Bible Commentary

Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name [is] The LORD. 21. Gi. considers this v. to be late, as being in the style of the second Is. (cp. Isa 42:6) and Ezek. (Eze 36:23). … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 16:21”

Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they [are] no gods? Verse 20. Shall a man make gods unto himself?] Can any be so silly, and so preposterously absurd? Yes, fallen man is capable of any thing that is base, mean, vile, and wicked, till influenced and converted by the grace of Christ. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 16:20”

O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and [things] wherein [there is] no profit. 19. my strength, and my strong hold ] The two Hebrew … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 16:19”

And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable things. 18. first ] The word ( r’shnah) is not found in LXX, and was probably inserted after Jer 16:14 f. had been introduced into … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 16:18”

For mine eyes [are] upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. This chastisement arises not from caprice, but is decreed upon full knowledge and examination of their doings. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible God is of purer eyes than that he … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 16:17”

Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. 16. For the metaphor from fishing cp. Eze 12:13; Eze 29:4 f.; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 16:16”

But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. Verse 15. The land of the north] Chaldea: and their deliverance thence will … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 16:15”

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 14, 15. See introd. summary to section. These two verses, recurring as they do in a suitable context as Jer 23:7 f., must be … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 16:14”

Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, [neither] ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not show you favor. 13. there shall ye serve other gods ] The original thought of Jehovah as a national Deity … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 16:13”

And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: 12. stubbornness ] Cp. ch. Jer 3:17. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Imaginations – Read stubbornness. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Verse … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 16:12”