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Or, “Behold the voice of the cry for help of the daughter of my
people from a distant land: Is not Yahweh in Zion? Is not her king
there? Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images,
w...
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CHAPTER 8
_ 1. The horrors of the invasion (Jeremiah 8:1) _
2. Hardened hearts and retribution (Jeremiah 8:4)
3. Utter destruction threatened (Jeremiah 8:13)
4. The prophet's lamentation (Jeremiah...
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JEREMIAH 8:18 TO JEREMIAH 9:1. JEREMIAH'S SORROW OVER JUDAH'S
SUFFERING. The prophet, in sorrowful sympathy with his people, hears
in anticipation the cry of the exiles and Yahweh's answer. They
repro...
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PROVOKED... VANITIES. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:21, same
word). Compare Jeremiah 7:19.
GRAVEN IMAGES. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 7:5, same word).
App-92....
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Jeremiah 8:4 to Jeremiah 9:1. Forecast of punishment as the result of
sin
The section may be thus summarized.
(i) Jeremiah 8:4. Human fortunes and conduct are as a rule liable to
change, but Israel...
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BEHOLD, THE VOICE, &C.— The prophet anticipates in his imagination
the captivity of his countrymen in Babylon, _a far country;_ and
represents them there as asking with a mixture of grief and
astonish...
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D. Unbearable Pain on the Part of the Prophet Jeremiah 8:18 to
Jeremiah 9:1
TRANSLATION
(18) O my Comfort against sorrow! My heart is faint within me! (19)
Behold, the sound of the cry of the daughte...
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Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of
them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her
king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their gr...
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1-3. The dead shall share in the universal punishment....
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BECAUSE OF THEM THAT DWELL... — The verse should read thus: _Behold,
the voice of the cry for help of the daughter of my people from the
land of those that are far off._ The prophet, dramatising the f...
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הִנֵּה ־קֹ֞ול שַֽׁוְעַ֣ת בַּת
־עַמִּ֗י מֵ אֶ֨רֶץ֙ מַרְחַקִּ֔ים הַֽ
יהוָה֙ אֵ֣ין בְּ צִיֹּ֔ון אִם...
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Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 26:1
In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is
plainly a finished whole. The only possible exception Jeremiah 10:1
shall be...
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FALSE PROMISES OF PEACE
Jeremiah 8:4-22
This chapter is filled with denunciation of the unreasonable and
infatuated obstinacy of Israel. As the horse rushes madly to the
fight, so were the people se...
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Utter desolation would overtake them so that death would be chosen
rather than life. This sin of idolatry had been aggravated by the
people's terrible persistence therein. If men fall it is naturally...
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Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of
them that dwell in a distant country: [Is] not the LORD in Zion? [is]
not her king in her? Why (o) have they provoked me to anger wi...
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_Sion. Thus the people complain, (Menochius) or God answers them that
they had no reason to have recourse to idols for protection. (Calmet)_...
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I bring the whole of this beautiful Chapter, from this verse to the
end into one view, for the sake of shortness, and from necessity; but
otherwise nothing could be more desirable than to dwell upon e...
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The Prophet in this verse assumes different characters: he first
denounces ruin, which, though near, was not yet dreaded by the people;
he then represents the people, and relates what they would say;...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9.
Chapter 7 begins a new prophecy, contemplating especially the temple,
which, instead of being a protection (as the people, without
conscience, wo...
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BEHOLD, THE VOICE OF THE CRY OF THE DAUGHTER OF MY PEOPLE,.... This
was what made his heart faint, such was his sympathy with his
countrymen, his people in distress, whom he affectionately calls the
d...
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Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of
them that dwell in a far country: [Is] not the LORD in Zion? [is] not
her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their...
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_When I would comfort myself_, &c. “When I would apply comfort to
myself, my heart misgives me: I find great reason for my fears, and
none for my hopes.” Blaney translates the verse, _sorrow is upon m...
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FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPENDING PUNISHMENT...
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BECAUSE OF THEM THAT DWELL IN A FAR COUNTRY:
_ Heb._ because of the country of them that are far off...
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14-22 At length they begin to see the hand of God lifted up. And when
God appears against us, every thing that is against us appears
formidable. As salvation only can be found in the Lord, so the pres...
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THE VOICE OF THE CRY, i.e. the, greatness of their cry, the bitter
cries, and screeches, and complaints that methinks I hear: the words
are abrupt, because the prophet is to represent several persons...
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Jeremiah 8:19 voice H6963 cry H7775 daughter H1323 people H5971 far
H4801 country H776 LORD H3068 Zion H6726 King H4428 anger H3707
(H8689) foreign H5236 idols H1892
the voice - Jeremiah 4:16-17, Jer...
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Jeremiah 8:1. _At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the
bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the
bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bo...
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CONTENTS: Message in the temple gate, continued. Terrible judgments
impending.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Impenitence brings certain ruin. All the boasted wisdom of
man cannot serve to k...
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Jeremiah 8:1. _At that time they shall bring out the bones of the
kings of Judah of the princes of the priests, and the bones_ (as in
the Chaldaic) _of the_ false _prophets._ They shall spread them be...
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_Is not the Lord in Zion?_
A DISCOURSE FOR A REVIVAL SEASON
These words, as they stand in the Book of Jeremiah, were probably
meant to set forth the sin of Israel. The prophet’s heart is very
full of...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 8:18 In this exchange between Judah and
God, the people claim that God has deserted them, but God notes their
ongoing worship of idols. They reply that they ARE NOT SAVED (an...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Chronology and History, as in chap.
7. Observe, however, that a new section in this extended prophetic
address commenced with Jeremiah 8:4, which continues to chap. Jere...
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 8:1
Punishment will even overtake the sinners who have long since been
deceased.
JEREMIAH 8:1
THEY SHALL BRING OUT THE BONES. Not only shall many of the dead bodies
remain unbur...
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At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the
kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the
priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the
inha...
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Deuteronomy 32:16; Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 12:6; Isaiah 13:5; Isaiah 33:22;
Isaiah 39:3; Isaiah 52:1; Jeremiah 14:19; Jeremiah 31:6; Jeremiah 4:16
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Why — As if God should seem to reply; let them not think it strange,
seeing they have turned their backs upon me, and trusted to idols....