Bible Commentary

And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: 20. kings ] The plural is certainly strange. Cp. the sing, in Jer 22:2. As Co. says, we have here not a concrete situation but … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:20”

Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 19. the gate of the children of the people ] (mg. the common people. See ch. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:19”

Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. 18. destroy them with double destruction ] lit. as mg. break them with a double breach. Cp. Jer 4:6. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:18”

Be not a terror unto me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil. 17. terror ] a cause of dismay. See ch. Jer 1:17, with note. The root occurs as a verb ( dismayed) twice in the next v. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Jer 17:17 Be not a terror … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:17”

As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee. 16. I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee ] The word “shepherd” is not used elsewhere of prophets. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:16”

Behold, they say unto me, Where [is] the word of the LORD? let it come now. 15. The scoffs of his enemies suggested to him thoughts of such faithlessness as would never otherwise have occurred to him. For their derision of his predictions cp. Isa 5:19. The v. shews that the time is, at any … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:15”

Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise. 14. See introd. note on Jer 17:9-10. Jeremiah prays that God’s character for faithfulness may be vindicated in his own case. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 14 18. See introd. summary … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:14”

O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters. 13. shall be written in the earth ] Their names shall be blotted out, unlike those engraved in some … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:13”

A glorious high throne from the beginning [is] the place of our sanctuary. 12, 13. These verses, the third of the small group of isolated pieces (see above) which compose this sub-section, are probably to be taken in close connexion, the whole of Jer 17:12 being in form an invocation of the Temple as the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:12”

[As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. 11. As the partridge, etc.] mg. sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid. We need not take the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:11”