And say thou to them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; (a) Cursed
[be] the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
(a) He calls the Jews to the consideration of God's mercy, who freely
chose them, made a covenant of eternal happiness with them and how he
ever performed it on his behalf a... [ Continue Reading ]
That I may perform the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to
give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as [it is] this day.
Then answered (b) I, and said, So be it, O LORD.
(b) Thus he speaks in the person of the people, who agreed to the
covenant.... [ Continue Reading ]
For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day [that] I brought
them out of the land of Egypt, [even] to this day, (c) rising early
and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
(c) Read (Jeremiah 7:13).... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in
the imagination of their (d) evil heart: therefore I will bring upon
them all the (e) words of this covenant, which I commanded [them] to
do; but they did [them] not.
(d) According to his own fantasy, and not as my word appointed... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD said to me, A (f) conspiracy is found among the men of
Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
(f) That is, general consent to rebel against me.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them,
which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry to
me, (g) I will not hearken to them.
(g) Because they will not pray with true faith and repentance, but for
the pain and grief which they feel, (Proverbs 1:28).... [ Continue Reading ]
(h) For [according to] the number of thy cities were thy gods, O
Judah; and [according to] the number of the streets of Jerusalem have
ye set up altars to [that] shameful thing, [even] altars to burn
incense to Baal.
(h) Read (Jeremiah 2:28).... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore (i) pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or
prayer for them: for I will not hear [them] in the time when they cry
to me for their trouble.
(i) Read (Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 14:11).... [ Continue Reading ]
What hath my (k) beloved to do in my house, [seeing] she hath wrought
lewdness with many, and the holy flesh (l) is passed from thee? when
thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
(k) My people of Israel whom I have greatly loved till now.
(l) Meaning, that they offer not in the temple to God, but on... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, [and] of goodly
fruit: with the (m) noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon
it, and the branches of it are broken.
(m) Of the Babylonians and Chaldeans.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD hath given me knowledge [of it], and I know [it]: then
thou didst show me (n) their doings.
(n) Who went about secretly to conspire my death.... [ Continue Reading ]
But I [was] like a lamb [or] an ox [that] is brought to the slaughter;
and I knew not that they had devised plots against me, [saying], Let
us (o) destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from
the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
(o) Let us destroy the pro... [ Continue Reading ]
But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins
and the heart, let me see thy (p) vengeance on them: for to thee have
I revealed my cause.
(p) Thus he spoke not out of hatred, but being moved with the Spirit
of God, he desires the advancement of God's glory, and the verifying... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the men of (q) Anathoth, that
seek thy life, saying, (r) Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that
thou die not by our hand:
(q) That is, both the priests and the rest of the people: for this
town was the priests, and they dwelt in it, (Jeremiah 1:1).
(r)... [ Continue Reading ]