Bible Commentary

Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee, 10 13. See introd. summary to section. Jer 19:10 links on to Jer 19:2. This and the next sub-section ( Jer 19:14 to Jer 20:6) are thought to be taken from the memoirs of Jeremiah by Baruch (see Intr. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 19:10”

And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them. 9. The v. is taken from Deu 28:53. Cp. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 19:9”

And I will make this city desolate, and a hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof. This is no more than we met with before, Jer 18:16, and shall again meet with. Mens honour and reputation is ordinarily very dear to them, it was especially … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 19:8”

And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcasses will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 19:7”

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter. For this God, by his prophet, threateneth that this place, anciently, in Joshuas time, called The valley of the son of Hinnom, and more lately … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 19:6”

They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire [for] burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spoke [it], neither came [it] into my mind: 5. of Baal ] See on Jer 2:8. Topheth is the corresponding word in Jer 7:31. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 19:5”

Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; 4. have estranged ] have refused to recognise its claims. they and their … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 19:4”

And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. 3. his ears shall tingle ] Cp. 2Ki 21:12. Fuente: The Cambridge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 19:3”

And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which [is] by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee, 2. the valley of the son of Hinnom ] See on ch. Jer 7:31. the gate Harsith ] rather, as mg. the gate of potsherds. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 19:2”

Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, and [take] of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; 1. buy a potter’s earthen bottle ] The point in ch. 18 (the potter’s clay) was the power of God to alter the destinies of a people at any … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 19:1”