Jeremiah 14:1-22
1-6. Description of the drought.... [ Continue Reading ]
1-6. Description of the drought.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GATES THEREOF LANGUISH] Figurative of the people who collect there. THEY ARE BLACK UNTO] RV 'They sit in black (mourning) upon.'... [ Continue Reading ]
COVERED THEIR HEADS] as a sign of grief or confusion: cp. David (2 Samuel 19:4) and Haman (href='190 6:12'>Est 6:12).... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SNUFFED UP THE WIND] RV 'They pant for air.' DRAGONS] RV 'jackals.' 7-22. Jeremiah's pleadings and God's replies.... [ Continue Reading ]
DO THOU _it_] RV 'work thou.'... [ Continue Reading ]
AS A STRANGER, etc.] one who has no interest in the people. TURNETH ASIDE] RM 'spreadeth _his_ tent.'... [ Continue Reading ]
ASTONIED] hesitating, inactive.... [ Continue Reading ]
Jeremiah pleads that the false prophets have misled the people.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE VIRGIN DAUGHTER OF MY PEOPLE] i.e. Judah, whom God had hitherto protected.... [ Continue Reading ]
The prophet again intercedes.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE THRONE OF THY GLORY] Jerusalem, or, more particularly, the Temple.... [ Continue Reading ]
A reference to the drought (Jeremiah 14:1). God alone can remove it. JEREMIAH'S EIGHTH PROPHECY (REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM?). THE IMPENDING DROUGHT AND OTHER WOES Dialogue between the prophet and God. He intercedes; but in vain, for the nation persists in sin. In this section we probably see the state of... [ Continue Reading ]