Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 32:29
And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.
Verse 29. With the houses, upon whose roofs] As it is most probable that Baal was the sun, they might have chosen the tops of the houses, which were always flat, with battlements around, to offer incense and sacrifice to him at his rising, and while he was in sight above the horizon.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Thou judgest right, this city shall be taken, and that by this very army of Chaldeans which now besiegeth it, they shall set fire on it, and burn the houses; I have made all flesh, and I have power to dispose of it, I will give this city into their hands. But in this execution of my vengeance I shall not act by prerogative, but as a just and righteous judge, vindicating the violation of my laws: they have polluted their houses by idolatry upon the roofs of them, they have offered incense, paid a divine homage, to the idol Baal; and in them they have worshipped other gods; therefore I will watch over and protect them no longer, but send the Chaldeans by their fires to purge them.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
29. burn . . . houses upon whoseroofs . . . incense unto Baalretribution in kind. They burntincense to Baal, on the houses, so the houses shall beburnt (Jer 19:13). Thegod of fire was the object of their worship; so fire shall be theinstrument of their punishment.
to provoke meindicatingthe design, not merely the event. They seemed to courtGod’s “anger,” and purposely to “provoke”Him.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come,…. Or rather “shall enter”, as Aquila renders it; for they were come to it already, and were fighting against it, battering the walls, and throwing in their arrows, and putting to the sword such as came out, or were within their reach:
and set fire on this city; as they did, Jer 39:8;
and burn it, with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal; or “especially the houses” g, or “even the houses”; the houses particularly mentioned in the history of the destruction as burnt; and which, very probably, are here intended; besides the Lord’s house, and all the houses in Jerusalem, were the king’s house, and the houses of the great men or princes; and which, Kimchi thinks, were higher than others; on which therefore they burnt incense to Baal; wherefore it was a just retaliation, upon them that they should be burnt with fire:
and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger; to other gods besides the true God; to strange gods, and to other gods besides Baal; which was done as if they really designed to provoke the Lord; as if they had it in view to affront him; and, if they had, they could not have taken a more effectual method; though this is to be understood, not intentionally, but eventually; not what was their design, though it looked like it, but what was the effect of their idolatry.
g “imprimis domos”, Schmidt; “nempe domos”, Piscator.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
And therefore he adds, enter in shall the Chaldeans who assail the city; for he does not say that they would come, but he confirms in other words what he had said; Break then into the city shall the Chaldeans, though it was closed up and fortified; and shall set on fire this city It was not without purpose that he mentioned the word city so often; for as it was the sanctuary of God, and the royal seat, the Jews thought that it was impregnable, and that the sun could be sooner cast down from heaven than that; enemies could take possession of it: in order then to subvert this false confidence, God often mentioned the word city. He at last adds, that the Chaldeans would burn it, as though he had said, that whatever Jeremiah had predicted would certainly be fulfilled, not only respecting the attack on the city, but also its destruction, so that not a stone would be left on a stone, but that there would be a dreadful desolation until the time of its restoration. The rest to-morrow.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(29) Upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal . . .On the mode of worship to which the words refer, see Note on Jer. 19:13. Here the leading thought is that of the righteous judgment which is to fall on the very spots that had thus been turned from the worship of Jehovah to that of the false gods whom men had worshipped in His stead. The incense-smoke of their false worship had, as its end, the smoke of burning roof and timbers.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Jer 32:29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.
Ver. 29. With the houses, upon whose roofs. ] Such was their impudence, and so far was this now from being, as once, the holy city. It was become a very Poneropolis, excessively superstitious, as was afterwards Athens. Act 17:22
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
upon whose roofs, &c. Compare Jer 19:13.
to provoke Me to anger. Reference to Pentateuch (Deu 4:25; Deu 9:18; Deu 81:29; Deu 32:21). App-92.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
and set: Jer 17:27, Jer 21:10, Jer 27:8-10, Jer 37:7-10, Jer 39:8, Jer 52:13, 2Ki 25:9, 2Ch 36:19, Isa 64:10, Isa 64:11, Lam 4:11, Mat 22:7
upon: Jer 7:18, Jer 19:13, Jer 44:17-19, Jer 44:25
Reciprocal: 1Ki 13:1 – burn Neh 8:16 – the roof Isa 57:6 – to them Jer 7:9 – and burn Jer 19:4 – burned Jer 24:8 – So will Jer 32:3 – Behold Jer 34:2 – Behold Jer 34:22 – shall fight Jer 37:8 – General Jer 39:16 – Behold Lam 2:7 – given up Eze 24:11 – set it Zep 1:5 – worship Luk 8:15 – in an
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 32:29. The Chaldeans were a special group who were in the lead in the Babylonian Empire, hence the two words are used interchangeably. This verse was fulfilled as here predicted and the account of it is in 2Ki 25:9.