Bible Commentary

Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labors thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon. All the strength – … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 20:5”

For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold [it]: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 20:4”

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib. 3. Magor-missabib ] meaning, terror on every side. The LXX wrongly render, foreigner, obtaining this sense from the fact that the Hebrew roots … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 20:3”

Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that [were] in the high gate of Benjamin, which [was] by the house of the LORD. 2. the stocks ] Cp. Jer 29:26. See HDB. I. 527 for anything that is known with reference to this mode of punishment as applied then. upper … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 20:2”

Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who [was] also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. Jer 20:1 . Now Pashhur the son of Immer the priest ] The name seems to have been a common one. In Jer 21:1 and Jer 38:1 a P. “son … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 20:1”

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words. 15. all her towns ] all the others belonging to Judah. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 19:15”

Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD’s house; and said to all the people, 14. Jeremiah has now returned from the fulfilment of his commission. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Since it was this repetition of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 19:14”

And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods. 13. upon whose roofs ] Cp. Jer … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 19:13”

Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and [even] make this city as Tophet: 12. As Topheth had been made unclean (2Ki 23:10) by Josiah, so shall the houses of Jerusalem be. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 12. And even make this city … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 19:12”

And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as [one] breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury [them] in Tophet, till [there be] no place to bury. 11. and they shall bury to bury ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 19:11”