SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. BONES. Note the Figure of speech _Repetitio_, for emphasis. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_, to emphasize each class as responsible for the corruption and apostasy.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Particularizing here the details of the idolatry. NOT BE GATHERED. Compare 2 Samuel 21:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Jeremiah 6:6. Compare 1 Samuel 1:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARISE. rise up again. HE TURN AWAY, AND. The _Massorah_ (vol. II, p. 54, Ginsburg's edition) calls attention to the fact that of the two words represented by "turn" and "and", the first letter of the second word belongs to the first word; so that this latter will read "shall they return [to Him], a... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOWETH. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the effect of acting on the knowledge. TURTLE. turtle-dove.... [ Continue Reading ]
NO MAN. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus),. scarcely any.... [ Continue Reading ]
REJECTED. The second of four downward steps. See note on Jeremiah 6:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVE THEIR WIVES UNTO OTHERS. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:30). App-92. INHERIT. seize; or, to their dispossessors. FROM. Some codices, with two early printed editions, and Syriac, read "and from". PROPHET. PRIEST. The former, raised up on account of the failure of the latter, now of o... [ Continue Reading ]
HURT. breach. PEACE, PEACE. perfect peace. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ Compare Jeremiah 6:14 and Isaiah 26:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
COULD THEY BLUSH. See note on Jeremiah 6:15. THE TIME OF THEIR VISITATION.. phrase ("time" or "year") used eight times in Jeremiah (Jeremiah 8:12; Jeremiah 10:15; Jeremiah 11:23; Jeremiah 23:12; Jeremiah 46:21; Jeremiah 48:44; Jeremiah 50:27;... [ Continue Reading ]
SURELY CONSUME THEM. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_. Hebrew. _'asoph 'asiphem._ ON THE VINE. See note on Jeremiah 6:9. SHALL FADE. is withered. THE THINGS... FROM THEM: or,. have appointed them those that shall pass over them.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis. verses:_ 14-16 spoken by the prophet, not the People. They were being threatened for not doing what is here spoken of, verses: Jeremiah 12:13. Moreover, Jeremiah 8:15 is spoken by Jeremiah in Jeremiah 14:19, which is an earlier passage, chronologically. WE: i.e.... [ Continue Reading ]
TROUBLE. terror.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAN. The Assyrians entered the land from the north.... [ Continue Reading ]
COCKATRICES. adders. WILL NOT BE CHARMED. This shows that the People were not penitent, and verses: Jeremiah 8:8; Jeremiah 8:14; Jeremiah 8:16 are not their words.... [ Continue Reading ]
I: i.e. the prophet again.... [ Continue Reading ]
PROVOKED... VANITIES. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:21, same word). Compare Jeremiah 7:19. GRAVEN IMAGES. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 7:5, same word). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
BALM... PHYSICIAN. The words of the prophet, showing that healing remedies were employed; thus accounting for the silence respecting them. Compare Isaiah 1:6. BALM. balSamaritan Pentateuch Compare Jeremiah 51:8. GILEAD. Compare Jeremiah 46:11.... [ Continue Reading ]