THEN: or, And. MOSES AND SAMUEL. See Psalms 99:6 and Ezekiel 14:14 (where other names are thus connected). MOSES. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 17:11; Exodus 32:11.Numbers 14:13; Numbers 14:13). SAMUEL. Compare 1 Samuel 7:9; 1 Samuel 8:6;... [ Continue Reading ]
SUCH AS ARE FOR DEATH, &C. See notes on Jeremiah 43:9; 2 Samuel 12:31; 2 Samuel 8:2. Compare Revelation 13:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL APPOINT, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:16).... [ Continue Reading ]
TO BE REMOVED, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:25, the same word). BECAUSE OF MANASSEH. See 2 Kings 21:3, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW THOU DOEST?. of thy welfare?... [ Continue Reading ]
GATES. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), for cities, or for the outlets of the land. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABOVE, &C. Figure of speech _Hyperbole._ THE SAND OF THE SEAS. Figure of speech _Paroemia._ YOUNG MEN: choice ones, or warriors. HIM TO FALL UPON IT... AND TERRORS UPON THE CITY. I have let fall upon her (the mother), suddenly, anguish and terror. To this, one MS. (Harley, 5720, British Museum) a... [ Continue Reading ]
SEVEN. the seven. Not even these will suffice. GIVEN UP THE GHOST. breathed out her soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ DELIVER. give.... [ Continue Reading ]
LENT ON USURY. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:25). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD SAID. Jehovah said. This formula, as commencing. sentence, occurs only here and Jeremiah 46:25. It is adopted only in Luke 11:39; Luke 12:42; Luke 18:6; Luke 22:31. THY: i.e. Israel's. EVIL. Hebrew. _ra a'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
STEEL. bronze.... [ Continue Reading ]
SINS. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKE THEE TO PASS WITH THINE ENEMIES INTO. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "make thee serve with thine enemies in". Compare Jeremiah 17:4. A FIRE IS KINDLED, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:22).... [ Continue Reading ]
REVENGE. avenge. REBUKE. reproach.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOUND. discovered. In the eighteenth year of Josiah 513 B.C. Hebrew. _maza'._ Not used of revelation. Reference to 2 Kings 22:8. 2Ch 34:14, 2 Chronicles 34:15. I AM CALLED BY THY NAME. Thy name was called upon me. Only those thus called feed upon Jehovah's words, and suffer reproach (Jeremiah 15:15... [ Continue Reading ]
MOCKERS. merry-makers. HAND. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for guidance.... [ Continue Reading ]
A LIAR. a deceitful [brook]. The _Ellipsis_, to be supplied from next clause, as. brook that disappointeth. Compare Job 6:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
STAND BEFORE ME: i.e. as My servant. Compare 1 Kings 18:15; 2 Kings 3:14. TAKE FORTH THE PRECIOUS, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 10:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL MAKE THEE, &C. Compare Jeremiah 1:18; Jeremiah 1:19; Jeremiah 6:27, DELIVER. rescue. Not the same word as in Jeremiah 15:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WICKED. wicked ones. Hebrew. _ra'im_ (plural) App-44. REDEEM: i.e. by power. _Hebrew padah._ Exodus 6:6 with Exodus 13:13.... [ Continue Reading ]