Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
Saying to a stock, Thou art my father - (contrast ; ).
In ... trouble they will say - namely, to God (; ). Trouble often brings men to their senses, as it did the prodigal son (Luke 15:16).
Verse Jeremiah 2:27. _THOU_ ART _MY FATHER_] By thee we have been produced, and by thee we are sustained. This was the property of the true God; for he is the _Author_ and _Supporter_ of _being_. How...
“Stone” being feminine in Hebrew is here represented as the mother. ARISE, AND SAVE US - Whether it be idolatry or infidelity, it satisfies only in tranquil and prosperous times. No sooner does troub...
CHAPTER S 2:1-3:5 Expostulation and Impeachment _ 1. His love and kindness to Jerusalem (Jeremiah 2:1) _ 2. The unfaithful people (Jeremiah 2:4) 3. The two evils and the results (Jeremiah 2:12)...
ISRAEL'S FALSE RELIGION. Israel has forfeited the privileges of a son, and incurred disaster by forsaking Yahweh for the sensuous worship of the Baalim (_cf._ Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 2:28). Jeremiah 2...
STONE. Here feminine, to agree with mother....
The "stock" and "stone" symbolize the god worshipped, and doubtless include the wooden poles (Asherahs) and stone obelisks or pillars by which they were represented. The words addressed to them by the...
Israel's sin and obstinacy under punishment 14 17. Co. points out that Jeremiah 2:13 connects naturally with Jeremiah 2:18. The cisterns from which Israel has sought water proving unavailable, she has...
DISCOURSE: 1030 THE FOLLY OF NEGLECTING GOD Jeremiah 2:27. _They have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us! But where are...
D. Pointed Accusation Jeremiah 2:20-28 TRANSLATION (20) For from of old you have broken your yoke, you have burst your bands and you said, I will not serve. For upon every high hill and under every g...
JEREMIAH'S SECOND PROPHECY (2:1-3:5) The prophet expostulates with Israel because of their unfaithfulness to Jehovah. 1-13. Under the figure of the marriage relation Jehovah reminds the people of Hi...
SAYING TO A STOCK... — The “stock” and the “stone” represent respectively the images of wood and marble. In Hebrew the latter word is feminine, and thus determines the parts assigned to them in the fi...
אֹמְרִ֨ים לָ † עֵ֜ץ אָ֣בִי אַ֗תָּה וְ...
CHAPTER II THE TRUST IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPT Jeremiah 2:1; Jeremiah 3:1 THE first of the prophet's public addresses is, in fact, a sermon which proceeds from an exposure of national sin to the menace...
The first movement in commissioning the called man now commences. He was commanded to utter a great impeachment in the ears of Jerusalem. This impeachment was threefold. It first declared how Israel h...
Saying to a tree, Thou [art] my (o) father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned [their] back to me, and not [their] face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, A...
I include all these verses under one view, as the doctrine is one and the same, though varied with several similitudes. But the whole is intended to show, to what a degenerate state the Church was red...
The Prophet here confirms what he had before said of the perverse wickedness of the people. He shews that he had not said without reason, that their sins were extremely gross, and could not be excused...
Chapter 2 contains a most touching appeal to the people at Jerusalem. It requires no explanation, but deserves the heart's serious attention. It testifies in the most striking manner to the kindness a...
SAYING TO A STOCK,.... "To a tree" f; to a piece of wood; that is, to an image made of it; so the Targum, "they say to an image of wood;'' what follows: THOU ART MY FATHER; ascribing that to the id...
_Saying to a stock, Thou [art] my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned [their] back unto me, and not [their] face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, A...
_As the thief is ashamed_ As the thief has nothing to say for himself, but is perfectly confounded when he is taken in the very act, so the house of Israel hath no manner of plea wherewith to defend o...
THE SIN OF IDOLATRY...
saying to a stock, to a tree or log. THOU ART MY FATHER, hailing the dead creature as god; AND TO A STONE, THOU HAST BROUGHT ME FORTH; FOR THEY HAVE TURNED THEIR BACK UNTO ME AND NOT THEIR FACE, that...
BROUGHT ME FORTH: Or, begotten me THEIR BACK UNTO ME: _ Heb._ the hinder part part [sic] of the neck...
20-28 Notwithstanding all their advantages, Israel had become like the wild vine that bears poisonous fruit. Men are often as much under the power of their unbridled desires and their sinful lusts, a...
A STONE; idol; a metonymy of the matter, because idols are made of these materials, DANIEL 5:4. BROUGHT ME FORTH; or, begotten me; so is the word used, GENESIS 4:18. This notes the sottish stupidity o...
Jeremiah 2:27 Saying H559 (H8802) tree H6086 father H1 stone H68 birth H3205 (H8804) turned H6437 ...
THEY HAD BROKEN FREE FROM YHWH TO WORSHIP FALSE GODS AND HAD THEREBY BECOME DEFILED WITH A DEFILEMENT AND A DEGENERACY THAT THEY COULD NOT REMOVE, WHILE STILL INCREDIBLY CLAIMING THAT THEY HAD NOT BRO...
Jeremiah 2:20. For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the har...
CONTENTS: First message to backslidden Judah concerning their ingratitude to God and wickedness against Him. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: It is a great affront to God to neglect Him and for...
Jeremiah 2:2. _I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth._ God now addressed them, that he might do the same to the children as he had done to the fathers, and rejoice over them as the bridegroom rej...
_How canst thou say, I am not polluted._ SELF-VINDICATING SINNERS REPROVED I. The self-vindicating ways of sinners. 1. Direct denial (Genesis 4:9). 2. Vain excuse (1 Samuel 15:13). 3. Hypocritical...
JEREMIAH 2:1 Israel’s Covenantal Adultery. These five related messages were probably delivered during Josiah’s reign (Jeremiah 3:6). Jeremiah declares that God’s chosen people commit spiritual adulter...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY. Most probably in thirteenth Josiah, quickly after his call. Dr. Dahler (Stratsbourg) would interpose Chapter s 4, 5, 6; deferring this chapter till after...
EXPOSITION The second chapter forms the introduction of a group of discourses (Jeremiah 2-6), which should be read together. It is called By Ewald (and the position of the prophecy favors this view) t...
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD (Jeremiah 2:1-2); Now this is the first message that he has to deliver. As God is cal...
Ezekiel 23:35; Ezekiel 8:16; Habakkuk 2:18; Habakkuk 2:19; Hosea 5:15
Brought me forth — Or begotten me; so is the word used, Genesis 4:18. This denotes the sottish stupidity of this people, to take a lifeless stock or stone to be their maker, and to give the honour of...