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Verse Jeremiah 12:5. _IF THOU HAST RUN WITH THE FOOTMEN_] If the
smallest evils to which thou art exposed cause thee to make so many
bitter complaints, how wilt thou feel when, in the course of thy
p...
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Yahweh rebukes Jeremiah’s impatience, showing him by two proverbial
sayings, that there were still greater trials of faith in store for
him. Prosperous wickedness is after all a mere ordinary trial, a...
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CHAPTER 12
The Prophet's Prayer and the House Forsaken, Yet Compassion
_ 1. The prophet's prayer (Jeremiah 12:1) 2. The house forsaken, yet
compassion (Jeremiah 12:7) _
Jeremiah 12:1. In his outburs...
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THE PROBLEM OF UNRIGHTEOUS PROSPERITY. Jeremiah raises (for the first
time in Hebrew literature) the problem of the prosperity of the
unrighteous, apparently in connexion with his experiences at Anath...
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TRUSTEDST. confidedst. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69.
SWELLING. Hebrew pride. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of
Adjunct), for proud beasts in the undergrowth on the banks of the
Jordan. See Jeremiah 49...
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Jeremiah 12:1. See summary at commencement of section. Pe. points out
that this passage is very important in religious history, since it is
probably the first expression we have in Hebrew literature o...
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_pride_ mg. _swelling_, but the text agrees better with Zechariah 11:3
("the pride of Jordan is spoiled"). The luxuriant vegetation or jungle
is meant, the haunt of lions. Cp. Jeremiah 49:19; Jeremiah...
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The Divine answer. God does not solve the difficulty, but warns the
prophet that he will need still more patience in the future....
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IN THE SWELLING OF JORDAN— Houbigant thinks that these are the words
of Jeremiah to his fellow-citizens, and to the king and the leaders of
the army, whom he addresses in the next verse. He compares t...
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D. The Answer of God Jeremiah 12:5-6
TRANSLATION
(5) If with foot racers You have run and they have made you weary,
then how shall you hotly contend (in a race) with horses? And if you
are trusting i...
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If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then
how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace,
wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do i...
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12:5 security, (b-30) Or 'if thou confidest in a land of peace.'...
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1-4. The prosperity of the wicked perplexes Jeremiah....
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SWELLING] RV 'pride,' referring to the luxuriant vegetation on the
banks, which formed a source of danger, as a covert for wild beasts.
7-13, A lament over the desolate land. Some scholars think that...
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IF THOU HAST RUN WITH THE FOOTMEN. — The prophet is compelled to
make answer to himself, and the voice of Jehovah is heard in his
inmost soul rebuking his impatience. What are the petty troubles that...
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כִּ֣י אֶת ־רַגְלִ֥ים ׀ רַ֨צְתָּה֙ וַ
יַּלְא֔וּךָ...
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CHAPTER VII
THE BROKEN COVENANT
Jeremiah 11:1 and Jeremiah 12:1
THERE is no visible break between these two Chapter s. They seem to
summarise the history of a particular episode in the prophet's car...
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Now we hear the prophet as he appealed to Jehovah to be his Defender,
and. finally, we hear the divine determination. concerning his evil
neighbors.
This peril was revealed to him by Jehovah. It was...
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_Horses. If thou hast been terrified at the threats of thy
fellow-citizens, how wilt thou withstand those of Jerusalem?
(Menochius) or he speaks to Juda, who would not be able to resist the
Chaldeans,...
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I venture to look far beyond Jeremiah and all his personal troubles,
in what is here said. Who indeed, but must eye Jesus, in what is here
said of his brethren. John 7:3. And with respect to Jesus, wh...
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Many think that God here checks the boldness of Jeremiah, as though he
had exceeded the limits of moderation when he contended with God, as
we have seen, because he patiently endured the reprobate and...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12.
Chapter 11 suggests some observations. God addresses Himself again to
Israel on the ground of their responsibility, reminding them of the
call to o...
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IF THOU HAST RUN WITH THE FOOTMEN, AND THEY HAVE WEARIED THEE,.... The
Targum introduces the words thus,
"this is the answer which was made to Jeremiah the prophet, concerning
his question; a prophet...
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If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then
how canst thou contend with horses? and [if] in the land of peace,
[wherein] thou trustedst, [they wearied thee], then how wilt thou...
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_If thou hast run with the footmen_ Here God speaks, and applies a
proverbial expression to the prophet's circumstances, the import of
which is, that if men find themselves unable to contend with a le...
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If thou hast run with the footmen and they have wearied thee, then how
canst thou contend with horses? If he could not endure the
comparatively little trouble which had come upon him till now, he
woul...
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THE CONSPIRACY IN THE PROPHET'S OWN FAMILY...
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1-6 When we are most in the dark concerning God's dispensations, we
must keep up right thoughts of God, believing that he never did the
least wrong to any of his creatures. When we find it hard to
un...
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That these are the answer of God to the prophet is reasonably well
agreed by the best interpreters, as also that this is a proverbial
expression; but as to the application of it in this place, there i...
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Jeremiah 12:5 run H7323 (H8804) footmen H7273 wearied H3811 (H8686)
contend H8474 (H8807) horses H5483 land...
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YHWH RESPONDS WITH A WARNING TO JEREMIAH THAT HE WILL YET FACE WORSE
THINGS THAN THIS (JEREMIAH 12:5).
YHWH calls on Jeremiah to recognise that what he has endured up to now
is as nothing compared wit...
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SWELLING OF JORDAN
That is, Under such a test as in (Jeremiah 49:19); (Jeremiah 50:44);
(Joshua 3:15); (1 Chronicles
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Jeremiah 12:5
The difficulty implied by this proverb appears
I. In this, that man is less a match for Satan now than when Satan
proved himself more than a match for man. Beaten in Eden, where else
ca...
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CONTENTS: Message on the broken covenant, concluded. Jeremiah's
complaint to God and God's rebuke.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: When we find it hard to understand God's providences
toward w...
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Jeremiah 12:4. _He shall not see our last end._ This is sadducean
language, as Psalms 104:5. “The Lord will not see, neither will the
God of Jacob regard.” This species of atheism blunts the edge of t...
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_If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then
how canst thou contend with horses?_
THE HEROISM OF ENDURANCE
Jeremiah had to pay the price of singularity. He had to learn not on...
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_Righteous art Thou, O Lord, when I plead with Thee._
COMMUNION WITH GOD IN AFFLICTION
I. Why God sees fit to afflict His children by the dispensations of
His providence.
1. God sometimes afflicts...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:5 God responds with a rebuke and a
caution. Jeremiah must prepare for worse times. He cannot trust even
family and friends.
⇐...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. See on
chap. 11, Bleek’s theory; for which there is a weight of argument.
All commentators agree to connect Jeremiah 12:1 with the conclusi...
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 12:1
Painfully exercised by the mysteries of the Divine government, the
prophet opens his grief to Jehovah. Righteous art thou, etc.; rather,
_Righteous wouldest thou be_,_ O Jeho...
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Now Jeremiah goes on and he is talking now about the situation, the
wicked man Jehoahaz that is in power. And he begins by saying,
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee (Jeremiah 12:1):...
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1 Chronicles 12:15; 1 Peter 4:12; Hebrews 12:3; Hebrews 12:4;...
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If — If thou art not able to encounter lesser dangers, how wilt thou
be able to overcome greater? I have greater dangers for thee to
encounter than those at Anathoth; if thou art so disturbed with the...