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THEIR CRY I. E - prayer offered aloud.
OBLATION - A meat-offering Leviticus 2:1.
THE SWORD, FAMINE, AND PESTILENCE - The two latter ever follow upon
the track of the first Ezekiel 5:12, and by these...
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II. THE PROPHET'S MINISTRY BEFORE THE FALL OF JERUSALEM, THE
PROPHECIES OF JUDGMENT AND RESTORATION, THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF
JEREMIAH, HIS FAITHFULNESS AND HIS SUFFERING
CHAPTER 14
The Great Drought...
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JEREMIAH 14:1 TO JEREMIAH 15:9. THE DROUGHT IN JUDAH, AND JEREMIAH'S
CONSEQUENT INTERCESSION. The date of this disaster is unknown, but
some year in the latter half of Jehoiakim's reign is most probab...
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The Lord's answer....
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These _vv_. (to "accept them") are very possibly (so Hitzig and Co.)
an insertion by a later hand to connect the preceding passage relating
to drought with that dealing with other woes. See introd. no...
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See introductory summary to section....
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_oblation_ mg. _meal offering_, Heb. _minḥah_, sometimes, specially
in the Levitical laws, in this narrower sense, as accompanying a
sacrifice of animals, but also generally, of a present to procure t...
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B. The Prophet's Intercession Rejected Jeremiah 14:7-12
TRANSLATION
(7) If our iniquities testified against us act, O LORD, for the sake
of Your name; for our backsliding are many, against You we hav...
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When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt
offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume
them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence....
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1-6. Description of the drought....
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AN OBLATION. — The _minchah_ or meat-offering of Leviticus 2:1. We
need not assume that the fast and the sacrifice were necessarily
hypocritical, though doubtless much of this mingled itself with the...
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כִּ֣י יָצֻ֗מוּ אֵינֶ֤נִּי שֹׁמֵ֨עַ֙
אֶל ־רִנָּתָ֔ם...
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CHAPTER IX
THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS
Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?)
VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these
Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...
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We now come to the second division of the Book, that containing the
account of the prophet's ministry. This falls into three sections:
prophecies before the fall of Jerusalem (14-39), prophecies after...
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These are solemn scriptures: and awful is it, when the Lord restrains
prayer in his people, by withholding the spirit of grace and
supplication. But we find in scripture beautiful instances, where the...
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He afterwards adds, _Even when they fast, I will not hear their cry,
_and when they present a sacrifice and an oblation, _I will not be
pleased with them _He doubtless touches the hypocrites, who, tho...
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Chapter 14 refers to a famine which took place in the land. The
desolation of Jerusalem by the sword and by famine is again declared.
But observe here the touching intercession of Jeremiah 14:7-9; and...
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WHEN THEY FAST, I WILL NOT HEAR THEIR CRY,.... Or, "though they fast"
k; very probably on account of the want of rain, and the dearth or
famine, a fast was proclaimed; see Jeremiah 36:9, when they pra...
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When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt
offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume
them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence....
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_Thus saith the Lord_, &c. Here God returns an answer to the
complaints and expostulations of the prophet, contained in the eight
preceding verses. _They have loved to wander_ They have been fond of
t...
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The Lord Refuses Jeremiah's Request...
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When they fast, with a show of devotion toward Jehovah which they were
far from feeling, I WILL NOT HEAR THEIR CRY, pay no attention to their
appeals, AND WHEN THEY OFFER BURNT OFFERING AND AN OBLATIO...
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10-16 The Lord calls the Jews "this people," not "his people." They
had forsaken his service, therefore he would punish them according to
their sins. He forbade Jeremiah to plead for them. The false...
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WHEN THEY FAST, I WILL NOT HEAR THEIR CRY; the like threatening we
have Proverbs 1:28 Isaiah 1:15 Jeremiah 11:11 Ezekiel 8:18...
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Jeremiah 14:12 fast H6684 (H8799) hear H8085 (H8802) cry H7440 offer
H5927 (H8686) offering H5930 offering...
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YHWH INFORMS JEREMIAH THAT HE WILL NO LONGER HEAR HIS PEOPLE BUT
RATHER INTENDS TO CONTINUE TO VISIT THEM WITH THE SWORD AND WITH
FAMINE (JEREMIAH 14:11).
Once again we learn with something of a shock...
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In some respects, Jeremiah is one of the greatest of the ancient
prophets, for he had most sorrowful task to perform. He had not to
deliver a message full of Evangelical comfort, like that of Isaiah;...
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CONTENTS: Message on the drought.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Man's sins bring those judgments upon the earth which make
even the inferior creatures to groan. There will come a time when...
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Jeremiah 14:3. _They found no water._ The latter rain had been denied,
as in Jeremiah 3:3; and as Moses had foretold. Deuteronomy 11:17;...
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_When they fast, I will not hear their cry._
PASTING RENDERED OFFENSIVE
I. Pious demeanour is not what God desires, but faith.
1. God abominates a double and false heart; and the greater the
fervou...
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_Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet;
therefore the Lord doth net accept them._
JEHOVAH’S REFUSAL TO ALLOW INTERCESSION TO PREVAIL
I. The Lord’s answer to the prophet’...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY of the Chapter. This
and chapter 15 form one prophecy (although Lange, Keil, and others
connect Chapter s 14 to 17, regarding them as interwoven and
synchr...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter must be read in connection with the following one. They
describe chiefly Jeremiah's twofold attempt at intercession (see
verses 7-9 and 19-22)—a tender and appealing attempt in...
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The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the deaRuth
(Jeremiah 14:1).
For a drought filled the land.
Judah mourns, and the gates languish; they are black upon the ground;
and the cry of...
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Ezekiel 14:21; Ezekiel 5:12; Ezekiel 8:18; Isaiah 1:11; Isaiah 1:15