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Verse Jeremiah 2:15. _THE YOUNG LIONS ROARED UPON HIM_] The Assyrians,
who have sacked and destroyed the kingdom of Israel, with a fierceness
like that of pouncing upon their prey....
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UPON HIM - Rather, against him. Israel has run away from his
master’s house, but only to find himself exposed to the beasts of
prey in the wilderness.
THEY MADE HIS LAND WASTE - The prophet points to...
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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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ISRAEL'S FALSE RELIGION. Israel has forfeited the privileges of a son,
and incurred disaster by forsaking Yahweh for the sensuous worship of
the Baalim (_cf._ Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 2:28). Jeremiah 2...
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Israel's sin and obstinacy under punishment
14 17. Co. points out that Jeremiah 2:13 connects naturally with
Jeremiah 2:18. The cisterns from which Israel has sought water proving
unavailable, she ha...
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THE YOUNG LIONS ROARED, &C.— _Against him lions shall roar: they
have lifted up the voice and have made his land a desolation; his
cities are burned, so as to be without an inhabitant. Also the
childr...
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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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The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land
waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
LIONS - the Babylonian princes (; cf. ). The disaster from the
Babylonians in t...
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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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THE YOUNG LIONS ROARED... — The real answer to the question, that
Israel had forsaken its true master, is given in Jeremiah 2:17. Here
it is implied in the description of what the runaway slave had
su...
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עָלָיו֙ יִשְׁאֲג֣וּ כְפִרִ֔ים
נָתְנ֖וּ קֹולָ֑ם וַ יָּשִׁ֤יתוּ
אַרְצֹו֙ לְ שַׁמָּ֔ה עָרָ֥יו
_נִצְּת֖וּ_† מִ בְּלִ֥י...
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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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The young (x) lions roared upon him, [and] yelled, and they made his
land waste: his cities are burned without (y) inhabitant.
(x) The Babylonians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians.
(y) Not one will be left...
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_Lions; kings of Assyria, &c. The decree for the devastation of Juda
had already passed, though it was not put in execution._...
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I include all these verses under one view, as the doctrine is one and
the same, though varied with several similitudes. But the whole is
intended to show, to what a degenerate state the Church was red...
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He afterwards adds, _Over him roar the lions. _The Prophet seems not
simply to compare the enemies of Israel to lions on account of their
cruelty, but also by way of contempt, as though he had said, 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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THE YOUNG LIONS ROARED UPON HIM, AND YELLED,.... Or, "gave out their
voice" e; meaning the kings of the nations, as the Targum, Jarchi, and
Kimchi explain it; and are to be understood of the kings of...
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The young lions roared upon him, [and] yelled, and they made his land
waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
Ver. 15. _The young lions roared upon him, and yelled,_] _i.e., _ The
King of Ba...
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_The young lions roared upon them_ Lions, in the figurative style of
prophecy, denote powerful princes and conquerors; see Jeremiah 50:17;
where the king of Assyria is mentioned as one of those lions...
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Israel's Punishment and its Cause...
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YELLED:
_ Heb._ gave out their voice...
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14-19 Is Israel a servant? No, they are the seed of Abraham. We may
apply this spiritually: Is the soul of man a slave? No, it is not; but
has sold its own liberty, and enslaved itself to divers lusts...
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THE YOUNG LIONS; understand the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Egyptians,
&c., called LIONS from their fierceness, and young from their
strength. See this JEREMIAH 4:7, JEREMIAH 50:17. ROARED UPON HIM, A...
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Jeremiah 2:15 lions H3715 roared H7580 (H8799) growled H5414 (H8804)
H6963 made H7896 (H8799) land H776 waste H8047 cities H5892 burned
H3341 (H8738) inhabitant H3427 (H8802)
young lions - Jeremiah 5...
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IT IS POINTED OUT THAT IT IS BECAUSE OF THEIR INCREDIBLE BEHAVIOUR
THAT THEY HAVE UNDERGONE, AND ARE UNDERGOING, THEIR PRESENT DISTRESSES
(JEREMIAH 2:14).
It is apparent from the words that follow tha...
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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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_The young lions roared upon him, and yelled._
DANGERS OUTSIDE THE DIVINE BOUNDS
That comes of going from home, leaving sacred discipline, taking life
into one’s own hand, assuming the mastership of...
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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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Amos 3:12; Amos 3:4; Amos 3:8; Ezekiel 5:14; Hosea 11:10; Hosea 13:7;
Hosea 13:8; Hosea 5:14; Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 24:1;...
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Lions — Understand the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Egyptians, called
lions from their fierceness, and young from their strength. Yelled —
Noting the terrible voice that the lion puts forth, either in...