Will he reserve [his anger] forever? will he keep [it] to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. 5. The continued expression of Israel’s ill-founded confidence and God’s reply. thou hast spoken, etc.] rather (as mg.) thou hast spoken thus, but hast done, etc. hast had thy way ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:5”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:4
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou [art] the guide of my youth? 4. Wilt thou not from this time cry ] Hast thou not but now cried. Judah, at the very time that she is deserting Jehovah, is using to Him the language of wheedling affection. guide ] mg. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:4”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:3
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. 3. no latter rain ] See ch. Jer 5:24, and for the general thought cp. Amo 4:6 ff. The wholly different rendering of the clause by LXX, though doubtless wrong, suggests … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:3”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:2
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lain with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. 2. Israel is shameless and wholly given up to idolatrous excesses. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:2”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:1
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD. Ch. Jer 3:1-5. Israel’s faithlessness towards her … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:1”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 2:37
Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them. 37. From him also shalt thou go forth ] The king of Egypt shall repulse thy advances, and thou shalt return mourning. thine hands upon thine head ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 2:37”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 2:36
Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. 36. to change thy way ] to turn from Assyria and seek the aid of Egypt. The negotiations here referred to are unknown. LXX, vocalising MT. differently, render, Why makest thou so … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 2:36”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 2:35
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned. 35. Israel protests that her innocence is proved by her prosperity, which marks Jehovah’s favour. He replies that judgement awaits her for her denial of guilt. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 2:35”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 2:34
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these. 34. blood, etc.] “The allusion may be to deaths due to miscarriage of justice or the result of exaction (Jer 7:6, Jer 22:3 end, 17; cf. Mic 3:10; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 2:34”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 2:33
Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways. 33. How trimmest thou thy way ] lit. How thou makest thy way good! i.e. How cleverly thou goest about (to reach an immoral object)! even the wicked women, etc.] even experts in immorality can learn fresh … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 2:33”