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CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The call to the children of Benjamin (Jeremiah 6:1) _
2. Corruption and the deserved judgment (Jeremiah 6:9)
3. The prophet addressed (Jeremiah 6:27)...
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THE PROPHET'S TASK. The record of earlier prophecies (Jeremiah 6:1)
fitly closes with the application to the prophet of the figure of the
trier (_mg._) or assayer; so inextricably is the alloy mixed w...
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In these _vv_. the Lord reassures Jeremiah of his divine commission,
and he appears under the figure of one testing metal. The result of
the testing process is that no precious metal is found. All is...
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The last of the four divisions. See introd. note to the ch....
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_grievous revolters_ Heb. _revolters of revolters_, one of the ways of
expressing the superlative. Cp. Genesis 9:25; Ezekiel 32:21 (see note
in C. B.).
_they are brass and iron_ an awkward expression...
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I HAVE SET THEE FOR A TOWER, &C.— The prophet in these verses
evidently takes his ideas from metals, and the trial of them; and the
verbs in the latter clause of this verse, referring to such trial,
m...
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6. _The hopeless task of the Prophet_ (Jeremiah 6:27-30)
TRANSLATION
(27) A tower have I made you among My people, a fortified city that
you may know, then test their way. (28) They are all rebelliou...
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They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are
brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
GRIEVOUS REVOLTERS - literally, contumacious of the contumacious -
i:e., most contumacious,...
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1-8. The hostile army approaches....
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_They are_ BRASS AND IRON] They have none of the precious metal in
them....
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GRIEVOUS REVOLTERS... — Literally, _rebels of rebels,_ as a Hebraism
for the worst type of rebellion.
WALKING WITH SLANDERS. — The phrase was a common one (Leviticus
19:16; Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 20...
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כֻּלָּם֙ סָרֵ֣י סֹֽורְרִ֔ים הֹלְכֵ֥י
רָכִ֖יל נְחֹ֣שֶׁת...
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Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 6:1
CHAPTER IV
THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD
Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30
IF we would under
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This judgment the prophet now described. A fierce and relentless foe,
acting under the word of Jehovah, is described as coming up against
Jerusalem. The prophet declared that the city would be taken,...
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The last of these verses throws a light on the whole passage, by way
of explanation, on the principles of the gospel of Christ. All men are
as reprobate silver, until the Great Refiner and Purifier of...
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The Prophet now shews what he found the Jews to be, whose manners and
proceedings he had been commanded to observe. Had he said this at
first, either the fury of the people would have been kindled, or...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6.
Chapter 4 resumes the subject of Chapter s 2, 3, and, applying it at
that time to the people, tells them that, if they return, it must be
unto th...
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THEY ARE ALL GRIEVOUS REVOLTERS,.... From the right way of God and his
worship: or,
THEY ARE ALL REVOLTERS OF REVOLTERS e; of all, the greatest revolters,
the greatest sinners and transgressors, the...
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They [are] all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: [they are]
brass and iron; they [are] all corrupters.
Ver. 28. _They are all grievous revolters._] Heb., Revolters of
revolters. Chald., Prin...
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_They are all grievous revolters_ Obstinate and refractory; _walking
with slanders_ Making it their business to detract from thee and the
other prophets. Blaney translates the clause, _They are all of...
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THE IMPENDING JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED...
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They are all grievous revolters, mutineers and betrayers in the
highest degree, WALKING WITH SLANDERS, deliberately seeking
opportunities to indulge in slandering and reviling others; THEY ARE
BRASS A...
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18-30 God rejects their outward services, as worthless to atone for
their sins. Sacrifice and incense were to direct them to a Mediator;
but when offered to purchase a license to go on in sin, they p...
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GRIEVOUS REVOLTERS; obstinate and refractory, ISAIAH 31:6 JEREMIAH
5:3,23. WALKING WITH SLANDERS; being their main business to detract
from thee and the other prophets, Jeremiah 18:18,...
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Jeremiah 6:28 stubborn H5493 (H8802) rebels H5637 (H8802) walking
H1980 (H8802) slanderers H7400 bronze H5178 iron
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JEREMIAH LEARNS THAT YHWH HAS ESTABLISHED HIM AS AN ASSAYER OF HIS
PEOPLE, AS WELL AS THEIR FORTRESS, ALTHOUGH ALL THAT HE WILL DISCOVER
WILL BE THAT THEY ARE A MIXTURE OF BASE METAL AND DROSS (JEREMI...
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IN VIEW OF JUDAH'S FAILURE TO RESPOND TO HIS WARNINGS YHWH STRESSES
THAT THE INVASION IS NOW IMMINENT (JEREMIAH 6:1).
Chapter 4 had predicted that invasion was coming, and chapter 5 had
given the reas...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. The terrors that
should come because of sin.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: The God of mercy is loath to depart even from a provoking
people,...
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Jeremiah 6:1. _Oh ye children of Benjamin flee out of the midst of
Jerusalem._ Many of this tribe lived in the city. _Blow the trumpet_
[of alarm] _in Tekoa,_ a village twelve miles from Jerusalem,
ac...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 6:27 TESTER OF METALS. Jeremiah’s task
is to assess how much impurity remains in a people called to be pure.
The ancient refining process used heated lead to draw out ore fro...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
POSITION OF THIS CHAPTER THE SAME. (Comp. notes on 3, 4, 5.)
2. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES.— Jeremiah 6:1. “_Tekoa:_” a small
town of defenc...
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EXPOSITION
A prophecy, in five stanzas or strophes, vividly describing the
judgment and its causes, and enforcing the necessity of repentance.
JEREMIAH 6:1
Arrival of a hostile army from the north,...
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Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and
know, and seek in the broad places, if you can find a man, if there be
any that is executing judgment, and that is seeking truth; and...
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Ezekiel 22:18; Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 1:5; Isaiah 31:6; Jeremiah 18:18;...