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The verb rendered “discontinue” is that used of letting the land
rest Exodus 23:11, and of releasing creditors Deuteronomy 15:2 in the
sabbatical year. As Judah had not kept these sabbatical years she...
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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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KINDLED. FIRE. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:22). Compare
Jeremiah 15:14.
BURN. Compare Isaiah 33:14.
FOR EVER. Hebrew. _'olam._ See App-150....
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Jeremiah 17:1. See introd. summary to section.
The _vv_. are omitted in LXX, either (as St Jerome suggests) from
unwillingness that the lasting condemnation here expressed should be
put on permanent...
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_and thou, even of thyself, shalt discontinue_ i.e. shalt cease to
retain a hold upon thy country. We should rather read, _and thou shalt
let thine hand fall_, adopting J. D. Michaelis's emendation, s...
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IV. PROPHETIC SAYINGS Jeremiah 17:1-11
The first eleven verses of chapter 17 contain three independent
sayings of the prophet probably from three different sermons. These
sayings do not seem to have a...
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And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I
gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land
which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine ang...
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17:4 go (a-7) Or 'on thine own account thou shalt leave.' Some suppose
a reference to Deuteronomy 15:2 ....
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1-4. The sin of Judah is indelible. Hence the severity of the
punishment....
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THOU, EVEN THYSELF. — Literally, _in_ or _by thyself,_ an emphatic
form for expressing loneliness and abandonment.
SHALT DISCONTINUE... — The word was a half-technical one, used to
describe the act of...
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וְ שָׁמַטְתָּ֗ה וּ בְךָ֙ מִ
נַּחֲלָֽתְךָ֙ אֲש
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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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And thou, even (f) thyself, shall discontinue from thy heritage that I
gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thy enemies in the land
which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in my anger,...
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_Be left. Protestants, "discontinue from thine," &c. (Haydock) --- The
land shall have its sabbaths, which thou wouldst not allow. (Chaldean)
(Exodus xxii. 11., and Leviticus xxvi. 34.)_...
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Observe when the Lord threatens punishment, he still speaks of his
mountain and his people. Israel and Judah are still the Lord's, though
chastened with the chastisement of a man. Jeremiah 31:20....
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Here, as it is a concise mode of speaking, there seems to be some
obscurity; but as to the subject handled, the meaning of the Prophet
is evident, that they would be _dismissed from their inheritance_...
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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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AND THOU, EVEN THYSELF,.... Or, "thou, and in thee" l; that is, thou
and those that are in thee, all the inhabitants of Jerusalem and
Judea; or, "thou even through thyself" m; through thine own fault,...
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And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I
gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land
which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine ange...
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_O my mountain in the field_ By this expression the prophet is
thought, by many interpreters, to intend the temple, which stood on a
mountain, called elsewhere, _the mountain of the Lord's house_,
(Is...
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THE REASON FOR JUDAH'S REJECTION...
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And thou, even thyself, shall discontinue from thine heritage that I
gave thee, disowned, cast out of their land; AND I WILL CAUSE THEE TO
SERVE THINE ENEMIES IN THE LAND WHICH THOU KNOWEST NOT; FOR Y...
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EVEN THYSELF:
_ Heb._ in thyself...
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1-4 The sins which men commit make little impression on their minds,
yet every sin is marked in the book of God; they are all so graven
upon the table of the heart, that they will all be remembered b...
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In the word DISCONTINUE there is a secret promise that they should
again come and possess and inherit their land; they should not lose
their inheritance, but only discontinue their possession and
occu...
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THE DEPTHS OF JUDAH'S SIN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES (JEREMIAH 17:1).
The thought of what YHWH is going to do in the future brings Jeremiah
back to the present to consider Judah's current state and its
con...
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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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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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1 Kings 9:7; 2 Kings 25:21; Deuteronomy 28:25; Deuteronomy 28:47;...
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For ever — For a long time; so the word ever is often taken....