"Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say."
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Verse Jeremiah 5:15. _I WILL BRING A NATION_] The _Scythians_, says
_Dahler_; the _Babylonians_, whose antiquity was great, that empire
being founded by Nimrod.
_WHOSE LANGUAGE THOU KNOWEST NOT_] The...
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Israel is not put here for the ten tribes, but for the whole house of
Jacob, of which Judah was now the representative.
MIGHTY - “permanent, enduring.” The word is the usual epithet of
the rocks Numb...
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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 (Jeremiah 5:30)
Jeremiah...
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THE COMING OF THE FOE. Let the enemy, therefore, destroy the vineyard
of Judah, for of its owner Judah has said, He does nothing, rejecting
His warnings by (true) prophets. The word they have rejected...
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I WILL BRING. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:49). App-92.
A NATION: i.e. the Chaldeans, but not yet named as such.
ANCIENT. Compare Genesis 10:10.
UNDERSTANDEST. hearest. Put by Figure of...
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See summary at beginning of section....
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3. _Treacherous unbelief_ (Jeremiah 5:10-18)
TRANSLATION
(10) Go up against her rows and destroy, but do not make a full end;
Remove her shoots for they do not belong to the LORD. (11) For the
house...
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Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith
the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation
whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what th...
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5:15 understandest (i-33) Lit. 'hearest.'...
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1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness....
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O HOUSE OF ISRAEL. — Apparently, as there is no contrast with Judah,
in its wider sense, as including the whole body of the twelve tribes.
A MIGHTY NATION. — The strict force of the adjective is that...
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הִנְנִ֣י מֵבִיא֩ עֲלֵיכֶ֨ם גֹּ֧וי מִ
מֶּרְחָ֛ק בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נְאֻם
־יְהֹוָ֑ה גֹּ֣וי ׀ אֵיתָ֣ן ה֗וּא
גֹּ֤וי
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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 understand what is written here and elsewhere in the pages
of prophecy, two thing...
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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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Lo, I will bring a nation upon you (o) from far, O house of Israel,
saith the LORD: it [is] a mighty nation, it [is] an ancient nation, a
nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest...
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_Ancient. Nemrod founded the empire of Ninive and of Babylon, Genesis
x. 10. Nabopolassar had succeeded to the ancient Assyrian and Chaldean
sovereigns. Under his son, Nabuchodonosor, the dominions we...
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Reader! do as the Psalmist did, after reading these verses, and say, I
will sing of mercy and judgment. And let your song as his was, be
dedicated to the Lord: for to the Lord alone the praise and glo...
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The Prophet shews here how the people would become like straw or dry
wood; for God would bring a sure calamity which they did not fear. But
the context is to be here observed: the Prophet had said, th...
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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 t...
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LO, I WILL BRING A NATION UPON YOU FROM FAR,.... From Babylon, as in
Jeremiah 4:16:
O HOUSE OF ISRAEL, SAITH THE LORD; though the house of Israel is
generally taken for the ten tribes, especially whe...
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Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith
the LORD: it [is] a mighty nation, it [is] an ancient nation, a nation
whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what...
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_Wherefore, thus saith the Lord God of hosts_ The prophet now, in the
name of God, answers the blasphemous speeches of these infidels,
ascribing to Jehovah that power and supremacy which were calculat...
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FAITHLESSNESS AND TREACHERY...
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10-18 Multitudes are ruined by believing that God will not be so
strict as his word says he will; by this artifice Satan undid mankind.
Sinners are not willing to own any thing to be God's word, that...
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FROM FAR, viz. from Chaldea. _House of Israel_: by these are meant
Judah; for Israel, properly so called, viz. the ten tribes, were in
captivity before; see on JEREMIAH 4:1; called the house of Israel...
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Jeremiah 5:15 bring H935 (H8688) nation H1471 afar H4801 house H1004
Israel H3478 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 mighty H386 nation H1471
ancient H5769 nation H1471 nation H1471 language H3956 know H30...
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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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Jeremiah 5:10. _Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a
full end: take away her battlements; for the are not the LORD'S. For
the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very
tre...
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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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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 5:15 The destroyer, Babylon, was indeed
ANCIENT and famous for literature, religion, and for its inclination
to go to war.
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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 14:21; Daniel 2:37; Daniel 2:38; Daniel 7:7; Deuteronomy
28:49; Ezekiel 18:31; Habakkuk 1:5; Isaiah 28:11; Isaiah 29:3;...
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Israel — By these are meant Judah; for Israel were in captivity
before: called the house of Israel, not only because they descended
from Jacob, but because they were the chief of that stock....