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Verse Jeremiah 5:7. _IN THE HARLOTS' HOUSES._] In places consecrated
to idolatry. In the language of the prophets, adultery generally
signifies _idolatry_. This we have often seen....
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Rather, Why, “for what reason” should “I pardon thee?”
WHEN ... - Or, “though I bound them to me by oath, yet they
committed adultery.”
THE HARLOTS’ HOUSES - The harlot’s house, i. e., the temple of...
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CHAPTER 5
_ 1. The apostate conditions of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 5:1) _
2. The impending judgment (Jeremiah 5:10)
3. Sowing and reaping (Jeremiah 5:19)
4. The horrible thing ...
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THE SINS OF JERUSALEM. Jeremiah is bidden to seek even one man in
Jerusalem, for whose sake Yahweh may spare the city (_cf._ Genesis
18:16), one man of justice and faithfulness (_mg.) ;_ even the oath...
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CHILDREN. sons.
FORSAKEN ME. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:15; Deuteronomy
32:21).
SWORN. Compare Jeremiah 5:2.
FED THEM TO THE FULL. So in many codices, with two earl
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If the MT. be right, the transition to Jehovah's words is an abrupt
one. Du., however, considers that an abbreviation of the common
formula "Thus saith Jehovah" was misunderstood and so brought about...
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2. _Sexual impurity_ (Jeremiah 5:7-9)
TRANSLATION
(7) Wherefore should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and
have sworn by no-gods; and when I fed them, then they committed
adultery and t...
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How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and
sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they
then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops...
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5:7 God. (d-18) Or 'no gods,' as ch. 2.11. satiated (e-21) Some read
'adjured.'...
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1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness....
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WHEN I HAD FED THEM TO THE FULL. — The reading of the Hebrew text
gives, _though I had bound them by oath, sc.,_ by the covenant, as of
marriage; and this, as heightening the enormity of the sin that...
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אֵ֤י לָ זֹאת֙ _אֶֽסְלַֽח_† ־לָ֔ךְ
בָּנַ֣יִךְ עֲזָב֔וּנִי
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Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 6:1
CHAPTER IV
THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD
Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30
IF we would under
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Having thus declared that judgment was determined on, the prophet now
carefully declared the reason for it. This was, first, the utter
corruption of conduct. Among the people not a man was to lie foun...
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_How can. I have only the character of judge left. (Calmet)_...
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How striking the expostulation? How unanswerably just the appeal? Do
not fail to observe, Reader, that the Lord doth not simply speak of
one nation, or of another, but it is this nation, this people,...
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There is here what rhetoricians call a conference: for God seems here
to seek the judgment of the adverse party, with whom he contends, on
the cause between them, though it was sufficiently clear; and...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6.
Chapter 4 resumes the subject of Chapter s 2, 3, and, applying it at
that time to the people, tells them that, if they return, it must be
unto th...
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HOW SHALL I PARDON THEE FOR THIS?.... Because of their manifold
transgressions, and multiplied backslidings; or "wherefore, or for
what, shall I pardon thee?" r as the Targum; can any reason be given...
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How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and
sworn by [them that are] no gods: when I had fed them to the full,
they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops...
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_How shall I pardon thee for this?_ How canst thou expect that the
holy God, the righteous Governor and Judge of the world, should
connive at, or bear with, such iniquitous conduct in his intelligent...
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FAITHLESSNESS AND TREACHERY...
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How shall I pardon thee for this? It would obviously be inconsistent
with God's holiness to overlook the transgressions of Israel, to let
their wickedness go unpunished. THY CHILDREN HAVE FORSAKEN ME...
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1-9 None could be found who behaved as upright and godly men. But the
Lord saw the true character of the people through all their disguises.
The poor were ignorant, and therefore they were wicked. Wh...
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HOW SHALL I PARDON? how canst thou expect that I shall bear such
affronts? I shall expose myself, and seem to lay aside my power; I
shall be looked upon as one that either regard not such injuries, or...
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Jeremiah 5:7 How H335 pardon H5545 (H8799) this H2063 children H1121
forsaken H5800 (H8804) sworn H7650 ...
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YHWH PRESENTS THE REASONS WHY THE INVASION IS NECESSARY (JEREMIAH
5:1).
Invasion is seen as necessary because there are no righteous people in
Jerusalem, and they are full of adultery (both spiritual...
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YHWH GIVES HIS REASONS WHY JERUSALEM WILL NOT BE PARDONED AND JEREMIAH
MAKES A VAIN SEARCH FOR A RIGHTEOUS MAN (JEREMIAH 5:1).
YHWH now vindicates His decision to bring inevitable judgment. He
assures...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. God's charges against
them and the judgments threatened.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Sinners have reason to expect punishment on account of...
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Jeremiah 5:2. _Though they say the Lord liveth, surely they swear
falsely._ These words being in every one's mouth, are but words, not
sentiments. If men knew the grandeur of God, and studied his
perf...
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_O Lord, are not Thine eyes upon the truth?_
TRUTHFULNESS
The allusion is not to doctrinal truth, or truth in the abstract, but
to practical truth as it should exist in the hearts and lives of men.
T...
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_Run ye. .. and see. .. if ye can find a man._
A MAN; OR, THE DIVINE IDEAL UNREALISED
I. The Divine idea of a man. One “that executeth Judgment, that
seeketh the truth.” This involves--
1. A righte...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 5:7 God cannot find a reason to PARDON
(see v. Jeremiah 5:1), for the Israelites swear by THOSE WHO ARE NO
GODS. Th
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. The
description here of unblushing immorality and total disorganisation
leads Kimchi and others to date this chapter after Josiah’s times;...
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EXPOSITION
Is the punishment thought too severe? Then let the moral condition of
Jerusalem be inquired into. Must not such transgressions precipitate
its people into ruin? There are four well-marked...
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Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and
know, and seek in the broad places, if you can find a man, if there be
any that is executing judgment, and that is seeking truth; and...
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1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Amos 8:14; Deuteronomy 32:15;...
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They then — Such is the natural effect of unsanctified prosperity....