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Verse Jeremiah 14:20. _WE ACKNOWLEDGE, O LORD, OUR WICKEDNESS_] This
the prophet did in behalf of the people; but, alas! they did not join
him....
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A second (compare Jeremiah 14:7) earnest intercession, acknowledging
the wickedness of the nation, but appealing to the covenant and to
God’s Almighty power.
LOTHED - More exactly, “hath thrown away...
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II. THE PROPHET'S MINISTRY BEFORE THE FALL OF JERUSALEM, THE
PROPHECIES OF JUDGMENT AND RESTORATION, THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF
JEREMIAH, HIS FAITHFULNESS AND HIS SUFFERING
CHAPTER 14
The Great Drought...
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JEREMIAH 14:1 TO JEREMIAH 15:9. THE DROUGHT IN JUDAH, AND JEREMIAH'S
CONSEQUENT INTERCESSION. The date of this disaster is unknown, but
some year in the latter half of Jehoiakim's reign is most probab...
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WE ACKNOWLEDGE. These are the prophet's words.
WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. Not the same word
as in Jeremiah 14:16.
INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avon._ App-44....
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In these _vv_. three pleas are urged on behalf of the people: (i)
their contrition, (ii) God's honour, (iii) their hopelessness of any
other aid....
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DISCOURSE: 1053
HOW TO PLEAD WITH GOD
Jeremiah 14:20. _We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the
iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. Do not abhor
us, for thy name’s sake;...
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D. Jeremiah's Third Petition Rejected Jeremiah 14:19-22
TRANSLATION
(19) Will You completely reject Judah? Will Your soul loath Zion? Why
have You smitten us when there is not healing for us? We hope...
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We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our
fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE, O LORD, OUR WICKEDNESS - ()....
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1-6. Description of the drought....
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AND THE INIQUITY. — The insertion of the conjunction weakens the
force of the original. The wickedness which Israel confesses is the
iniquity of its fathers, inherited, accepted, on the way to be
perp...
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יָדַ֧עְנוּ יְהוָ֛ה רִשְׁעֵ֖נוּ
עֲוֹ֣ן אֲבֹותֵ֑ינוּ כִּ֥י...
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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...
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We now come to the second division of the Book, that containing the
account of the prophet's ministry. This falls into three sections:
prophecies before the fall of Jerusalem (14-39), prophecies after...
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Faithful ministers cannot but feel grief at the conduct of false
teachers, who prophecy smooth things, and prophecy deceit. Jeremiah
had to encounter with many in his days, of this description and no...
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The Prophet here prescribes no doubt to the Jews the way of appeasing
God. He before uttered a prayer, partly in order to reprove the people
for their wicked obstinacy, and partly to shew to the godly...
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Chapter 14 refers to a famine which took place in the land. The
desolation of Jerusalem by the sword and by famine is again declared.
But observe here the touching intercession of Jeremiah 14:7-9; and...
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WE ACKNOWLEDGE, O LORD, OUR WICKEDNESS, AND THE INIQUITY OF OUR
FATHERS,.... This is said by the prophet, in the name of the few
faithful that were among this people, who were sensible of their own
si...
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We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, [and] the iniquity of our
fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
Ver. 20. _We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness._] We, the better
sort of us, do so. And s...
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_Hast thou utterly rejected Judah?_ The prophet again returns to God,
and expostulates with him, humbly imploring mercy for his people,
which shows that he did not understand God's words to him,
(Jere...
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THE PROPHET AGAIN INTERCEDES...
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We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our
fathers, the guilt which was found in the children also, FOR WE HAVE
SINNED AGAINST THEE. It is a confession in the name of those who we...
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17-22 Jeremiah acknowledged his own sins, and those of the people,
but pleaded with the Lord to remember his covenant. In their distress
none of the idols of the Gentiles could help them, nor could t...
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That is, both we and our fathers have sinned against thee, and have
given thee a right to punish and destroy its; we desire not to cover
or cloak our sin, we own and acknowledge it....
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Jeremiah 14:20 acknowledge H3045 (H8804) LORD H3068 wickedness H7562
iniquity H5771 fathers H1 sinned H2398 (H8804
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In some respects, Jeremiah is one of the greatest of the ancient
prophets, for he had most sorrowful task to perform. He had not to
deliver a message full of Evangelical comfort, like that of Isaiah;...
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CONTENTS: Message on the drought.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Man's sins bring those judgments upon the earth which make
even the inferior creatures to groan. There will come a time when...
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Jeremiah 14:3. _They found no water._ The latter rain had been denied,
as in Jeremiah 3:3; and as Moses had foretold. Deuteronomy 11:17;...
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_We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness._
FRANK ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF GUILT
Next to the merit of not sinning is confessing sin. A learned man has
said, “The three hardest words in the English language ar...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 14:20 Jeremiah expresses his faith on
behalf of Judah, but the people do not share his convictions, as God
knows. REMEMBER. See v. Je
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY of the Chapter. This
and chapter 15 form one prophecy (although Lange, Keil, and others
connect Chapter s 14 to 17, regarding them as interwoven and
synchr...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter must be read in connection with the following one. They
describe chiefly Jeremiah's twofold attempt at intercession (see
verses 7-9 and 19-22)—a tender and appealing attempt in...
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The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the deaRuth
(Jeremiah 14:1).
For a drought filled the land.
Judah mourns, and the gates languish; they are black upon the ground;
and the cry of...
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1 John 1:7; 2 Samuel 12:13; 2 Samuel 24:10; Daniel 9:5; Ezra 9:6;...