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THE COMING CALAMITIES: RESTORATION PROMISED, RUIN IMMINENT ON ACCOUNT
OF JUDAH'S SIN AND CONCERNING THE SABBATH (16-17)
CHAPTER 16
_ 1. The coming calamities (Jeremiah 16:1) _
2. The coming days of...
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JEREMIAH 16:1 TO JEREMIAH 17:18. THE COMING DISTRESS A PENALTY FOR
SIN. The prophet is forbidden to found a family, because of the coming
sorrows (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 7:29 ff.), in which death will be...
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STRENGTH. strength (for protection). Hebrew. _'azaz._
GENTILES. nations....
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_my strength, and my strong hold_ The two Hebrew substantives are
derivatives of the same root.
_vanity … no profit_ See on Jeremiah 2:5; Jeremiah 2:8....
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Du. rejects all these _vv_. Co. omits 9 13, suspects the genuineness
of 14, 15 both here and in Jeremiah 23:7 f., and rejects 16, as well
as portions of 17 21. Gi. retains of the whole series only Jer...
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See introd. summary to section. For the thought in Jeremiah 16:19 cp.
Jeremiah 12:15 f. and for the interest felt by Jeremiah in the
religious life of the heathen, Jeremiah 2:11 _a_. Hence Co. with Gi...
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O LORD, MY STRENGTH, AND MY FORTRESS— To demonstrate more
emphatically the absurdity of idolatry, the prophet here foretels,
that the time will come when the Gentiles themselves shall be ashamed
of th...
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D. Affirmation by the Prophet Jeremiah 16:19-21
TRANSLATION
(19) O LORD my strength and my fortress and my refuge in the day of
trouble: Unto You the nations shall come from the ends of the earth
and...
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O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of
affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the
earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vani...
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1-13. Selfdenial and an ascetic, life are to be the prophet's lot....
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O LORD, MY STRENGTH, AND MY FORTRESS. — The words speak of a
returning confidence in the prophet’s mind, and find utterance in
what is practically (though the Hebrew words are not the same) an echo
of...
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יְהוָ֞ה עֻזִּ֧י וּ מָעֻזִּ֛י וּ
מְנוּסִ֖י בְּ
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The controversy was immediately followed by a new charge to the
prophet. Jehovah called him to a life of personal asceticism,
commanding that he abstain from both mourning and mirth. That is to
say, h...
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O LORD, my (i) strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of
affliction, the Gentiles shall come to thee from the ends of the
earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited (k) lies,...
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_Them. After the captivity many were converted, Esther viii., and 1
Esdras vi. 21. Edom was forced to receive circumcision. But this was
nothing in comparison with the crowds which embraced the gospel...
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The prayer of the Prophet is a beautiful break in the subject; as if
the man of God felt his mind instantly led out, so to look up and
plead with the Lord, from what had been said. And the burden of h...
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What the Prophet has said hitherto might appear contrary to the
promises of God, and wholly subversive of the covenant which he had
made with Abraham. God had chosen to himself one people from the who...
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In chapter 16 Jehovah teaches Jeremiah to avoid all family
relationships with this people, and to cease from all testimonies of
interest in what was going on among them. For He Himself had entirely
br...
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O LORD, MY STRENGTH AND MY FORTRESS,.... These are the words of the
prophet, rising out of the temptation which beset him; casting off his
impatience, diffidence, and unbelief; calling upon God, and e...
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_O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of
affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the
earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vani...
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_O Lord, my strength_ To support and comfort me; _my fortress_ To
protect and shelter me; _and my refuge in the day of affliction_ To
whom I may flee for deliverance and consolation; _the Gentiles, th...
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REASONS FOR THE CAPTIVITY...
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O Lord, so the prophet now addresses Jehovah, the God of the covenant,
in expressing his own hope and that of all true Israelites concerning
the return of the people to the true God, MY STRENGTH AND M...
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14-21 The restoration from the Babylonish captivity would be
remembered in place of the deliverance from Egypt; it also typified
spiritual redemption, and the future deliverance of the church from
an...
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The prophet hearing God's resolution, before he showed this people any
mercy, to be avenged on them for their sins, leaves off speaking to
him upon that argument; but applieth himself to God for mercy...
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Jeremiah 16:19 LORD H3068 strength H5797 fortress H4581 refuge H4498
day H3117 affliction H6869 Gentiles H1471 come...
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THE SIN OF JUDAH IS ESPECIALLY HEINOUS IN THE LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT
ONE DAY THE NATIONS WILL RECOGNISE THE FOLLY OF THEIR IDOLATRY. THIS
MAKE JUDAH'S TURNING TO IDOLS TOTALLY REPREHENSIBLE (JEREMIAH...
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CONTENTS: Sign of the unmarried prophet, forecasting coming
calamities.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: God often makes men's sins their punishment and fills the
backslider in heart with his...
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Jeremiah 16:2. _Thou shalt not take thee a wife in this place._ The
prohibition implies the honour of the state of matrimony, because it
respects the sentence against a devoted nation. Our Saviour giv...
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_O Lord, my strength, and my fortress._
WHAT GOD IS TO HIS PEOPLE
One of the Puritans was accustomed to describe prayer as the flight of
the lonely man to the only God. There is such prayer here. Th...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 16:19 Jeremiah’s confession of faith
indicates he has repented, as he was ordered to do (Jeremiah 15:19).
The NATIONS will...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Chapter
s 16 and 17 form one prophecy. The taunt in chap. Jeremiah 17:15 shows
that this message from God was delivered before the capture...
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EXPOSITION
With this chapter should be taken the first eighteen verses of
Jeremiah 17:1. The heading of the Authorized Version well expresses
the contents of Jeremiah 17:1, provided that "the types" a...
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Shall we turn now to Jeremiah 16:1-21.
Now you remember that Jeremiah was just a young man when God called
him to this prophetic ministry. And so in chapter 16:
The word of the LORD came also unto me...
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1 Peter 1:18; Ezekiel 11:16; Habakkuk 2:18; Habakkuk 2:19; Habakkuk