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Verse Jeremiah 2:10. _THE ISLES OF CHITTIM_] This is the island of
_Cyprus_, according to Josephus. In 1 Maccabees, _1Mac 8:5_, it is
taken for Macedonia. _Besides this, how they_ (the Romans) _had
di...
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Kedar signifies the whole East, and the isles of Chittim (Isaiah 23:12
note) the West. If then you traverse all lands from west to east, it
will be impossible to find any nation guilty of such apostas...
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CHAPTER S 2:1-3:5
Expostulation and Impeachment
_ 1. His love and kindness to Jerusalem (Jeremiah 2:1) _
2. The unfaithful people (Jeremiah 2:4)
3. The two evils and the results (Jeremiah 2:12)
4...
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YAHWEH'S REPROACHES. Yahweh asks why His redeeming acts are forgotten
and His (true) worship abandoned; other nations do not abandon their
gods, though these are worthless, but Yahweh's people have fo...
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ISLES. coastlands, or maritime countries.
CHITTIM. See note on Numbers 24:24.
KEDAR. In Arabia. Two names used to represent west and east
outlanders....
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_the isles of Kittim_ The Kittim are mentioned as descendants of Javan
in Genesis 10:4. Josephus (_Ant_. I. vi. 1) identifies the original
seat of the tribe with the town of Citium (Larnaka) in Cyprus...
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THE ISLES OF CHITTIM— By איים _iim,_ it is certain that the
Hebrews did not mean the same as we do by _islands,_ that is, lands
encompassed with water all around; and therefore we ought not so to
rend...
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C. Penetrating Analysis Jeremiah 2:9-19
TRANSLATION
(9) So yet I present My case against you (oracle of the LORD), and
with your children I must contend. (10) For pass over to the isles of
Kittim and...
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For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and
consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
PASS OVER THE ISLES - rather, 'cross over to the isles.'
CHITTIM ......
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JEREMIAH'S SECOND PROPHECY (2:1-3:5)
The prophet expostulates with Israel because of their unfaithfulness
to Jehovah.
1-13. Under the figure of the marriage relation Jehovah reminds the
people of Hi...
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PASS OVER THE ISLES... — Chittim is named as being, from the
prophet’s point of view, the furthest country in the west (Genesis
10:4; Numbers 24:24), Kedar (Genesis 25:13; Psalms 120:5) in the east.
T...
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כִּ֣י עִבְר֞וּ אִיֵּ֤י כִתִּיִּים֙ וּ
רְא֔וּ וְ קֵדָ֛ר שִׁלְח֥וּ וְ
הִֽתְבֹּונְנ֖וּ מְאֹ֑ד וּ רְא֕וּ...
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CHAPTER II
THE TRUST IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPT
Jeremiah 2:1; Jeremiah 3:1
THE first of the prophet's public addresses is, in fact, a sermon
which proceeds from an exposure of national sin to the menace...
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The first movement in commissioning the called man now commences. He
was commanded to utter a great impeachment in the ears of Jerusalem.
This impeachment was threefold. It first declared how Israel h...
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For pass over the isles of (o) Chittim, and see; and send to (p)
Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there is such a thing.
(o) Meaning, the Grecians and Italians.
(p) To Arabia....
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_Cethim; Macedon. It here denotes the western nations, as Cedar does
those of the east._...
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Observe Reader! the Lord is still pleading. It is the day of grace,
not the hour of judgment. And of all the sottish sins of Israel
surely, this exceeded the whole, that after knowing the one, true, a...
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Here, by a comparison, he amplifies the wickedness and ingratitude of
his own nation, — that they had surpassed in levity all heathen
nations; for he says that all nations so agreed in one religion, t...
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Chapter 2 contains a most touching appeal to the people at Jerusalem.
It requires no explanation, but deserves the heart's serious
attention. It testifies in the most striking manner to the kindness
a...
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FOR PASS OVER THE ISLES OF CHITTIM, AND SEE,.... Or, "to the isles of
Chittim" z; so called from Kittim the son of Javan, Genesis 10:4 who,
as Josephus says a, possessed the island of Chethima, now ca...
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For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and
consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
Ver. 10. _For pass over the isles of Chittim._] The western parts of
the w...
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_For pass over the isles of Chittim_ The neighbouring isles and
peninsulas, which lay west of Judea, meaning especially the countries
of Greece and Macedonia, and the islands and continents of Europe...
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ISRAEL'S LACK OF FAITHFULNESS...
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OVER:
Or, over to...
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9-13 Before God punishes sinners, he pleads with them, to bring them
to repentance. He pleads with us, what we should plead with ourselves.
Be afraid to think of the wrath and curse which will be the...
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THE ISLES OF CHITTIM; a synecdochical expression, extending to all
isles in the Mediterranean Sea, or any other the neighbouring coasts;
for the Hebrews call all people that are separated from them by...
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Jeremiah 2:10 beyond H5674 (H8798) coasts H339 Cyprus H3794 see H7200
(H8798) Send H7971 (H8798) Kedar H6938 consider H995 (H8708)
diligently H3966 see H7200 (H8798)
over - or, over to
the isles - Ge...
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YHWH EXPRESSES HIS ASTONISHMENT AT THE INCREDIBLE WAY IN WHICH THEY
HAVE BEHAVED (JEREMIAH 2:9).
YHWH expresses His astonishment at the behaviour of His people, and
calls on the heavens to witness wh...
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Jeremiah 2:1. _Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go
and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I
remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousa...
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CONTENTS: First message to backslidden Judah concerning their
ingratitude to God and wickedness against Him.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: It is a great affront to God to neglect Him and fo...
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Jeremiah 2:2. _I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth._ God now
addressed them, that he might do the same to the children as he had
done to the fathers, and rejoice over them as the bridegroom rej...
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_Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods?_
CHRISTIAN CONTROVERSY
The text may be put into other words, thus: “Go over to the islands
of the Chittim, the isles and coast lands of the f...
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JEREMIAH 2:1 Israel’s Covenantal Adultery. These five related
messages were probably delivered during Josiah’s reign (Jeremiah
3:6). Jeremiah declares that God’s chosen people commit spiritual
adulter...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY. Most probably in
thirteenth Josiah, quickly after his call. Dr. Dahler (Stratsbourg)
would interpose Chapter s 4, 5, 6; deferring this chapter till after...
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EXPOSITION
The second chapter forms the introduction of a group of discourses
(Jeremiah 2-6), which should be read together. It is called By Ewald
(and the position of the prophecy favors this view) t...
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Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and cry in the
ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD (Jeremiah 2:1-2);
Now this is the first message that he has to deliver. As God is
cal...
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1 Chronicles 1:7; 1 Chronicles 23:1; 1 Chronicles 23:12; 1 Corinthians
5:1; Daniel 11:30; Ezekiel 27:6; Genesis 10:4; Genesis 10:5; Genesis
25:13;...
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Of Chittim — All the isles in the Mediterranean sea, with the
neighbouring coasts; for the Hebrews call all people, that separated
from them by the sea, islanders, because they came to them by
shippin...