Jeremiah 19 - Introduction
_UNDER THE TYPE OF BREAKING A POTTER'S VESSEL, IS FORESHEWED THE DESOLATION OF THE JEWS FOR THEIR SINS._ _Before Christ 605._... [ Continue Reading ]
_UNDER THE TYPE OF BREAKING A POTTER'S VESSEL, IS FORESHEWED THE DESOLATION OF THE JEWS FOR THEIR SINS._ _Before Christ 605._... [ Continue Reading ]
GO, AND GET A POTTER'S EARTHEN BOTTLE— The meaning of this significative emblem is fully explained in the subsequent verses; and indeed the whole chapter requires very little comment.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY THE ENTRY OF THE EAST GATE— According to others, _The entry of the potter's gate;_ which seems to be the best reading, as it denotes that gate, through which the potters who made the vessels for the use of the temple, in its neighbourhood, carried out the fragments of their broken vessels. The co... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HAVE ESTRANGED THIS PLACE— _And have turned this place to improper uses._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I WILL MAKE VOID, &C.— _And I will dissipate,_ &c. Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL CAUSE THEM TO EAT THE FLESH OF THEIR SONS— See 2 Kings 6:29. REFLECTIONS.—1st, To awaken conviction in the hearts of a stupid people, every method is tried, that they may be left at last utterly inexcusable. 1. Jeremiah is ordered down to the valley of the son of Hinnom, the place where thei... [ Continue Reading ]