The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the (a) tenth year of
Zedekiah king of Judah, which [was] the eighteenth year of
Nebuchadnezzar.
(a) So that Jeremiah had now prophesied from the thirteenth year of
Josiah to the last year save one of Zedekiah's reign, which was almost
forty years.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until (b)
I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye
shall not prosper.
(b) Till I take Zedekiah away by death: for he will not die by the
sword as in (Jeremiah 34:4).... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thy uncle shall come to thee,
saying, (c) Buy for thee my field that [is] in Anathoth: for the right
of redemption [is] thine (d) to buy [it].
(c) By which was meant that the people would return again out of
captivity and enjoy their possessions and vineyards as... [ Continue Reading ]
So Hanameel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison
according to the word of the LORD, and said to me, Buy my (e) field, I
pray thee, that [is] in Anathoth, which [is] in the country of
Benjamin: for the right of inheritance [is] thine, and the redemption
[is] thine; buy [it] for thysel... [ Continue Reading ]
And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that [was] in
Anathoth, and weighed him the money, [even] seventeen (f) shekels of
silver.
(f) Which amounts to about ten shillings six pence in our money if
this shekel were the common shekel, See Genesis 23:15, for the shekel
of the temple was of... [ Continue Reading ]
So I took the deed of the purchase, [both] that which was sealed (g)
[according] to the law and custom, and that which was open:
(g) According to the custom the instrument or evidence was sealed up
with the common seal and a copy of it remained which contained the
same in effect but was left open t... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these deeds,
this deed of the purchase, both that which is sealed, and this deed
which is open; and put them in an earthen (h) vessel, that they may
continue many days.
(h) And so to hide them in the ground, that they might be reserved as
a toke... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shewest lovingkindness to thousands, and recompensest the
iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their (i) children after
them: the Great, the Mighty God, JEHOVAH of hosts, [is] his name,
(i) Because the wicked are subject to the curse of God, he shows that
their posterity who by nature are... [ Continue Reading ]
(k) Who hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, [even] to
this day, and in Israel, and among [other] men; and hast made thee a
name, as at this day;
(k) Meaning that his miracles in delivering his people would never be
forgotten.... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold the (l) mounts, they are come to the city to take it; and the
city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it,
because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and
what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest [it].
(l) The word signifies a... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I [am] the LORD, the God of all (m) flesh: is there any thing
too hard for me?
(m) That is, of every creature: who as they are his work, so does he
govern and guide them as pleases him, by which he shows that as he is
the author of their captivity for their sins, so will he for his
mercies... [ Continue Reading ]
For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done evil
only before me from their (n) youth: for the children of Israel have
only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the
LORD.
(n) From the time that I brought them out of Egypt and made them my
people and called them... [ Continue Reading ]
And they have turned to me the back, and not the face: though I taught
them, (o) rising early and teaching [them], yet they have not
hearkened to receive instruction.
(o) (2 Chronicles 36:15; Isaiah 65:2; Jeremiah 7:13; Jeremiah 13:3;
Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 29:19; Jeremiah 35:14; Jere [ Continue Reading ]
And they built the high (p) places of Baal, which [are] in the valley
of the (q) son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to
(r) pass through [the fire] to Molech; which I commanded them not,
neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to
cause Judah to sin.
(p... [ Continue Reading ]
And now (s) therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel,
concerning this city, of which ye say, It shall be delivered into the
hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by
the pestilence;
(s) Read (Jeremiah 30:16).... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will give them (t) one heart, and one way, that they may fear me
for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
(t) One consent and one religion, as in (Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel
36:26).... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will make an everlasting (u) covenant with them, that I will not
turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their
hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
(u) Read (Jeremiah 31:1-33:26).... [ Continue Reading ]
Men shall buy (x) fields for money, and signed deeds, and seal [them],
and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about
Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the
mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the
south: for I will cause thei... [ Continue Reading ]