Bible Commentary

Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? 4. We have had (chs. Jer 7:29 to Jer 8:3) a kind of parenthesis, setting forth the nature of the coming punishment. Jeremiah now returns to the subject of the conduct which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 8:4”

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts. 3. The thoughts correspond closely with Lev 26:36 ff.; Deu 28:65 ff. family ] See on Jer 3:14. which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 8:3”

And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshiped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 8:2”

At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: Jer 8:1 . they shall bring out ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 8:1”

Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate. 34. the voice of the bridegroom, etc.] Cp. Jer 16:9, Jer 25:10. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:34”

And the carcasses of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten [them] away. 33. fray ] frighten. The word is obsolete, except as a provincialism. It is the root of affray (participle, afraid). Cp. “he thought hir to affraye.” Chaucer’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:33”

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place. 32. “Where they have butchered their children, they shall themselves be butchered, hence the name … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:32”

And they have built the high places of Tophet, which [is] in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded [them] not, neither came it into my heart. 31. high places ] read high place. There would not be more than one altar … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:31”

For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it. 30. they have set their abominations ] as Manasseh had done (2Ki 21:5; 2Ki 21:7). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:30”

Cut off thine hair, [O Jerusalem], and cast [it] away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath. 29. hair ] lit. (as mg.) crown, Heb. nezer, and used of the long hair worn in fulfilment of the Nazirite’s vow (Num 6:7). Jerusalem … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:29”