Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 17:20
Verse Jeremiah 17:20. Ye kings of Judah, and all Judah] This last clause is wanting in eight of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., in the Arabic, and some copies of the Septuagint.
Verse Jeremiah 17:20. Ye kings of Judah, and all Judah] This last clause is wanting in eight of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., in the Arabic, and some copies of the Septuagint.
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...
_kings_ The plural is certainly strange. Cp. the sing, in Jeremiah 22:2. As Co. says, we have here not a concrete situation but a model and abstraction....
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...
VI. PROPHETIC PROCLAMATION Jeremiah 17:19-27 Chapter 17 ends with a prose discourse urging the keeping of the Sabbath. Like Amos (Amos 8:4-6) and Isaiah (Isaiah 56, 58) before him, Jeremiah regarded v...
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...
וְ אָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲ֠לֵיהֶם שִׁמְע֨וּ דְבַר ־יְהוָ֜ה...
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...
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...
He then adds, _Thou shalt say to them, Hear the word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and let all the people hear, and let all the citizens of Jerusalem _hear, _who enter in at these gates_. The Prophet...
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...
AND SAY UNTO THEM, HEAR YE THE WORD OF THE LORD,.... Concerning the sanctification of the sabbath; for this was not of human, but of divine institution: YE KINGS OF JUDAH; which must be understood ei...
And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: Ver. 20. _Ye kings of Judah._] Magistrates, bein...
_Thus saith the Lord, Go_, &c. Here we evidently have a distinct prophecy, which the prophet was commanded to deliver most probably soon, if not immediately, after the foregoing. _Stand in the gate of...
THE HALLOWING OF THE SABBATH...
and say unto them, Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye kings of Judah, its successive rulers, and all Judah, AND ALL THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM THAT ENTER IN BY THESE GATES:...
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...
The word of the Lord equally concerneth the highest and the lowest, the greatest princes as well as the meanest subjects....
Jeremiah 17:20 say H559 (H8804) Hear H8085 (H8798) word H1697 LORD H3068 kings H4428 Judah H3063 Judah...
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...
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...
Amos 4:1; Ezekiel 2:7; Ezekiel 3:17; Hosea 5:1; Jeremiah 13:18;...