THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-14 a linen girdle. Soft girdles, made of silk or linen, still worn by upper classes. Compare Ezekiel 16:10. Some embroidered (Daniel 10:5.Revelation 1:13; Revelation 15:6). NOT IN WATER. So that the cause of its marring be not mistaken.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOT. bought.... [ Continue Reading ]
Jeremiah's Eighth Prophecy (see book comments for Jeremiah). Euphrates. On the road to Babylon, this river would be first met with at Carchemish, then held by the Egyptians (Jeremiah 46:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT WAS. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "and it was".... [ Continue Reading ]
Jeremiah's Ninth Prophecy (see book comments for Jeremiah). mar the pride, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:19). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
IMAGINATION. stubbornness.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOUSE OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 2:4. HOUSE OF JUDAH. See note on Jeremiah 3:18. SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. THAT THEY MIGHT BE UNTO ME FOR. PEOPLE. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 19:5). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 11:3. BOTTLE. an earthenware jar: not leathern or skin bottles. WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE. Now addressing all. HATH SPOKEN. Jehovah's words, not Jeremiah's.... [ Continue Reading ]
DARKNESS. Hebrew. _nephesh._. _Homonym,_ with two meanings (darkness and daylight). See note on 1 Samuel 30:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SOUL. Me (emphatic). Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ WEEP... WEEP SORE... RUNDOWN. Figure of speech _Anabasis._ App-6. RUN DOWN, &C. Compare Matthew 26:38; Luke 19:41. See App-85.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING AND TO THE QUEEN. This was Jehoiachin, and the queen-mother. See 2 Kings 24:12; 2 Kings 24:15. Jehoiachin was only eighteen, so that the queen-dowager would hold. position of some influence (490, or 489 B.C.) PRINCIPALITIES. head-gear.... [ Continue Reading ]
CITIES. So in Codex "Mugah"; but Codex "Hallel" (both quoted in the _Massorah)_ reads "eyes". THE SOUTH. the Negeb. See note on Psalms 126:4. Compare Genesis 12:9; Genesis 13:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NORTH. See notes on Jeremiah 1:13; Jeremiah 3:12; Jeremiah 6:1, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAN... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ and _Paroemia._. ACCUSTOMED. schooled, or trained.... [ Continue Reading ]
STUBBLE. (Hebrew. _kash),_ not crushed straw (Hebrew. _teben)._ WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUSTED. confided. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN SHALL IT ONCE BE?. how long ere it yet be?... [ Continue Reading ]