....
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See introd. note on Jeremiah 17:9. Jeremiah prays that God's character
for faithfulness may be vindicated in his own case....
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See introd. summary to section....
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V. PROPHETIC PRAYER Jeremiah 17:12-18
TRANSLATION
(12) O throne of glory exalted from the beginning, the place of our
sanctuary! (13) O hope of Israel, the LORD! All that forsake You shall
be put to...
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Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be
saved: for thou art my praise.
Prayer of the prophet for deliverance from the enemies whom he excited
by his faithful denunciations....
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1-4. The sin of Judah is indelible. Hence the severity of the
punishment....
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HEAL ME. — The prophet, consciously or unconsciously, contrasts
himself with the deserters from Jehovah. He needs “healing” and
“salvation,” but he knows where to seek for them, and is sure that
his L...
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רְפָאֵ֤נִי יְהוָה֙ וְ אֵ֣רָפֵ֔א
הֹושִׁיעֵ֖נִי וְ...
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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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HUMAN AND DIVINE HELP CONTRASTED
Jeremiah 17:1-14
The Jews were always seeking alliance either with Egypt or Babylon.
What was true of them applies to us all; but we cannot depend upon
human aid, wit...
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Once again Jehovah declared His determination to deal with the people
in judgment, because of the defiant definiteness of their sin. That
sin was "written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a d...
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Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; (n) save me, and I shall be
saved: for thou [art] my praise.
(n) He desires God to preserve him that he fall not into temptation,
considering the great contemp...
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This passage seems to be a break in the midst of the Prophet's sermon,
in which he fervently addresseth the Lord in prayer, and a blessed
prayer it is. It needs no comment: for it is as plain as it is...
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Here the Prophet, as though terrified, hides himself under the wings
of God, for he saw that apostasy and every kind of wickedness
prevailed everywhere throughout the land; he saw that the principal
m...
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The great thing, amidst all that was going on, was to trust in
Jehovah. He who, failing in this, made flesh his arm, should not see
when good came. Meantime the fire of God's anger was kindled and
sho...
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HEAL ME, O LORD, AND I SHALL BE HEALED,.... These are the words of the
prophet, sensible of his own sins and backslidings, and of the part
which he himself had in these corrupt and declining times; an...
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Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved:
for thou [art] my praise.
Ver. 14. _Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed._] Viz., of that
_cordolium_ heartfelt grief that my...
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_Heal me, O Lord_, &c. Most interpreters understand the prophet as
addressing God here in his own behalf. He represents himself as a
person wounded, or sick, either with a sense of the dishonour done...
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The Depth of the Nation's Corruption...
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Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed, both making him whole in his
distress and keeping him so; SAVE ME, AND I SHALL BE SAVED, delivered
from the enemies who were seeking his soul; FOR THOU ART MY P...
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12-18 The prophet acknowledges the favour of God in setting up
religion. There is fulness of comfort in God, overflowing,
ever-flowing fulness, like a fountain. It is always fresh and clear,
like spr...
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Most interpreters here understand the prophet speaking in these words
to God for himself; he represents himself to God as a person wounded
or sick, either with his sense of God's dishonour by the sins...
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JEREMIAH ESTABLISHES HIS OWN POSITION AND CALLS FOR VINDICATION
(JEREMIAH 17:12).
Jeremiah exults in the glory of the significance of the Temple as
YHWH's throne, and as the one place where YHWH was t...
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Jeremiah 17:1. _The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and
with the point of a diamond:_
It is so ingrained in their very nature that you might as well try to
erase an inscription that is wr...
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CONTENTS: Sign of the unmarried prophet, concluded. Message in the
gates concerning the Sabbath.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: The heart of man, out of communion with God, is wicked and
dece...
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Jeremiah 17:1. _The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron._ Yea,
it is deeply written on the heart, as the diamond will write on
polished stones, on tablets of brass, or on the brazen altars of B...
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_A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our
sanctuary._
OUR SANCTUARY
This book of Jeremiah is a very thorny one--it might be called, like
his smaller work, “The Book of Lamentatio...
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_Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be
saved._
THE LORD’S HEALING
I. The prophet’s cry. Sin is the sickness of the soul. It has seized
upon all its powers. Not one single fa...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 17:14 Jeremiah prays for his own healing
and salvation. MY PRAISE. That which he most values and speaks of with
most joy.
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.
Jeremiah 17:1 continue the prophecy of chap. 16. A distinct break in
the continuity of the book is noticeable at Jeremiah 17:19. [_Keil_
se...
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EXPOSITION
Jeremiah 17:1 are closely connected with the preceding chapter. We
have just been pointed to the striking contrast between the conduct of
the heathen and that of the backsliding men of Juda...
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Chapter 17 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with
the point of a diamond (Jeremiah 17:1):
Interesting that they were using diamonds for pens in those days,
isn't it? Diamonds set in...
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Deuteronomy 10:21; Deuteronomy 32:39; Isaiah 57:18; Isaiah 57:19;...
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For thou art — He whom alone I have reason to praise for mercies
already received....