Jeremiah 11:1-23
1-14. Punishment must follow faithlessness.... [ Continue Reading ]
1-14. Punishment must follow faithlessness.... [ Continue Reading ]
CURSED, etc.] cp. the language of the warnings in Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 27:15), a book with which this passage has other features in common.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE IRON FURNACE] the brickkilns of the bondage in Egypt (Exodus 1:14) may have given rise to the figure as expressive of affliction.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CITIES OF JUDAH] Jeremiah may have accompanied Josiah in the journey which he made to Bethel and to the cities of Samaria for the overthrow of idolatry (2 Kings 23:15; 2 Kings 23:19).... [ Continue Reading ]
RISING EARLY] a frequent phrase with Jeremiah to denote earnestness, but not occurring in that sense elsewhere.... [ Continue Reading ]
IMAGINATION] RV 'stubbornness.'... [ Continue Reading ]
A CONSPIRACY] The words seem to point to an actual secret combination against Josiah on account of his reforms.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE INIQUITIES OF THEIR FOREFATHERS] referring to the idolatry in the wilderness days. THEY WENT AFTER] RV 'they are gone after,' viz. the Jews of the prophet's own day. The reformation had not taken hold of the hearts of the people, they had returned to their heathenism.... [ Continue Reading ]
The worship of Baal was practised secretly or openly in all parts of the country and city. SHAMEFUL THING] i.e. Baal. 15-20. The people resent rebuke.... [ Continue Reading ]
Faithless Judah's presence in the Ternpie is only an intrusion. AND THE HOLY FLESH IS PASSED FROM THEE] better, perhaps, 'shall vows and holy flesh (i.e. sacrifices) take away thy wickedness?'... [ Continue Reading ]
The fair promise and the punishment which apostasy brought about.... [ Continue Reading ]
The prophet passes from the general to the particular, and charges his fellow-townsmen of Anathoth with conspiring to silence and even to kill him. The Lord had shown him their intentions.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE A LAMB _or_ AN OX] RV 'like a gentle lamb.' THE TREE WITH THE FRUIT THEREOF] apparently a proverb. Not only is the tree to perish but there is to be no chance of reproduction by the sowing of its seed. 21-23. Anathoth shall be punished.... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE SHALL BE NO REMNANT OF THEM] viz. of the actual conspirators. Among those who return from exile are mentioned 'men of Anathoth' (Ezra 2:23). JEREMIAH'S SIXTH PROPHECY (REIGN OF JOSIAH). THE BROKEN COVENANT ENTAILS A CURSE These Chapter s form a connected prophecy. They probably belong to Josi... [ Continue Reading ]