Jeremiah 10:2
THE WAY OF THE HEATHEN. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:3; Leviticus 20:23). HEATHEN. nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WAY OF THE HEATHEN. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:3; Leviticus 20:23). HEATHEN. nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
CUSTOMS. statutes, or ordinances. PEOPLE. peoples. VAIN. a breath. ONE CUTTETH. TREE. it [is only]. tree which one cutteth.... [ Continue Reading ]
UPRIGHT. stiff. BORNE. carried.... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE IS NONE LIKE, &C. See note on Exodus 15:11. THY NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO... ? Words quoted in "the song of Moses and the Lamb" (Revelation 15:3; Revelation 15:4).... [ Continue Reading ]
TARSHISH. See note on 1 Kings 10:22. UPHAZ. Probably. Ophir. Compare 1 Kings 9:28; 1 Kings 10:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LIVING GOD. Both words in plural, referring to the triune God. EVERLASTING KING. king of the ages, or, of eternity.... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS SHALL YE SAY, &C. This verse is in Chaldee, to serve as. confession of their faith in their exile. NOT MADE... SHALL PERISH. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia._ Hebrew. _'abadu ye'badu._... [ Continue Reading ]
WORLD. the habitable world. Hebrew. _tebel._ DISCRETION. understanding.... [ Continue Reading ]
WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONFOUNDED. put to shame. BREATH. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
VANITY. The common appellative for idols. ERRORS. mockeries. THE TIME OF THEIR VISITATION. See note on Jeremiah 8:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PORTION OF JACOB. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 18:20; Deuteronomy 32:9). JACOB. Not Israel, because the natural seed is spoken of as in Deuteronomy 32:9. See notes on Genesis 32:28; Genesis 43:6. FORMER. Framer. THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Jeremiah 6:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
GATHER UP. Gather in. Occurs only here. WARES. bundle. For that is all they would be able to take with them. INHABITANT. inhabitress. Put for "the daughter of Zion". FORTRESS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for the city Jerusalem.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL SLING. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for all that is signified by it. Compare Isaiah 22:17; Isaiah 22:18. FIND IT SO. discover the truth of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
ME. Zion now speaks in view of the coming deportation; or, Jeremiah voices the calamity. A GRIEF: or, my affliction. AND I. but I.... [ Continue Reading ]
TABERNACLE. tent, or dwelling. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
PASTORS. shepherds, or rulers. ARE BECOME. This points to Jehoiakim's reign. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ (with' _eth)_. Jehovah Himself. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOISE. voice. BRUIT. rumour. French _bruit,_. voice, from Breton (Celtic) _bruchellein,_ to roar (as. lion). Compare Greek. _bruchao-mai._ NORTH. Compare Jeremiah 1:15; Jeremiah 5:15; Jeremiah 6:22, &c. DRAGONS. jackals.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS NOT IN. belongs not to. IT IS NOT. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "nor". DIRECT. establish.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH. in.... [ Continue Reading ]
FAMILIES. Some codices read "kingdoms". Compare Psalms 79:6. THY NAME. Thee (emphatic). See note on Psalms 20:1.... [ Continue Reading ]