"But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause."
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In the rest of the chapter we have an outbreak of deep emotion, of
which the first part ends in a cry of hope Jeremiah 20:13, followed
nevertheless by curses upon the day of his birth. Was this the re...
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CHAPTER 20
Pashur.-Jeremiah's Perplexity and Complaint
_ 1. Pashur and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 20:1) _
2. Jeremiah's great perplexity and complaint (Jeremiah 20:7)
Jeremiah 20:1. A great scene now follo...
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THE PROPHET'S TROUBLES, HOPES, AND DARK DESPAIR. In passionate protest
against his lot (possibly occasioned by the incident just related)
Jeremiah complains that Yahweh has beguiled him into the work...
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LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Jeremiah 6:6, and 1 Samuel 1:3.
TRIEST. testest.
THE RIGHTEOUS. a righteous one.
REINS. kidneys. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), for
thoughts.
HEART. Pu...
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Jeremiah 20:7-18. The prophet bitterly complains to God of his lot
The passage opens to us the depths of the prophet's soul, and we see
him in intimate converse with God, and possessed now by the emo...
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B. Conviction Jeremiah 20:11-13
TRANSLATION
(11) But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore my
persecutors shall stumble and they shall not prevail. They shall be
utterly put to sham...
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But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins
and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I
opened my cause.
O LORD OF HOSTS, THAT TRIEST THE RIGHTEO...
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20:12 revealed (e-29) Or 'committed.' see ch. 11.20....
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1-6. Pashur's act and Jeremiah's reply....
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BUT, O LORD OF HOSTS... — The verse is almost verbally identical
with Jeremiah 11:20, where see Note....
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וַ יהוָ֤ה צְבָאֹות֙ בֹּחֵ֣ן צַדִּ֔יק
רֹאֶ֥ה כְלָיֹ֖ות וָ לֵ֑ב אֶרְאֶ֤ה
נִקְמָֽתְךָ֙ מֵהֶ֔ם כִּ֥י אֵלֶ֖יךָ...
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CHAPTER XIII
JEREMIAH UNDER PERSECUTION
Jeremiah 20:1
THE prophet has now to endure something more than a scornful rejection
of his message. "And Pashchur ben Immer the priest" (he was chief
officer...
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The story of the persecution which this action stirred up against him
follows. Pashur heard the prophecy, and, smiting the prophet, arrested
and imprisoned him. On the following day Jeremiah, being br...
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_Let me see, &c. This prayer proceeded not from hatred or ill-will,
but zeal of justice. (Challoner) --- He expresses in a human manner a
future punishment._...
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What a blessed testimony, is it to the truth of the holy scriptures,
that their effects on the souls of God's people, are in all ages the
same. What Jeremiah said, all more or less find, that the word...
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The Prophet shews here briefly how he dared to allege God’s name and
help against his enemies; for hypocrites often boast that God is their
helper, but they falsely pretend his name. The proof, then,...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 AND 20.
Chapter s 19 and 20 shew us the judgment of Jerusalem announced in
terms that require little explanation; and we have in chapter 20 a
sample of the...
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BUT, O LORD, THAT TRIEST THE RIGHTEOUS, AND SEEST THE REINS AND THE
HEART,.... That tries the cause of the righteous, and vindicates them,
rights their wrongs, and does them justice; being the omnisci...
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_But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, [and] seest the
reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee
have I opened my cause._
Ver. 12. _But, O Lord of hosts._] See J...
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_But, O Lord, that triest the righteous_ That triest their faith and
patience, in order to the farther purification of their souls, and the
increase of these and all their other graces; or, who takest...
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The Prophet's Joy and Sorrow...
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7-13 The prophet complains of the insult and injury he experienced.
But ver. Jeremiah 20:7 may be read, Thou hast persuaded me, and I was
persuaded. Thou wast stronger than I; and didst overpower me...
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SEEST THE REINS AND THE HEART: the prophet had, JEREMIAH 17:10, spoken
unto God under this notion; here he appealeth to him as such, who
therefore must needs see as well the prophet's sincerity as his...
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Jeremiah 20:12 LORD H3068 hosts H6635 test H974 (H8802) righteous
H6662 see H7200 (H8802) mind H3629 heart H3820 see H7200 (H8799)
vengeance H5360 pleaded H1540 (H8765) cause H7379
that - Jeremiah 17...
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JEREMIAH IS SO DISTRAUGHT THAT HE BERATES YHWH AND POINTS OUT HOW
TOUGH HE IS FINDING THINGS, AND YET HE ADMITS THAT HE HAS TO SPEAK OUT
WHETHER HE LIKES IT OR NOT BECAUSE YHWH'S WORD IS LIKE A BURNIN...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's first persecution. His complaint to God and
encouragement in God.
CHARACTERS: God, Pashur, Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar.
CONCLUSION: Those who declare the whole counsel of God may e...
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Jeremiah 20:3. _The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur,_ which
signifies security or increase; _but Magormissabib,_ a terror on every
side, or terrors of a captivity. Pashur believed the prophet, ye...
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_An my familiars watched for my halting._
PATHETIC EXPERIENCES
In these verses we have two distinct aspects of human experience.
Within this brief section Jeremiah is on the hill top and in the
deepe...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. With
chap. 20 the first section of this book closes. Probably this was
Jeremiah’s last public prophecy in Jehoiakim’s reign, and formed
the...
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 20:1
The continuation of the preceding narrative. PASHUR THE SON OF
TRAINER. This man belonged to the sixteenth of the sacerdotal families
or classes (1 Chronicles 24:14). Another...
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Now Pashur (Jeremiah 20:1).
And the name means "prosperity all around."
Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in
the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah had prophesi...
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1 Peter 2:23; 1 Peter 4:19; 1 Samuel 1:15; 2 Chronicles 24:22; Isaiah
37:14; Isaiah 38:14; Jeremiah 11:20; Jeremiah 12:8; Jeremiah 17:10;...