_GOD SHEWETH JEREMIAH THE RETURN OF THE JEWS. AFTER THEIR TROUBLE THEY SHALL HAVE DELIVERANCE: HE COMFORTETH JACOB. THEIR RETURN SHALL BE GRACIOUS. WRATH SHALL FALL ON THE WICKED._ _Before Christ 606._ THERE are many prophesies in various parts of the Old Testament, which announce the future resto... [ Continue Reading ]
WRITE THEE ALL THE WORDS, &C.— See ch. Jeremiah 36:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR, LO, THE DAYS COME— Though the prophesy in this chapter contains many circumstances which refer to the return of the Jews from Babylon, yet there are many others, which so suit the Lord Jesus Christ and the establishment of his church, particularly in the last days, that there is no giving them... [ Continue Reading ]
ASK YE NOW, &C.— "Is it usual for men to be with child, and to suffer the pangs of travail? Whence then do I see you, Chaldeans and Babylonians, in a similar posture?" The prophet uses this figure, to represent the fear of the Babylonians, and their extreme surprise, when the forces of the Medes and... [ Continue Reading ]
AND STRANGERS, &C.— _And they shall no more serve him among strangers._ This prophesy has not yet received its full accomplishment; for, after the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, they were again reduced to servitude by the Greeks and Romans; and at present there is no place in the... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL SERVE THE LORD—AND DAVID— In this place, in Ezekiel 34:23 and in Hosea 3:5. _David_ signifies the Messiah. The Targum uses the word _Messiah_ in this very passage, instead of _David;_ and the Talmud, _Sanhed. 11:_ sect. 36 proves from Ezekiel that David is the name of the Messiah; which K... [ Continue Reading ]
THY BRUISE IS INCURABLE— That is, "By all human means, and therefore I will work the greater miracle, and _restore health to thee:"_ Jeremiah 30:17. Houbigant renders it, _Thy bruise is deadly;_ and so in the 15th verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY CRIEST THOU?— _Why criest thou over thy affliction, thy incurable sorrow? it is for the greatness of thy iniquity, and because thy sins were increased, that I have done these things unto thee:_ Jeremiah 30:16 _yet surely all they,_ &c. "The Chaldeans, Assyrians, Egyptians, Edomites, and others,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HAVE MERCY ON HIS DWELLING-PLACES— _On his tabernacles;_ which corresponds to the former clause. The expressions allude to the ancient manner of dwelling in tents; and though they may be understood metaphorically, yet were they in some measure fulfilled under Zerubbabel. See Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEIR NOBLES SHALL BE OF THEMSELVES— _And their prince or mighty one shall be for themselves._ Houbigant. The Messiah seems plainly marked out by the two names of _Mighty One_ and _Governor_ in this verse, and so the Targum understands it. _I will cause him to draw near,_ &c. says the Lord; that... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE LATTER DAYS YE SHALL CONSIDER IT— _Ye shall consider and understood it._ This and the preceding verse are found in chap. Jeremiah 23:19. The _latter days_ may signify the time to come; but they commonly imply the times under the gospel, as being the last dispensation, and what should continue... [ Continue Reading ]