CHAPTER XXX _This and the following chapter must relate to a still future_ _restoration of the posterity of Jacob from their several_ _dispersions, as no deliverance hitherto afforded them comes up_ _to the terms of it; for, after the return from Babylon, they_ _were again enslaved by the Greek... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 30:2. _WRITE THEE ALL THE WORDS THAT I HAVE SPOKEN UNTO THEE_ _IN A BOOK._] The _book_ here recommended I believe to be the _thirtieth_ and _thirty-first_ chapters; for among the Hebrews any portion of writing, in which the subject was _finished_, however small, was termed ספר _sepher... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 30:3. _THE DAYS COME_] _First_, After the conclusion of the _seventy_ years. _Secondly_, Under the _Messiah_. _THAT I WILL BRING AGAIN THE CAPTIVITY OF ISRAEL_] The _ten tribes_, led captive by the king of _Assyria_, and dispersed among the _nations_. _AND JUDAH_] The people carried... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 30:5. _WE HAVE HEARD A VOICE OF TREMBLING_] This may refer to the state and feelings of the people during the war which Cyrus carried on against the Babylonians. _Trembling_ and _terror_ would no doubt affect them, and put an end to _peace_ and all prosperity; as they could not tell w... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 30:7. _ALAS! FOR THAT DAY_ IS _GREAT_] When the Medes and Persians with all their forces shall come on the Chaldeans, it will be _the day of Jacob's trouble_-trial, dismay, and uncertainty; but _he shall be delivered out of it_-the Chaldean empire shall fall, but the Jews shall be del... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 30:8. _I WILL BREAK HIS YOKE_] That is, the yoke of _Nebuchadnezzar_. _OF HIM._] Of _Jacob_, (Jeremiah 30:7,) viz., the then captive Jews.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 30:9. _BUT THEY SHALL SERVE THE LORD THEIR GOD, AND DAVID_ _THEIR KING_] This must refer to the _times of the Messiah_; and hence the _Chaldee_ has, "They shall obey the Lord their God, וישת מאון למשיחה בר דוד _veyishta meun limschicha bar David_, and they shall obey the Messiah, the... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 30:11. _THOUGH I MAKE A FULL END OF ALL NATIONS_] Though the Persians destroy the nations whom they vanquish, yet they shall not destroy _thee_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 30:12. _THY BRUISE_ IS _INCURABLE_] אנוש _anush, desperate_, not _incurable_; for the _cure_ is promised in Jeremiah 30:17, _I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy_ _wounds_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 30:13. THERE IS _NONE TO PLEAD THY CAUSE_] All thy friends and allies have forsaken thee.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 30:15. _THY SORROW_ IS _INCURABLE_] אנוש _anush, desperate_. See Jeremiah 30:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 30:16. _THEY THAT DEVOUR THEE_] The Chaldeans. _SHALL BE DEVOURED_] By the _Medes_ and _Persians_. _ALL THAT PREY UPON THEE WILL I GIVE FOR A PREY._] The _Assyrians_ were destroyed by the _Babylonians_; the _Babylonians_, by the _Medes_ and _Persians_; the _Egyptians_ and _Persians_... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 30:18. _THE CITY SHALL BE BUILDED UPON HER OWN HEAP_] Be re-edified from its own _ruins_. See the book of _Nehemiah, passim_. _AND THE PALACE SHALL REMAIN_] Meaning, the _king's house_ shall be restored; or, more probably, the _temple shall be rebuilt_; which was true, for after the... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 30:19. _I WILL MULTIPLY THEM_] They shall be _very numerous_; even where at present they have but _tents_. _I WILL ALSO GLORIFY THEM_] I will put _honour_ upon them every where, so that they shall be no longer _contemptible_. This will be a very great _change_, for they are now _desp... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 30:20. _THEIR CHILDREN ALSO_] They shall have the education of their own children as formerly. _AND THEIR CONGREGATION_] Their religious _assemblies_. _SHALL BE ESTABLISHED_] Being, in the latter days, incorporated with those "who serve the Lord their God, and worship the Messiah, t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 30:21. _THEIR NOBLES SHALL BE OF THEMSELVES_] _Strangers_ shall not rule over them; and- _THEIR GOVERNOR SHALL PROCEED FROM THE MIDST OF THEM_] Both _Nehemiah_ and _Zerubbabel_, their nobles and governors after the return from Babylon, were _Jews_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 30:22. _YE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE_] The _old covenant_ shall be renewed.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 30:23. _THE WHIRLWIND OF THE LORD_] A grievous tempest of desolation,- _SHALL FALL WITH PAIN UPON THE HEAD OF THE WICKED._] On Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldeans.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 30:24. _IN THE LATTER DAYS YE SHALL CONSIDER IT._] By the _latter days_ the Gospel dispensation is generally meant; and that restoration which is the principal topic in this and the succeeding chapter refers to this time. Had the Jews properly _considered_ this subject, they would lon... [ Continue Reading ]