Bible Commentary

I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings. 10. search reins ] See on Jer 11:20. even to give, etc.] found also Jer 32:19. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Jer 17:10 I the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:10”

The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it? 9, 10. Du. (so too Co.) suggests that these vv. link on closely to Jer 17:14. In Jer 17:9, according to him, the prophet is confessing his personal consciousness of sin, discovered by probing beneath the fair exterior to the hidden … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:9”

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and [that] spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. 8. fear ] to be preferred, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:8”

Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. 7. hope ] lit. as mg. trust. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Trusting in the Lord necessarily implieth also a walking close with him, and not in heart departing from him; for it is naturally impossible that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:7”

For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, [in] a salt land and not inhabited. 6. the heath ] mg. a tamarisk. The Hebrew substantive occurs again in Jer 48:9 and means in both cases a juniper … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:6”

Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. 5 8. See introd. summary to section. The antithesis in these verses is sharply defined, the two courses of human conduct making the men who practise them respectively to fade and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:5”

And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, [which] shall burn forever. 4. and thou, even of thyself, shalt discontinue ] i.e. shalt cease to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:4”

O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance [and] all thy treasures to the spoil, [and] thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders. 3. See on Jer 17:2 for amended reading, which is adopted by Du. and Co. The rendering in the text makes the “mountain” to apply to Jerusalem. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:3”

Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. 2, 3. The text is difficult, and pretty certainly contains some error. Du. and Co. omit from “whilst their” to “Asherim,” as a gloss, introduced to shew how indelible was Judah’s guilt, to be remembered by future generations. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:2”

The sin of Judah [is] written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond: [it is] graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; 1. a pen of iron ] used for making permanent marks on a hard surface, e.g. on rocks (Job 19:24). diamond … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 17:1”