THE TWENTY-SEVENTH PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). The word. This chapter is Ch. Jeremiah 32:1, told over again more fully. NEBUCHADNEZZAR. Not that he was necessarily present. FOUGHT. were fighting, or about to fight.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 11:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
THINE EYES SHALL BEHOLD, &C. See note on Jeremiah 32:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "like". BURN ODOURS. Compare 2 Chronicles 16:14, and observe the word is _saraph_, not _katar_ (App-43 for both)... [ Continue Reading ]
LACHISH. Now _Tell el Hesy,_ south of Eglon, ten and. half miles from Eleutheropolis. AZEKAH. Now _Tell Zakariya,_ in the valley of Elah. JEREMIAH: Page: 1066... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). a covenant. Note the illustration of the two covenants, (verses: Jeremiah 34:8) and (verses: Jeremiah 34:12), and compare with the other illustration in (Jeremiah 35:1). TO PROCLAIM LIBERTY, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodu... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14. GO FREE. See note on Jeremiah 34:8, and compare verses: Jeremiah 34:21; Jeremiah 34:22, which show that this covenant was made during. temporary withdrawal of the besiegers, on account of the Egyptians (Jeremiah 37:5). SERVE HIMSELF OF THEM. use them as bondserva... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TWENTY-NINTH PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). EVERY ONE. ' _ish_, as in Jeremiah 34:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE DAY. when. See App-18. BONDMEN. slaves.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH IS CALLED BY MY NAME. upon which My name is called.... [ Continue Reading ]
POLLUTED MY NAME. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:12, the same word). App-92. HE. every man. AT THEIR PLEASURE. for their own soul. Hebrew. _nephesh_ (App-13): "soul" being put for the affections of the person.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIBERTY... LIBERTY. Figure of speech _Antanaclasis_, by which the same word is used in two different senses in the same sentence. TO. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and to", completing the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_. MAKE YOU TO BE REM... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew, plural of _'enosh._ App-14. TRANSGRESSED. Hebrew. _'abar._ App-44. CUT THE CALF IN TWAIN. Compare Genesis 15:9; Genesis 15:10. PASSED BETWEEN, &C. Ref to Pentateuch (Genesis 15:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH ARE GONE UP FROM YOU. See note on Jeremiah 34:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
A DESOLATION, &C.: or, too desolate to have an inhabitant; or, desolate through having no inhabitant.... [ Continue Reading ]