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A second (compare Jeremiah 14:7) earnest intercession, acknowledging
the wickedness of the nation, but appealing to the covenant and to
God’s Almighty power.
LOTHED - More exactly, “hath thrown away...
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II. THE PROPHET'S MINISTRY BEFORE THE FALL OF JERUSALEM, THE
PROPHECIES OF JUDGMENT AND RESTORATION, THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF
JEREMIAH, HIS FAITHFULNESS AND HIS SUFFERING
CHAPTER 14
The Great Drought...
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JEREMIAH 14:1 TO JEREMIAH 15:9. THE DROUGHT IN JUDAH, AND JEREMIAH'S
CONSEQUENT INTERCESSION. The date of this disaster is unknown, but
some year in the latter half of Jehoiakim's reign is most probab...
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ARE THERE. Exist there. Hebrew. _yesh._ See notes on Jeremiah 14:22.
VANITIES. idols.
GENTILES. nations.
HE. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_, "He [That givest rain]".
WAIT UPON THEE. Reference t...
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In these _vv_. three pleas are urged on behalf of the people: (i)
their contrition, (ii) God's honour, (iii) their hopelessness of any
other aid....
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A fragment, as shewn by its subject, of the former of the two
utterances combined in the section.
_art not thou he, O Lord our God_ rather, ART NOT THOU THE LORD OUR
GOD?...
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D. Jeremiah's Third Petition Rejected Jeremiah 14:19-22
TRANSLATION
(19) Will You completely reject Judah? Will Your soul loath Zion? Why
have You smitten us when there is not healing for us? We hope...
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Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain?
or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God?
therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these...
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14:22 HE, (d-23) Or 'thou, the Same.' see Deuteronomy 32:39 ....
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1-6. Description of the drought....
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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 in...
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VANITIES. — _sc_., as in Jeremiah 10:8, the idols of the heathen,
powerless and perishable.
ARE THERE ANY... THAT CAN CAUSE RAIN? — The question is asked with a
special reference to the drought which...
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הֲ יֵ֨שׁ בְּ הַבְלֵ֤י הַ גֹּויִם֙
מַגְשִׁמִ֔י
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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...
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We now come to the second division of the Book, that containing the
account of the prophet's ministry. This falls into three sections:
prophecies before the fall of Jerusalem (14-39), prophecies after...
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Are there [any] among the (p) vanities of the Gentiles that can cause
rain? or can the heavens give showers? [art] not thou he, O LORD our
God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all...
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_Rain. Let not the people have recourse to idols, (Calmet) in despair.
(Haydock)_...
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Faithful ministers cannot but feel grief at the conduct of false
teachers, who prophecy smooth things, and prophecy deceit. Jeremiah
had to encounter with many in his days, of this description and no...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! we cannot make a better improvement of this precious Chapter,
than by following up the example the Prophet hath here left us, both
in times of public calamity, and private visitati...
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In order to conciliate the favor of God, Jeremiah says here, that with
him is the only remedy in extremities; and it is the same as though by
avowing despair he wished to turn God to mercy; as if he h...
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Chapter 14 refers to a famine which took place in the land. The
desolation of Jerusalem by the sword and by famine is again declared.
But observe here the touching intercession of Jeremiah 14:7-9; and...
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ARE THERE ANY AMONG THE VANITIES OF THE GENTILES THAT CAN CAUSE
RAIN?.... The blessing wanted; none of the idols of the Gentiles,
called vanities, because it was a vain thing to apply to them, or hope...
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Are there [any] among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause
rain? or can the heavens give showers? [art] not thou he, O LORD our
God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all the...
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_Hast thou utterly rejected Judah?_ The prophet again returns to God,
and expostulates with him, humbly imploring mercy for his people,
which shows that he did not understand God's words to him,
(Jere...
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Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles, their empty idols,
THAT CAN CAUSE RAIN? OR CAN THE HEAVENS GIVE SHOWERS? God, as the only
Creator, the one true God, is the only One who can dispense...
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THE PROPHET AGAIN INTERCEDES...
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17-22 Jeremiah acknowledged his own sins, and those of the people,
but pleaded with the Lord to remember his covenant. In their distress
none of the idols of the Gentiles could help them, nor could t...
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The present judgment under which they groaned was a drought, which he
had described in the six first verses; the prophet imploring God for
the removal of it, argues from the impossibility of help in t...
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Jeremiah 14:22 there H3426 idols H1892 nations H1471 rain H1652
(H8688) heavens H8064 give H5414 (H8799) shower
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In some respects, Jeremiah is one of the greatest of the ancient
prophets, for he had most sorrowful task to perform. He had not to
deliver a message full of Evangelical comfort, like that of Isaiah;...
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CONTENTS: Message on the drought.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Man's sins bring those judgments upon the earth which make
even the inferior creatures to groan. There will come a time when...
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Jeremiah 14:3. _They found no water._ The latter rain had been denied,
as in Jeremiah 3:3; and as Moses had foretold. Deuteronomy 11:17;...
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_Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause
rain?_
IMPOTENCE OF IDOLS
Remember it was a time of dearth. The question turned upon the
presence of grass; there was no grass, and th...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 14:20 Jeremiah expresses his faith on
behalf of Judah, but the people do not share his convictions, as God
knows. REMEMBER. See v. Je
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY of the Chapter. This
and chapter 15 form one prophecy (although Lange, Keil, and others
connect Chapter s 14 to 17, regarding them as interwoven and
synchr...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter must be read in connection with the following one. They
describe chiefly Jeremiah's twofold attempt at intercession (see
verses 7-9 and 19-22)—a tender and appealing attempt in...
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The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the deaRuth
(Jeremiah 14:1).
For a drought filled the land.
Judah mourns, and the gates languish; they are black upon the ground;
and the cry of...
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1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 17:14; 1 Kings 18:1; 1 Kings 18:39; 1 Kings 8
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Rain — The present judgment under which they groan, was a drought,
which he had described in the six first verses; the prophet imploring
God for the removal of it, argues, from the impossibility of he...