Bible Commentary

Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. 8. that cannot profit ] Or perhaps, so that ye profit not. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 8 11. See introd. note on the section. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Behold; take notice of it, and think of it seriously. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:8”

Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever. Then, i.e. upon this condition, that you will return unto me, then either I will establish and fix you in the land; or, as anciently read, sachanti in kal, I will dwell, viz. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:7”

[If] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: 6. if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow ] The foreigner, temporarily resident, as having no legal status, specially needed commendation to the kindness … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:6”

For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor; A summary of the conditions indispensable on mans part, before he can plead the terms of the covenant in his favor. Jer 7:6 In this place – i. e., in Jerusalem. The prophet refers … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:5”

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, [are] these. 4. lying words ] those of the false prophets, who maintained that the possession of the Temple was enough. Jehovah would never suffer it to be overthrown, and thus its presence … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:4”

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 3. your ways and your doings ] a frequent expression in this Book. See Intr. iii. 14 ( b), note. Cp. Eze 14:22 f., Eze 20:43, Jer 36:17; Zec … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:3”

Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all [ye of] Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD. 2. the gate ] In Jer 26:2 “the court” (perhaps the “new gate” of Jer 36:10), probably between the inner … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:2”

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 1, 2. Absence from the LXX of all but “Hear ye of Judah” suggests the probability that the rest has been supplied by an editor from ch. 26. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges In Jer. 710 he addresses the people as they … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 7:1”

Reprobate silver shall [men] call them, because the LORD hath rejected them. 30. Refuse rejected ] There is a play on the words in the Hebrew. Refuse refused. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Reprobate – See the margin; not really silver, but the dross. The Lord hath rejected them – This then … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 6:30”

The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. 29. The figure from refining metals is continued from Jer 6:27. “In refining, the alloy containing the gold or silver is mixed with lead, and fused in a furnace on a vessel … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 6:29”