THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. SHEWED ME. made me see. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. BASKETS. Hebrew. _dudim._ Still used for fruit in Jerusalem. THE TEMPLE. See note on Jeremiah 26:2. CARPENTERS AND SMITHS. craftsmen (or artificers) and armourers.... [ Continue Reading ]
NAUGHTY. worth naught.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Hebrew. _raa'._ App-44. Compare Jeremiah 29:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH'S FIFTEENTH PROPHECY (see book comments for Jeremiah). THE LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. Jehovah Elohim of Israel. See note on Jeremiah 11:3 and App-4. ACKNOWLEDGE. own. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for regard, or care for. FOR... GOOD. Connect this with "acknowledge... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. WILL SET MINE EYES. And. will set Mine eye. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "eyes" (plural) with Authorized Version. BUILD... PLANT. Compare Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 18:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL GIVE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 30:6). THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:12).... [ Continue Reading ]
TO BE REMOVED INTO. to be tossed to and fro among. BE REMOVED. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:25). App-92. FOR THEIR HURT. Hebrew. _raa'._ App-44. Compare Jeremiah 25:6; Jeremiah 38:4. TO BE. REPROACH. [I will deliver them to be]. reproach. A TAUNT. Reference to Pentateuch. Some codices... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SWORD, THE FAMINE, AND THE PESTILENCE. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:25; Leviticus 26:26; Deuteronomy 28:21). App-92. THE FAMINE. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and famine", thus completing the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_. LAND.... [ Continue Reading ]