"Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins."
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Verse Jeremiah 14:10. _THUS HAVE THEY LOVED TO WANDER_] And the
measure of your iniquity being now full, ye must be punished....
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The answer is addressed to the people. Jeremiah had prayed as their
representative, but he must not intercede: for to the same degree that
God was determined to punish them, to the same degree (thus)...
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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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See summary at commencement of the section. Is the intercession (_a_)
the prophet's own, or (_b_) put by him into the mouth of the people?
Co. supports (_b_) as indicated by Jeremiah 14:10, where the...
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THUS SAITH THE LORD UNTO, &C.— _Thus saith the Lord concerning this
people. They altogether love to wander,_ &c. Houbigant. God here
returns an answer to the complaints and expostulations of the proph...
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B. The Prophet's Intercession Rejected Jeremiah 14:7-12
TRANSLATION
(7) If our iniquities testified against us act, O LORD, for the sake
of Your name; for our backsliding are many, against You we hav...
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Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander,
they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept
them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their...
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14:10 to (e-4) Or 'concerning.'...
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1-6. Description of the drought....
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THUS HAVE THEY LOVED TO WANDER. — The prophet has to tell the people
that Jehovah’s answer to his prayer is one of seeming refusal. The
time of pardon has not yet come. The prophet is told that _now_...
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כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה לָ † עָ֣ם הַ
זֶּ֗ה כֵּ֤ן אָֽהֲבוּ֙ לָ נ֔וּעַ
רַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם לֹ֣א...
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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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_Rested. They are inconstant, fond of novelties, and apply to idols._...
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These are solemn scriptures: and awful is it, when the Lord restrains
prayer in his people, by withholding the spirit of grace and
supplication. But we find in scripture beautiful instances, where the...
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The Prophet goes on with the same subject; but he reproves the Jews
more severely and shews what their sins were. He says then that they
were given to inconstancy; but by saying, “to wander,” לנוע
_le...
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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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THUS SAITH THE LORD UNTO THIS PEOPLE,.... Instead of answering the
prophet directly and immediately, he first speaks to the people, and
observes their sin is the cause of his conduct; and whom he does...
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Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander,
they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept
them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their...
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_Thus saith the Lord_, &c. Here God returns an answer to the
complaints and expostulations of the prophet, contained in the eight
preceding verses. _They have loved to wander_ They have been fond of
t...
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Thus saith the Lord unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander,
like the wild beasts whose behavior had been described in the previous
section, THEY HAVE NOT REFRAINED THEIR FEET, not restrainin...
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10-16 The Lord calls the Jews "this people," not "his people." They
had forsaken his service, therefore he would punish them according to
their sins. He forbade Jeremiah to plead for them. The false p...
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Here beginneth that Divine revelation mentioned Jeremiah 14:1, as an
answer to the prophet's complaint and prayer in the nine first verses;
the substance of which is, that for their manifold sins he w...
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Jeremiah 14:10 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 people H5971 loved H157
(H8804) wander H5128 (H8800) restrained H2820 (H8804) feet H7272 LORD
H3068 accept H7521 (H8804) remember H2142 (H8799) iniquity H57...
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THE LESSON OF THE GREAT DROUGHTS (JEREMIAH 14:1).
As a preliminary warning of what is coming YHWH sends a great drought
on Judah with the result that the cisterns are empty, the springs are
dry, the p...
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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;
Deuteronomy 28:23. Jeremiah, as is the duty of all ministers, i...
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_Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet;
therefore the Lord doth net accept them._
JEHOVAH’S REFUSAL TO ALLOW INTERCESSION TO PREVAIL
I. The Lord’s answer to the prophet’...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 14:10 God is able to save, but Israel’s
constant unfaithfulness must be addressed. For God remembering his
people’s INIQUITY and SINS, see Hosea 7:2; Hosea 8:13; and contrast...
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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 Kings 17:18; 1 Samuel 15:2; Amos 5:22; Hebrews 8:12; Hosea 11:7;
Hosea 11:9; Hosea 8:13; Hosea 9:9; Jeremiah 2:23; Jeremiah 2:25;...
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Thus — Here begins the answer to the prophet's complaint and prayer
in the nine first verses. The substance is, that for their manifold
sins, he was resolved to punish them. They loved — They have bee...