THE FORTY-FIRST PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). the LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. WHICH CAME. For the most part in the fourth year of Jehoiakim (see App-86), and may have been included in the roll of Jeremiah 36. This section may be compared with Isaiah's "burdens" and "wo... [ Continue Reading ]
EGYPT. Comes first because most important in connection with Judah, as well as coming second to Babylon at that time (with which it corresponds in position in the Structure above). Judah was indeed, then subject to Egypt. The policy of Judah's rulers was to lean on Egypt instead of heeding Jeremiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
ORDER YE. Prepare ye, or Put in order.... [ Continue Reading ]
BRIGANDINES. coats of mail.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEATEN DOWN. crushed. FLED APACE. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_. Hebrew fled. flight. Well rendered "fled apace". FEAR WAS ROUND ABOUT. Hebrew. _magor missabib_. terror round about. See note on Jeremiah 6:25. SAITH, &C. See note on Jeremiah 45:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
MIGHTY MAN. Hebrew. _geber._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. FLOOD. = as the river: i.e. the Nile, in flood.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL GO UP. Egypt at this time was so strong that Jeremiah's prophecy seemed most unlikely to come to pass.... [ Continue Reading ]
COME UP, &C. Figure of speech _Eironeia._ Compare Jeremiah 46:11. THE ETHIOPIANS. Cush. Mercenaries, forming the chief part of the Egyptian forces. THE LIBYANS. Hebrew Phut. Compare Ezekiel 27:10; Ezekiel 30:5. and Acts 2:10. THE LYDIANS. Not those in Western Asia (Genesis 10:22). All belonging t... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. baoth. App-4. See note on Jeremiah 2:19. A DAY OF VENGEANCE. On the Egyptians. MADE DRUNK. bathed. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:42). HATH. SACRIFICE. Compare Isaiah 34:6; Ezekiel 39:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
GO UP, &C. Figure of speech _Eironeia_, as shown by the rest of the verse. GILEAD. Compare Jeremiah 8:22. TAKE. fetch. FOR THOU SHALT NOT BE CURED. healing there is none for thee. Compare Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 51:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAND. earth.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FORTY-SECOND PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). Migdol... Noph... Tahpanhes. See note on Jeremiah 44:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
VALIANT MEN. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "one" (singular), perhaps referring to _Apis_ their sacred bull. SWEPT AWAY. laid prostrate (singular) Compare 1 Samuel 5:3. THEY STOOD NOT. he made no stand. DID DRIVE THEM. had driven him back. THEM. him.... [ Continue Reading ]
FALL. be stumbling. ONE... UPON ANOTHER. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:37).... [ Continue Reading ]
NOISE. sound. PASSED. let pass over. Compare 2 Samuel 20:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAITH THE KING. [is] the King's oracle. Compare Jeremiah 48:15. THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Jeremiah 6:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
DWELLING IN. inhabitress of. Probably. the Jews, as in Ezekiel 12:2.Ezekiel 48:18. FURNISH THYSELF TO GO INTO CAPTIVITY. baggage for captivity prepare thee.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEIFER. Probably an allusion to _Apis_, the sacred bull. DESTRUCTION. piercing. Hebrew. _kerez._ Occurs only here. Revised Version margin suggests gadfly. If it be so, the attack is on the heifer. COMETH. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, rea... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY DID NOT STAND. they made no stand. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Syriac, and Vulgate, read, "and they have made", &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEARCHED. reconnoitred. GRASSHOPPERS. locusts.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 7:3. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_, to add to the emphasis of the Divine title employed. MULTITUDE OF NO: or Amon of Thebes (an Egyptian idol). TRUST. confide. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIVES. souls. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
JACOB. Referring to the natural seed; i.e. the whole nation. See notes on Genesis 32:28; Genesis 43:6; Genesis 45:26; Genesis 45:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
FEAR THOU NOT. Compare Jeremiah 30:10; Jeremiah 30:11. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 26:24. Compare Deuteronomy 31:8). App-92. A FULL END. Compare Jeremiah 10:24; Jeremiah 30:11. NOT LEAVE THEE WHOLLY UNPUNISHED. not hold thee guiltless. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:7;... [ Continue Reading ]