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Rather, Surely “in vain from the hills” is the revelry of the
mountains. The penitents contrast in it the uselessness of
idol-worship with the salvation which Yahweh gives to His people....
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THE CALL TO REPENTANCE AND JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED (3:6-6:30)
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The contrast between backslidden Israel and treacherous Judah
(Jeremiah 3:6) _
2. The call to return and the promised glory ...
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JEREMIAH 3:19 TO JEREMIAH 4:4. A DIALOGUE OF YAHWEH'S GRACE. This
directly continues Jeremiah 3:5, the I of Jeremiah 3:19 being
emphatically contras
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TRULY. Thus continuing her confession.
IN VAIN, &C.. as certainly as the hills [have proved] false, and the
noisy throng on the mountains fan empty sound], so truly is the
salvation of Israel with our...
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Jeremiah 3:6 to Jeremiah 4:4. Conditional offers of restoration
We may subdivide thus.
(1) Jeremiah 3:6-18. The ten tribes as less guilty than Judah are
invited to repent and return. (2)...
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Jeremiah 3:19 to Jeremiah 4:4. The invitation includes the whole
nation, on a like condition
This section should follow immediately on Jeremiah 3:5. See introd.
note on...
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Vividly drawn picture of Judah's repentance. From the high places, the
very scenes of her idolatrous excess, there comes a sound, at first of
inarticulate weeping. In response to Jehovah's gracious in...
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_Truly in vain is_the help that is looked for _from the hills, the
tumult on the mountains_ The Hebrew construction is difficult. MT.
reads, _Truly in vain from the hills the tumult the mountains_.
Pr...
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TRULY IN VAIN, &C.— _Certainty there is nothing in the hills but a
lie, in the mountains but vanity._ Houb. This refers to the idols, and
the high places where they were worshipped. _Shame,_ in the ne...
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E. The Prayer of Repentance Jeremiah 3:22-25
TRANSLATION
(22b) Here we are, we have come to you because you are the LORD our
God. (23) Truly the hills are a swindle, the tumult of the mountains;
Trul...
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Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the
multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of
Israel.
MULTITUDE OF MOUNTAINS - i:e., the multitude of gods...
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THE MULTITUDE OF MOUNTAINS] RV 'the tumult' (RM 'the noisy throng')
'on the mountains': the orgies and clamorous supplications of
idolatrous crowds at the high places....
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JEREMIAH'S THIRD PROPHECY. THE FATE OF THE TEN TRIBES A WARNING TO
JUDAH
In this prophecy, as in the last, idolatry is denounced under the
figure of unfaithfulness to the marriage vow. But as a marke...
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THE PROPHET SETS FORTH THE SIN OF THE NATION AND POINTS OUT THE
INEVITABLE RESULT (REIGN OF JOSIAH, AND PROBABLY BEFORE THE REFORMS OF
THAT KING: CP. JEREMIAH 3:6)
This section furnishes us with the g...
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TRULY IN VAIN... — The italics show the difficulty of the verse, and
represent an attempt to get over it. According to the senses given to
the word translated “multitude” we get, _in vain_ (literally,...
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אָכֵ֥ן לַ † שֶּׁ֛קֶר מִ גְּבָעֹ֖ות
הָמֹ֣ון...
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CHAPTER III
ISRAEL AND JUDAH: A CONTRAST
Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 4:1
THE first address of our prophet was throughout of a sombre cast, and
the darkness of its close was not relieved by a single ray o...
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PLEADING WITH FAITHLESS CHILDREN
Jeremiah 3:11-25; Jeremiah 4:1-2
The people of the northern kingdom, to whom this appeal is especially
addressed, were more excusable than Judah, because their privil...
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Following the impeachment, the prophet appealed to the people to
return. This appeal commenced with a declaration that Jehovah's love
was greater than man's in that He was willing to receive back the...
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_Liars, unfruitful; and the idols have left us empty. (Calmet) ---
They were placed on the hills. (Houbigant)_...
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The Lord still causeth his grace to triumph over the unworthiness of
his Israel, until at length, the heart is subdued and overcome. What a
sweet and blessed conclusion is made to the subject, and to...
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And in the same sense is to be taken what follows, _Surely, deceit is
from the hills, and the multitude of mountains, _or, from the
multitude of mountains, as the letter מ is to be repeated. Here the...
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Chapter 3 has the same character; indeed it is the continuation of the
same address; but it contains details of Israel's and Judah's
behaviour, and proclaims the restoration of Israel by sovereign
goo...
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TRULY IN VAIN IS SALVATION HOPED FOR FROM THE HILLS, AND FROM THE
MULTITUDE OF MOUNTAINS,.... From any natural defence, by hills and
mountains encompassing; or from idols worshipped on hills and
mount...
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Truly in vain [is salvation hoped for] from the hills, [and from] the
multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God [is] the salvation
of Israel.
Ver. 23. _Truly in vain is salvation hoped for fr...
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_Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills_ From idols
worshipped on hills and mountains. It is a continuation of that form
of confession begun Jeremiah 3:22, drawn up with a reference to th...
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THE CALL TO RETURN...
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Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from the
multitude of mountains, it is a delusion and a snare to expect help
from the priests of the mountain sanctuaries; TRULY, IN THE LORD,...
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21-25 Sin is turning aside to crooked ways. And forgetting the Lord
our God is at the bottom of all sin. By sin we bring ourselves into
trouble. The promise to those that return is, God will heal the...
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FROM THE HILLS, i.e. either from their _idols_, which were worshipped
upon hills, a metonymy of the subject, JEREMIAH 2:20, _idols of the
hills_; or from any other external power whatsoever, either of...
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Jeremiah 3:12. Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say,
Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause
mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LO...
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Let us read part of the 3 rd chapter of Jeremiah where God brings a
solemn accusation against the two nations of Israel and Judah because
they forsook the living God, and went after idols neglected hi...
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In this chapter, the sin of God's people is put in the strongest
possible light. The figure used may be even said to be a coarse one,
but man's sin is itself a coarse thing. The thoughts suggested in...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's message concerning the impenitence of Judah.
Encouragement to backsliders to return and repent.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Those will justly be divorced from God tha...
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Jeremiah 3:3. _Therefore the showers,_ of the former and the latter
rain, _have been withheld._ Other prophets make the same remark. God
is not obliged to give luxuriant harvests to furnish feasts to...
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_Return. .. and I will heal your backslidings._
HOPE FOR THE WORST BACKSLIDERS
I. The call from God. “Return, ye backsliding children, and I will
heal your backslidings.”
1. It is a call to come ba...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 3:23 The Israelites also acknowledge that
only God IS THE SALVATION OF ISRAEL. They further pledge sole loyalty
to their covenant husband, as he asked them to do in vv....
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—_1. Chronology._ Exact date of
chapter uncertain. It naturally divides itself at Jeremiah 3:5,
although Dahler, Umbriet, and Neuman contend for the unity of the
chapter...
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EXPOSITION
That this chapter (to which the first four verses of Jeremiah 4:1.
ought to have been attached) belongs to the time of Josiah seems to be
proved by Jeremiah 3:6, and the years immediately f...
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They say (Jeremiah 3:1),
That is, in quoting the law and in speaking of the law, Deuteronomy.
If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes
another man's wife, shall he return unto...
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Ezekiel 20:28; Hosea 1:7; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 43:11; Isaiah 44:9;...
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The hills — From idols which were worshipped upon hills. Mountains
— The multitude of sacrifices, which they offer in the mountains....