Jeremiah 23:1
THE PASTORS. rulers. See notes on Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 3:15, &c. SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PASTORS. rulers. See notes on Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 3:15, &c. SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 11:3. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ THAT FEED. that are the feeders of. Figure of speech _Antimereia_ (of the Verb). BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. I WILL VISIT, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:34). EVIL. Hebrew ra'a.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL GATHER, &C. Compare Jeremiah 31:10; Jeremiah 32:7; Ezekiel 34:13, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
BRANCH. Sprout from the root, not from. branch. Compare Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 53:2. Here, Hebrew. _zemach._ The name of the brightest star in the Zodiac sign "Virgo". See App-12. See notes on the Structure of the Four Gospels. Compare Jeremiah 33:15. KING. See the Structure of the Gospels. Matthew. Co... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL SHALL DWELL SAFELY. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 25:18; Leviticus 25:19; Leviticus 25:26; Leviticus 25:5.Deuteronomy 33:12; Deuteronomy 33:28. Repeated in Jeremiah 32:37; Jeremiah 33:16). App-92. THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Hebrew.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DAYS COME. Compare Jeremiah 16:14; Jeremiah 16:15. WHICH BROUGHT UP, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Ex. Jeremiah 12:15, &c). App-92. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 2:4. LAND. soil.... [ Continue Reading ]
MINE HEART, &C. Figure of speech _Pathopoeia._ MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ A MAN. a strong man. Hebrew. _geber._ App-14. WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR: i.e. the false prophets.... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKEDNESS. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE YEAR OF THEIR VISITATION. See note on Jeremiah 8:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD OF HOSTS. Jehovah Zebaioth. See note on Jeremiah 6:6 and 1 Samuel 1:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SAY STILL. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ Hebrew. saying they say. keep on saying. IMAGINATION. stubbornness.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ Implying that none hath. COUNSEL. secret council. Compare Psalms 25:14. HIS. Hebrew text, with Revised Version, reads "My"; but margin of Hebrew text, the Babylonian Codex, with eight early printed editions, Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "His'! with Auth... [ Continue Reading ]
FALL GRIEVOUSLY. burst. THE WICKED. lawless ones.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LATTER DAYS. end of days. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 49:1, the same word). App-92. PERFECTLY. Compare Jeremiah 30:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE NOT, &C. Compare Jeremiah 23:32; Jeremiah 14:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF, &C. The Hebrew accent requires the rendering: "But, had they stood in My Council: then they would have made My People hear My words, and they would have turned", &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
AM.... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. AND NOT, &C. Figure of speech _Pleonasm_, for emphasis.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAN... ?... DO... ? Figure of speech _E_ rotesis. FILL. The Hebrew accent (" _Tiphcha'_ ") puts the emphasis on "fill" (not on "earth"), denoting the fullness of the Divine presence which no place can _in_ clude, or _ex_ clude.. fullness _of grace,_ of the prophetic word of judgment, and of promise... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE DREAMED. Thus catching the people's ears. Note Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW LONG... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ SHALL THIS BE. shall this exist. Hebrew. _yesh._ See notes on Jeremiah 31:6; Jeremiah 31:16; Jeremiah 31:17; Proverbs 8:21; Proverbs 18:24, and Luke 7:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as. FOR. in, or through.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT HATH, &C. Compare Ezekiel 13:7. CHAFF. crushed, or chopped straw. Hebrew. _teben._... [ Continue Reading ]
IS NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM AGAINST, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 18:20).... [ Continue Reading ]
SAY, HE SAITH. uttered it as an oracle. Hebrew. _ne'um._ Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 22:16; Numbers 14:28; Numbers 24:3; Numbers 24:4; Numbers 24:15; Numbers 24:16). Frequent in the prophets.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIGHTNESS. reckless boasting.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT BURDEN? Septuagint, Vulgate, and Rashi, read "Ye yourselves are the burden". Compare Jeremiah 23:36. FORSAKE. reject.... [ Continue Reading ]
PERVERTED. See note on Jeremiah 6:10. THE LIVING GOD. Both words are plural.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE SAY. ye keep on saying. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERLASTING... PERPETUAL. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Whole), for. part of time. life long. Limited here by the promised Restoration.... [ Continue Reading ]