Bible Commentary

But thou shalt say unto them, This [is] a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth. 28. the nation ] conspicuous for their disobedience. Cp. Psa 12:4. truth ] mg. faithfulness. See on ch. Jer 5:3. 29 8:3. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:28”

Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee. 27, 28. For And thou shalt speak say unto them, LXX has only And thou shalt say unto them this word, pointing to a probable amplification on … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:27”

Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers. 26. made their neck stiff ] Cp. for the phrase ch. Jer 19:15; 2Ki 17:14; Neh 9:16-17; Neh 9:29; Pro 29:1. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Their fathers had done bad enough, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:26”

Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending [them]: 25, 26. Repeated substantially in ch. Jer 11:7 f. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges God seems to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:25”

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels [and] in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. 24. in their own counsels ] lit. in counsels. The words are best omitted (with LXX). stubbornness ] Cp. Jer 3:17. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:24”

But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. 23. The nature of the compact was protection on the one hand conditional upon … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:23”

For I spoke not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: 22. The passage is of the highest importance in its bearing on the epochs at which the different parts of the Pentateuch were severally composed. It is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:22”

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. 21. Add your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices ] Burnt offerings were consumed whole, while of sacrifices certain portions were reserved to be eaten by the priest and the offerer. Accordingly the sense here is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:21”

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. Upon man, and upon beast – All creation … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:20”

Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: [do they] not [provoke] themselves to the confusion of their own faces? Do they not provoke … – literally, Is it not themselves (that they provoke) to the shame of their faces? Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Do they think to grieve me, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:19”