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Verse Jeremiah 5:24. _GIVETH RAIN, BOTH THE FORMER AND THE LATTER_]
Jeremiah 3:3.
_THE APPOINTED WEEKS OF THE HARVEST._] As the early rains fell in the
northern parts of Judea about the end of _Sept...
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Against the God
(1) of Creation Jeremiah 5:22, and
(2) of Providence Jeremiah 5:24,
They sin, not merely by apostasy, but by a general immorality
extending to all classes...
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CHAPTER 5
_ 1. The apostate conditions of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 5:1) _
2. The impending judgment (Jeremiah 5:10)
3. Sowing and reaping (Jeremiah 5:19)
4. The horrible thing ...
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LET EVIL-DOERS FEAR YAHWEH. The folly of not fearing Yahweh is rebuked
by a reminder of the power of Him who has set an impassable limit even
to the sea (_cf._ the rebuke of Job's presumption by the d...
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THAT GIVETH RAIN. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 11:14).
BOTH. even. Some codices omit this word.
THE APPOINTED... HARVEST. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 8:22)....
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See summary at beginning of section....
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God's _grace_as shewn in nature illustrated. As the people refused to
fear Him in consideration of His power (Jeremiah 5:22), so neither
does His bounty prevail with them.
_rain, both the former and t...
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DISCOURSE: 1039
GOD’S BOUNTIES, AND OUR INGRATITUDE
Jeremiah 5:23. _This people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart.
They are revolted and gone: neither say they in. their heart, Let us
now fear...
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LET US NOW FEAR THE LORD— The vicissitudes of seasons, of cold and
heat, of drought and moisture, so wisely fitted for the growth of the
fruits of the earth, and other uses of human life, are so remar...
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4. _Religious apostasy_ (Jeremiah 5:19-24)
TRANSLATION
(19) And it shall come to pass when you shall say, For what reason did
the LORD our God do all these things to us? Then you shall say unto
them,...
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Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God,
that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he
reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
RAIN, BO...
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1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness....
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Jeremiah reminds them of the providence of God, who sends the winter
and spring rains, so needful for the crops, and maintains a dry season
between Passover and Pentecost for harvesting.
25-28. A str...
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THE LORD OUR GOD, THAT GIVETH RAIN... — In the climate of Palestine,
as it is now, there are not two distinct rainy seasons. The whole
period from October to March has that character. The “early” rain...
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וְ לֹֽא ־אָמְר֣וּ בִ לְבָבָ֗ם נִ֤ירָא
נָא֙
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Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 6:1
CHAPTER IV
THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD
Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30
IF we would under
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Having thus declared that judgment was determined on, the prophet now
carefully declared the reason for it. This was, first, the utter
corruption of conduct. Among the people not a man was to lie foun...
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_Rain, in autumn and in spring, Deuteronomy xi. 14. (Calmet) ---
Fulness. Hebrew, "the weeks for harvest." (Haydock) --- That of barley
began at the Passover, and that of wheat ended before the feast...
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Reader! observe how graciously the Lord goeth on to expostulate, and
to reason with his people. Both Israel and Judah shall hear. And by
what strong appeals from his omnipotency, he calls them to
cons...
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_GRATITUDE FOR HARVEST_
‘The appointed weeks of the harvest.’
Jeremiah 5:24
The inspired writers, in urging the claims of God and of religion
upon those to whom they addressed their messages, somet...
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The Prophet in other words proves here that the _Jews _had been justly
charged with perverseness: he says, that it did not come to their
minds, that they did not think, to fear God. We hence see that...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6.
Chapter 4 resumes the subject of Chapter s 2, 3, and, applying it at
that time to the people, tells them that, if they return, it must be
unto th...
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NEITHER SAY IN THEIR HEART,.... It came not into their mind, they
never once thought of it, namely, of what follows,
LET US NOW FEAR THE LORD OUR GOD; they were not influenced and engaged
to the fear...
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Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God,
that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he
reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
Ver. 24. _...
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_Fear ye not me? saith the Lord_ He ascribes their stupidity and
foolishness to their want of the fear of God. As if he had said, If
you would but call to mind God's almighty power, and your own
weakn...
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BLINDNESS OF HEART, INGRATITUDE, DECEIT, AND VIOLENCE...
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Neither say they in their heart, in repenting of their evil ways. LET
US NOW FEAR THE LORD, OUR GOD, THAT GIVETH RAIN, BOTH THE FORMER,
shortly after the crop has been sown, from October to December,...
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19-31 Unhumbled hearts are ready to charge God with being unjust in
their afflictions. But they may read their sin in their punishment. If
men will inquire wherefore the Lord doeth hard things unto t...
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NEITHER SAY THEY IN THEIR HEART; they are so careless that they never
trouble themselves about it; or so obdurate and stiff that they never
lay it to heart, or consider that it is God that disposeth o...
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YHWH PRESENTS THE REASONS WHY THE INVASION IS NECESSARY (JEREMIAH
5:1).
Invasion is seen as necessary because there are no righteous people in
Jerusalem, and they are full of adultery (both spiritual...
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YHWH ASKS HIS PEOPLE WHY IN VIEW OF HIS CLEARLY REVEALED POWER THEY DO
NOT FEAR HIM, AND CONCLUDES THAT IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE
REVOLUTIONARIES AND REBELS, CAUGHT UP IN SIN (JEREMIAH 5:20).
YHWH addres...
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FEAR
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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Jeremiah 5:23
I. One of our besetting sins is the habit of overlooking God's hand in
the midst of His own works. It is a sin of very old standing in the
world, and it has its root in unbelief, becaus...
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Jeremiah 5:21
Notice the results of self-will as shown in the text.
I. Self-will in relation to the Divine government destroys the natural
capacities and faculties of man.
II. Self-will in relation...
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Jeremiah 5:10. _Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a
full end: take away her battlements; for the are not the LORD'S. For
the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very
tre...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. God's charges against
them and the judgments threatened.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Sinners have reason to expect punishment on account of...
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Jeremiah 5:2. _Though they say the Lord liveth, surely they swear
falsely._ These words being in every one's mouth, are but words, not
sentiments. If men knew the grandeur of God, and studied his
perf...
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_O foolish people, and without understanding._
GOD’S JUDGMENT OF SELF-WILL
The text is part of a message which was to be declared in the house of
Jacob, and published in Israel. It shows that three...
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_But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are
revolted and gone._
ISRAEL’S APOSTASY
Our state of heart and mind toward God is shown, not by those emotions
which are kindled in u...
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_Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former
and the latter, in his season: He reserveth unto us the appointed
weeks of the harvest._
THE FORMER AND THE LATTER RAIN
Such are t...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. The
description here of unblushing immorality and total disorganisation
leads Kimchi and others to date this chapter after Josiah’s times;...
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EXPOSITION
Is the punishment thought too severe? Then let the moral condition of
Jerusalem be inquired into. Must not such transgressions precipitate
its people into ruin? There are four well-marked...
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Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and
know, and seek in the broad places, if you can find a man, if there be
any that is executing judgment, and that is seeking truth; and...
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1 Kings 17:1; Acts 14:17; Amos 4:7; Deuteronomy 11:13; Deuteronomy 1
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The former rain — The former to prepare the ground for sowing, and
the latter to prepare the corn for ripening. Reserveth — He gives
seasonable harvests according to his appointment. God would let the...