THE FIFTIETH PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. and. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, read this "and" in the text. BY. Hebrew idiom. by the hand of; "hand" being put by Figure of speech _Metonym... [ Continue Reading ]
PUBLISH... CONCEAL NOT. Not now using symbols as in Jeremiah 25:15. SET UP. lift up. BABYLON IS TAKEN. Compare Revelation 14:8; Revelation 18:6; Revelation 18:10; Revelation 18:21: showing that this prophecy is still future. BEL. Contracted from the Aramaic form of _Ba'al_, the national god of Ba... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NORTH. Referring to Medo-Persia, which was on the northwest of Chaldea. But. future enemy is foretold. NONE SHALL DWELL THEREIN. Showing that the fulfilment is still future.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THOSE DAYS. This prophecy awaits its fulfilment. The conquest by Medo-Persia did not exhaust it. CHILDREN. sons. TOGETHER. Another proof that this prophecy refers to the future. Never yet fulfilled. GOING AND WEEPING. Hebrew. weeping as they travel, so shall they journey on. WEEPING. For thei... [ Continue Reading ]
THITHERWARD. Hebrew. hitherward. Jeremiah was therefore not in Babylon, but in Egypt. PERPETUAL. Another evidence that this prophecy refers to the future covenant. Compare Jeremiah 3:18 Jeremiah 4:2; Jeremiah 11:1; Jeremiah 31:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOST SHEEP. Compare Matthew 10:6; Matthew 15:24. SHEPHERDS: i.e. rulers. THEY HAVE TURNED THEM AWAY ON THE MOUNTAINS. on the mountains they seduced them: i.e. by the idolatrous worship practiced there.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE OFFEND NOT, &C. Compare verses: Jeremiah 50:15; Jeremiah 50:23; Jeremiah 50:29; Jeremiah 2:3; Jeremiah 25:14; Jeremiah 25:15, &c. OFFEND. Hebrew. _'asham._ App-44. SINNED. Hebrew. _chata._ HABITATION. pasturage. Compare Jeremiah 31:23. JUSTICE. righteousness. In Ch.... [ Continue Reading ]
GO FORTH. Hebrew text reads "they will go forth"; but margin, with some codices and two early printed editions, reads "go ye forth". Compare Jeremiah 51:4; Jeremiah 51:6; Revelation 18:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
ASSEMBLY. a gathered host, or convocation. great nations. Compare Isaiah 13:3; Isaiah 13:4. MIGHTY... MAN. Hebrew. _gibbor._ App-14. EXPERT. successful. Compare Jeremiah 10:21; Jeremiah 23:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL BE SATISFIED. Compare Jeremiah 49:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
DESTROYERS. spoilers, or plunderers.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HINDERMOST. the last. Compare Jeremiah 50:17; Jeremiah 25:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT BE INHABITED. Not yet fulfilled. Compare 1 Peter 5:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVEN HER HAND. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for what is done by it. Here the token of submission. Compare Lamentations 5:6; Ezekiel 17:18. AS. according as. Compare Revelation 18:6; Revelation 18:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY ONE. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL. Now. united nation. See note on Jeremiah 50:4. LAST. See note on "hindermost", Jeremiah 50:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 7:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOUNT. the hill country of.... [ Continue Reading ]
MERATHAIM. double rebellion. So called, here, because the empire was founded in. double rebellion. PEKOD. Visitation: i.e. in judgment. DESTROY. devote to extermination. Hebrew. _karam._ The same word as Jeremiah 50:26. not the same as verses: Jeremiah 50:11; Jeremiah 50:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
DESTRUCTION. smash; or, breaking down. Hebrew. _shabar._ Not the same word as in verses: Jeremiah 50:11; Jeremiah 50:21; Jeremiah 50:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS ARMOURY. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THE UTMOST BORDER. from the farthest parts, or every quarter.... [ Continue Reading ]
VISITATION. See note on "Pekod", Jeremiah 50:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
VENGEANCE. avenging. Son 51:11. Compare Daniel 5:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
RECOMPENSE HER. See Revelation 18:6. ACCORDING TO. See note on "as", Jeremiah 50:15. Compare Revelation 18:6. THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL. See note on Psalms 71:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
REDEEMER. Kinsman-Redeemer. Hebrew. _ga'al._ See notes on Isaiah 60:16, and Exodus 6:6. STRONG. strong (to hold fast). Hebrew. _hazak._ Not the same word as in Jeremiah 50:44.... [ Continue Reading ]
A SWORD. Note the Figure of speech _Anaphora,_ in five successive sentences.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIARS. praters. DOTE. be shown to be foolish.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MINGLED PEOPLE. the rabble.... [ Continue Reading ]
IDOLS. horrors.... [ Continue Reading ]
NO MORE INHABITED, &C. Therefore the fulfilment still future.... [ Continue Reading ]
OVERTHREW, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 19:25). App-92. Compare Jeremiah 49:18. MAN. Hebrew. _Ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
A GREAT NATION: i.e. Medo-Persia. COASTS. sides: i.e. remote parts.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS HANDS, &C. See fulfilment in Daniel 5:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE. LION, &C. See note on Jeremiah 49:19 for this verse and Jeremiah 50:45, there spoken of Edom.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKEN. counselled. LAND. Some codices, with three early printed editions and Aramaean, read "inhabitants of the land".... [ Continue Reading ]