THE FORTY-FIFTH PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). Concerning, &c. Supply the Ellipsis, from Jeremiah 47:1. AMMONITES. sons of Ammon, north of Moab. When the tribes east of Jordan were carried away by Tiglath-pileser (2 Kings 15:29), Ammon supplanted Gad. This is the sin dealt... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ RABBAH. Now _'Amman,_ on the highlands of Gilead.. large Roman city was built there four centuries later, called "Philadelphia". Its ruins yet remain. HEAP. _tel._ DAUGHTERS: i.e. villages, or smaller dependent towns.... [ Continue Reading ]
HESHBON. Compare Jeremiah 48:2. AI. An Ammonite town, not yet identified. CRY. cry sadly. HEDGES. fences.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE... ? WHO... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ THY FLOWING VALLEY. thy valley flowing [with blood]. TRUSTED. confided. Hebrew. _bat_. _h_. App-69. SAYING. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "she who is saying in her heart".... [ Continue Reading ]
BRING AGAIN, &C. See note on Jeremiah 48:47. CHILDREN. sons. Not the same word as Jeremiah 49:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FORTY-SIXTH PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). Edom. From Esau. Judgment for his unbrotherly conduct to Israel. Compare Psalms 137:7; Isaiah 63:1.Ezekiel 25:12. and Obadiah. THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Jeremiah 6:6. IS... ? IS... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ WISDOM..... [ Continue Reading ]
DWELL DEEP: i.e. in out of the way recesses. DEDAN. Not identified. He was. grandson of Abraham (Genesis 25:1). Compare Isaiah 21:13.Ezekiel 25:13. A tribe descended from Abraham by Keturah (Genesis 25:3).... [ Continue Reading ]
GRAPEGATHERERS. Compare Obadiah 1:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT. Supply the Ellipsis thus: But [not so I], for. have laid Esau bare, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. young children. Not the same word as in Jeremiah 49:6. TRUST. confide. Hebrew. _batah_. App-69.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CUP. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), for its contents. See Jeremiah 25:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE SWORN. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 22:16). App-92. BOZRAH. Now _el Buseirah,_ south-east of the Dead Sea. Not the Bozrah of Jeremiah 48:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEATHEN. nations. YE TOGETHER =. yourselves out [to war].... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew. _'adam_ (with Art.) App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
TERRIBLENESS. monstrous thing: i.e. an Edomite _Asherah._ App-42. PRIDE. insolence. THE ROCK. Probably _Sela._ NEST. Compare Obadiah 1:4. EAGLE. vulture.... [ Continue Reading ]
A DESOLATION. an astonishment.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OVERTHROW, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 19:25.Deuteronomy 29:23; Deuteronomy 29:23). App-92. A word almost restricted to that event.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. Nebuchadnezzar. See note on Jeremiah 48:40. LIKE. LION. Figure of speech _Simile._ Contrast Jeremiah 4:7, where the assault is against Zion and the feelings are more deeply stirred. SWELLING. Hebrew pride. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for the proud beasts in the undergrowth... [ Continue Reading ]
COUNSEL. Referring to Teman's wisdom. Compare Jeremiah 49:7. TAKEN. counselled. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ DRAW THEM OUT. As. dog drags away and tears. dead body. HABITATIONS: or, folds.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NOISE THEREOF. Hebrew. its sound. Some codices, with eight early printed editions and Aramaean, read "at their noise" (plural) IN. at.... [ Continue Reading ]
FLY AS THE EAGLE. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:49). App-92. Compare Jeremiah 48:40. MIGHTY MEN. Hebrew. _geber._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FORTY-SEVENTH PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). Damascus. The prophecy concerns Syria generally, of which Damascus was the principal city. HAMATH. Now _Hama,_ in the valley of the Greekntes, north of Damascus. ARPAD. Now _Tell Erfad,_ thirteen miles north of Aleppo. Compa... [ Continue Reading ]
SORROWS. pangs. Hebrew. _hebel,_ as in Jeremiah 13:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT LEFT. not restored, strengthened, or fortified.. _Homonym._ Here the meaning is as in Nehemiah 3:8. See notes on Exodus 23:5. Deu 32:36. 1 Kings 14:10; 2 Kings 14:26. 2Ki 49:25. Not its other meaning, to leave or forsake, as in Genesis 2:24; Genesis 39:6; Nehemiah 5:10; Psalms 49:10. Mai.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew, plural of' _'enosh_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEN-HADAD. Three kings of Damascus bore this official name. See 1Ki 15:18. 2 Kings 13:3; 2 Kings 13:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FORTY-EIGHTH PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). Kedar. Name of the Bedouin dwelling in tents (Jeremiah 2:10), east of Palestine. HAZOR. Near the Euphrates and the Persian Gulf. MEN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
FEAR IS ON EVERY SIDE. Hebrew. _magor missabib._ Compare Jeremiah 6:25; Jeremiah 20:3; Jeremiah 20:10; Jeremiah 46:5.Lamentations 2:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONCEIVED. PURPOSE. devised. device. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH DWELL ALONE. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 23:9; Deuteronomy 33:28).... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL WINDS. all quarters. winds. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. IN THE UTMOST CORNERS. have the corners of their hair or beards polled. Compare Jeremiah 9:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
DRAGONS. jackals.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FORTY-NINTH PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). Elam. The country east of the Tigris. Compare Daniel 8:1; Daniel 8:2. Its subjugation by Nebuchadnezzar (Jeremiah 25:25). Compare Habakkuk 2:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOUR. The number connected with the earth (App-10).... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LATTER DAYS. The end or after part of the days. BRING AGAIN, &C. See note on Jeremiah 48:47. Compare Deuteronomy 30:3.... [ Continue Reading ]