JEREMIAH'S SIXTEENTH PROPHECY (see book comments for Jeremiah). TO. Hebrew "upon". Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "unto". ALL THE PEOPLE. the People at large. THE FOURTH YEAR OF JEHOIAKIM. An important date, being the first year of Nebuchadnezzar. See... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH THE PROPHET SPAKE. This is the first occurrence of the expression. We find "said" later; and "prophet" in Jeremiah 1:5; Jeremiah 20:2; Jeremiah 28:5; Jeremiah 28:6; Jeremiah 28:10; Jeremiah 28:11; Jeremiah 28:12; Jeremiah 28:12;... [ Continue Reading ]
THIRTEENTH YEAR OF JOSIAH. Compare Jeremiah 1:2. THE THREE AND TWENTIETH YEAR: i.e. of Jeremiah's prophesying: 18 years under Josiah. 3 months under Jehoahaz. 4 years under Jehoiakim. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. RISING EARLY AND SPEAKING. See note on Jeremiah 7:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a._ App-44. IN THE LAND. on the soil. Hebrew. _'adamah._ FOR EVER AND EVER. from age to age. This must be read with "given", and refers to God's counsel. See note on Isaiah 44:7 ("ancient").... [ Continue Reading ]
DO YOU NO HURT. bring no calamity upon you. HURT. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. Compare Jeremiah 25:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. PROVOKE ME TO ANGER, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:21).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Jeremiah 6:6, and 1 Samuel 1:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SERVANT. Compare Isaiah 45:1. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ App-6. ASTONISHMENT. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:37). Compare Jeremiah 25:18. PERPETUAL. age-abiding. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Whole), for. long time.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL TAKE FROM THEM. Quoted in Revelation 18:23. Compare Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9; Jeremiah 33:11. CANDLE. lamp.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Syriac, and Vulgate, read this "and" in the text. SEVENTY YEARS. From 496 to 426. See the special note on 2 Chronicles 36:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN. No necessary sequence with Jeremiah 25:11.Jeremiah 25:12; Jeremiah 25:12 commences. fresh paragraph about the seventy years. PUNISH. visit upon, exactly seventy years later. INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44. IT. Hebrew masculine. the People rather than the land.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF THEM: i.e. of the Chaldeans.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 11:3. WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE MOVED. reel to and fro. BECAUSE OF THE SWORD, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:25; Leviticus 26:33). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
JERUSALEM. Comes first (Compare Jeremiah 25:29), because of 1 Peter 4:17; Amos 3:2. AND. So some codices, with five early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate. Others omit this "and". AS IT IS THIS DAY. Probably added by Jeremiah when this prophecy had been fulfilled.... [ Continue Reading ]
MINGLED PEOPLE. Hebrew. _'ereb._ Compare Jeremiah 50:37; Ezekiel 30:5.Daniel 2:43.Ezra 9:2.Psalms 106:35. In the inscription of Sennacherib (Bellino's _Cylinder,_ line 13) the _Urbi_ are joined with the Arameans (nomad tribes west of the Euphrates). Sennacherib says that Hezekiah had some " _Urbi"_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE KINGS. So in the Mugah Codex (quoted in the _Massorah)_. but other codices, with one early printed edition, read "and all the kings". ISLES. coast-land, or maritime country. ARE. Supply "is", referring to coast-land.... [ Continue Reading ]
DEDAN. On the borders of Edom (Jeremiah 49:8; Ezekiel 25:13). TEMA, AND BUZ. The country of Elihu. See Job 32:2 and note on p. 666. THAT ARE IN THE UTMOST CORNERS. all with their hair clipped at the corners.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WORLD. Hebrew. _'erez_ (with Art.), the earth. THE EARTH. the ground, or soil. Hebrew. _'adamah_ (with Art.) SHESHACH. The _Massorah_ explains that this word is "Babel", being. cypher by which the last letter of the alphabet is put for the first, and the next to the last for the second, &c., by... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH IS CALLED BY MY NAME. upon which My name is called. UNPUNISHED. held guiltless. Compare 1 Peter 4:17. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:7; Exodus 34:7; Numbers 14:18). THE EARTH. Hebrew. _ha'arez._ Same word as "the world" in Jeremiah 25:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
ROAR. Compare Jeremiah 25:38, "as. lion". HOLY. See Exodus 3:5. UPON HIS HABITATION. against His fold. THE GRAPES. the winepress. Compare Isaiah 63:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
PLEAD WITH. judge. WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
COASTS. sides: i.e. uttermost parts. earth. Hebrew. _'arez._ Compare Jeremiah 25:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SLAIN. By the sword. Compare Isaiah 66:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHEPHERDS. rulers (of all kinds). Compare Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 6:3. All three had miserable ends: Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 36:30); Jehoiachin, taken to Babylon; and Zedekiah, after his eyes were put out. PRINCIPALS. strong ones. OF YOUR DISPERSIONS: or, when ye are dispersed. So in th... [ Continue Reading ]
PEACEABLE HABITATIONS. pastures of peace. CUT DOWN. silenced.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS THE LION. Figure of speech _Simile_ (App-6). Compare Jeremiah 25:30. THE FIERCENESS OF THE OPPRESSOR. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, and Septuagint, read "the (Septuagint "great") sword of oppressors". Compare Jeremiah 46:16; Jeremiah 50:16.... [ Continue Reading ]