Kings and princes. — The plural is obviously used to give greater vividness and grandeur to the picture of revived majesty which would be the reward of faithfulness, perhaps also to express the idea that the majesty would be enduring.
This prophecy on the observance of the Sabbath, is the first of a series of short predictions. arranged probably in chronological order among themselves, but in other respects independent of one anoth...
CHAPTER 17 _ 1. Judah's sin (Jeremiah 17:1) _ 2. The curse and the blessing (Jeremiah 17:5) 3. The worship of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 17:12) 4. Concerning the Sabbath ...
THE SABBATH DAY. The general tone and emphasis of this paragraph, which makes a particular ceremonial ordinance the condition of permanent survival, relate it rather to the period of Nehemiah 13:15 th...
HORSES. Some codices read "their horses". MEN. Hebrew. _'Ish_....
_then shall there enter_ Prosperity, permanence, and religious devotion shall be the three characteristic features of the Jewish State, if only they will hallow the Sabbath. _and princes_ a virtually...
Jeremiah 17:19-27. An exhortation on the observance of the Sabbath This section is unconnected with the preceding, and, as it considers that the doom pronounced on Judah may be averted on condition o...
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THEN SHALL THERE ENTER, &C.— It hence appears, that the judgments denounced against Jerusalem were not irreversible; and from Jeremiah's advice to Zedekiah, chap. Jeremiah 38:17 it may be concluded, t...
B. Promise and Threat Jeremiah 17:24-27 TRANSLATION (24) And it shall come to pass if you fully hearken unto Me (oracle of the LORD) not to carry a burden into the gates of this city on the Sabbath d...
Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; Delivered in...
וּ בָ֣אוּ בְ שַׁעֲרֵ֣י הָ עִ֣יר הַ
CHAPTER IX THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?) VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...
CHAPTER X THE SABBATH - A WARNING Jeremiah 17:19 "THUS said Iahvah unto me: Go and stand in the gate of Benjamin, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and whereby they go out; and in all the gates o...
Once again Jehovah declared His determination to deal with the people in judgment, because of the defiant definiteness of their sin. That sin was "written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a d...
_David. I will observe my covenant, 2 Kings vii. 12. --- Horses: in prosperity, (Menochius) provided this law, as well as all the rest, be observed. (Haydock) --- Such temporal rewards were commonly p...
No sooner had the Prophet finished his prayer, than he begins again his Sermon. It is a delightful transition from preaching to prayer, and from prayer to preaching. Both form a part in the minister's...
But it may be here asked, Was the rest on the seventh day of such a moment, that God should on that account promise to them the perpetuity of the kingdom? The answer has been already given, that is, t...
The great thing, amidst all that was going on, was to trust in Jehovah. He who, failing in this, made flesh his arm, should not see when good came. Meantime the fire of God's anger was kindled and sho...
THEN SHALL THERE ENTER INTO THE GATES OF THIS CITY,.... In a very public and splendid manner: KINGS AND PRINCES, SITTING UPON THE THRONE OF DAVID; that is, kings, with the princes of the blood, or wi...
Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants...
_Then shall there enter into the gates of this city_, &c. “From hence it appears,” says Lowth, “that the judgments denounced against Jerusalem, at least as far as they threatened the city with utter d...
THE HALLOWING OF THE SABBATH...
then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, the kingdom being restored to its ancient power and splendor, T...
19-27 The prophet was to lay before the rulers and the people of Judah, the command to keep holy the sabbath day. Let them strictly observe the fourth command. If they obeyed this word, their prosper...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Jeremiah 17:25 enter H935 (H8804) gates H8179 city H5892 kings H4428 princes H8269 sitting H3427 (H8802) throne
THE CALL GOES OUT FOR THE TRUE OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH DAY (JEREMIAH 17:19). In Jeremiah 17:5 YHWH had promised cursing and blessing on individuals depending on whether they were obedient to His cov...
CONTENTS: Sign of the unmarried prophet, concluded. Message in the gates concerning the Sabbath. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: The heart of man, out of communion with God, is wicked and dece...
Jeremiah 17:1. _The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron._ Yea, it is deeply written on the heart, as the diamond will write on polished stones, on tablets of brass, or on the brazen altars of B...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 17:24 Restoration of SABBATH rest and worship will result in permanent rule by David’s lineage, permanent life in the land, and permanent worship. Refusal to keep the Sabbath...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Jeremiah 17:1 continue the prophecy of chap. 16. A distinct break in the continuity of the book is noticeable at Jeremiah 17:19. [_Keil_ se...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah 17:1 are closely connected with the preceding chapter. We have just been pointed to the striking contrast between the conduct of the heathen and that of the backsliding men of Juda...
Chapter 17 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond (Jeremiah 17:1): Interesting that they were using diamonds for pens in those days, isn't it? Diamonds set in...
1 Kings 9:4; 1 Kings 9:5; 1 Samuel 8:11; 2 Samuel 7:16; 2 Samuel 8:4;...