Jeremiah 11:1
JEREMIAH'S SEVENTH PROPHECY (see book comments for Jeremiah). WORD. Singular, indicating this as. special prophecy. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH'S SEVENTH PROPHECY (see book comments for Jeremiah). WORD. Singular, indicating this as. special prophecy. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WORDS. Plural, indicating the many utterances of "this covenant". THIS COVENANT. The old covenant of Exodus had been specially renewed by Judah in Jeremiah's days, under Josiah, in his eighteenth year (2 Kings 23:1). JUDAH. Emphasized by repeated reference here. Compare verses: Jeremiah 11:2; J... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL. This title occurs in Jeremiah fourteen times (Jeremiah 11:3; Jeremiah 13:12; Jeremiah 21:4; Jeremiah 23:2; Jeremiah 24:5; Jeremiah 25:15; Jeremiah 30:2; Jeremiah 32:36; Jeremiah [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE DAY. See App-18. FROM THE IRON FURNACE. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:20). OBEY. Hear, with _Beth_ (= B). Listen or attend to. OBEY MY VOICE. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 15:26). App-92. THEM: i.e. "the words" of Jeremiah 11:3. I WILL BE YOUR GOD. Reference to Pentateuch (Lev... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OATH WHICH. HAVE SWORN. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 7:12). A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 3:8; Exodus 3:17; Exodus 13:5; Exodus 33:3.Leviticus 20:24.Numbers 13:27; Numbers 14:8;... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE CITIES, &C. Compare Jeremiah 2:28, and Jeremiah 11:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
RISING EARLY, &C. See note on Jeremiah 7:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
IMAGINATION. stubbornness. EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITIES. Hebrew. _'avah_. App-44. went. are gone. THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 2:4. THE HOUSE OF JUDAH. See note on Jeremiah 3:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
GO, AND CRY, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:37; Deuteronomy 32:38). TROUBLE. Same word as evil (verses: Jeremiah 11:8; Jeremiah 11:15; Jeremiah 11:17). So in Jeremiah 11:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHAMEFUL THING. Hebrew "shame": put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), for the idol which was the cause of the shame. Compare Jeremiah 3:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAY NOT, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Ex, Jeremiah 32:10). Compare Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 14:11. App-92. FOR. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "in the time of", as in Jeremiah 11:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HOLY FLESH: i.e. the sacrifices. Compare Jeremiah 7:21.Haggai 2:12. Septuagint reads, "shall vows (or litanies) and holy flesh", &c. IS PASSED FROM THEE?. taketh away from thee [thy wickedness]? or, removeth thy evil (i.e. calamity)? THEN THOU REJOICEST: i.e. if such false worship will remove... [ Continue Reading ]
OLIVE TREE. The symbol of Israel's religious privileges. See note on Judges 9:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Jeremiah 6:6; 1 Samuel 1:3. DONE. wrought.... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH GIVEN. gave. Jeremiah. type of Messiah. See App-85. KNOW. knew.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE. LAMB. See App-85. SAYING. Note the Figure of speech. _Ellipsis_ (App-6), as frequently with this verb. See notes on Psa_109::5. Psalms 109:6; Psalms 144:12, &c. THE TREE WITH THE FRUIT THEREOF. Hebrew "the dish in his food". Figure of speech _Hypallage_ (App-6), for the food in his dish. FR... [ Continue Reading ]
TRIEST THE REINS AND THE HEART. Compare Jeremiah 11:20; Jeremiah 17:10; Jeremiah 20:12. Found elsewhere only in Psalms 7:9; Psalms 26:2. See App-85.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. concerning. MEN. Hebrew. Plural of _'enosh._ App-14. SEEK. are seeking. THY LIFE. thy soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ HAND. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "hands".... [ Continue Reading ]
PUNISH. visit upon.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'_. App-44. THE YEAR OF THEIR VISITATION. See note on Jeremiah 8:12.... [ Continue Reading ]