CHAPTER XIX _By the significant type of breaking a potter's vessel, Jeremiah_ _is directed to predict the utter desolation of Judah and_ _Jerusalem_, 1-15. _The prophets taught frequently by_ symbolic actions _as well as_ _by_ words. NOTES ON CHAP. XIX Verse Jeremiah 19:1. _GO AND GET A POTT... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 19:4. _ESTRANGED THIS PLACE_] Ye have devoted my temple to a widely different purpose from that for which it was erected.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 19:5. _OFFERINGS UNTO BAAL_] A general name for all the popular idols; Baal, Moloch, Ashtaroth, c.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 19:7. _I WILL MAKE VOID THE COUNSEL OF JUDAH_] Probably this refers to some determination made to proclaim themselves _independent_, and pay no more tribute to the Chaldeans. _TO BE MEAT FOR THE FOWLS_] Jeremiah 7:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 19:9. _I WILL CAUSE THEM TO EAT THE FLESH OF THEIR SONS_] This was literally fulfilled when Jerusalem was besieged by the Romans. This also the prophet might have had in view.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 19:11. _EVEN SO WILL I BREAK THIS PEOPLE AND THIS CITY_] The breaking of the bottle was the symbolical representation of the destruction of the city and of the state. _THAT CANNOT BE MADE WHOLE AGAIN_] This seems to refer rather to the final destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, th... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 19:12. _AND EVEN MAKE THIS CITY AS TOPHET_] A place of slaughter and destruction.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 19:14. _THEN CAME JEREMIAH FROM TOPHET_] He had probably gone to the _valley of Hinnom_, and there repeated the discourse which he had a little before delivered to the chief priests and elders.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 19:15. _BECAUSE THEY HAVE HARDENED THEIR NECKS_] A metaphor taken from unruly and unbroken oxen, who resist the yoke, break and run away with their gears. So this people had broken and destroyed the yoke of the law.... [ Continue Reading ]