The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; FOURTH YEAR OF JEHOIAKIM - called the year in . But probably Jehoiakim was set on the throne by Pharaoh-ne... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE WHICH JEREMIAH THE PROPHET SPAKE UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH, AND TO ALL THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. From the thirteenth year of Josiah, in which Jeremi... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. THE LORD HATH SENT UNTO YOU ALL HIS SERVANTS THE PROPHETS, RISING EARLY AND SENDING THEM - (, note). "The prophets" refer to Urijah, Zephaniah,... [ Continue Reading ]
They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: TURN YE AGAIN NOW EVERY ONE FROM HIS EVIL WAY, AND FROM THE EVIL OF YOUR DOINGS, AND DWELL. In Hebrew there i... [ Continue Reading ]
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. GO NOT AFTER OTHER GODS. He instances one sin, as representative of all their sins, idolatry; as nothing is dearer to God than a pure worship of Hi... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. PROVOKE ME TO ANGER ... TO YOUR OWN HURT - though ye provoke me to anger (), yet it is not me, but yourselves, whom ye thereby hurt (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS; BECAUSE YE HAVE NOT HEARD MY WORDS,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an asto... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. (; ). The land shall be so desolated that even in the houses left standing there shall be no inhabitant;... [ Continue Reading ]
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. SEVENTY YEARS - (). The exact number of years of Sabbaths in 490 years, the period from Saul to the Babylonian captivity; righteous retribution for their violation of t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN SEVENTY YEARS ARE ACCOMPLISHED, THAT I WILL PUNISH THE KING OF BABYLON, AND THAT NATION, SAITH THE LORD, FOR THEIR INIQUITY, AND THE LAND OF THE CHALDEANS, AND WILL MAKE IT PERPETUAL DESOLATIONS._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. AND I WILL BRING UPON THAT LAND ALL MY WORDS WHICH I HAVE PRONOUNCED AGAINST IT, EVEN ALL THAT IS WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK, W... [ Continue Reading ]
For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. MANY NATIONS AND GREAT KINGS SHALL SERVE THEMSELVES OF THEM - (; ; ) i:e., avail themselves of their services as slaves. OF... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. WINE-CUP - cf. Jeremiah 13:12, as to this image, to express stupifying judgments; also ; . Jeremiah often embodies the imagery of Isaiah in his pr... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. THEY SHALL DRINK, AND BE MOVED - reel ().... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN TOOK I THE CUP AT THE LORD'S HAND, AND MADE ALL THE NATIONS TO DRINK, UNTO WHOM THE LORD HAD SENT ME:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; JERUSALEM - put first: for "judgment begins at the house of God;" they being most guilty whose religious privileges... [ Continue Reading ]
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; PHARAOH - put next after Jerusalem, because the Jews had relied most on him, and Egypt and Judea stood on a common footing (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, ALL THE MINGLED PEOPLE - mercenary foreign troops serving under Pharaoh-hophra in the time of Jeremiah. The employment... [ Continue Reading ]
Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, EDOM AND MOAB, AND THE CHILDREN OF AMMON - joined together, as being related to Israel (see Jeremiah 48:1; Jeremiah 49:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, ALL THE KINGS OF TYRUS - the petty kings of the various dependencies of Tyre. ISLES - a term including all maritime regions (, "The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presen... [ Continue Reading ]
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, DEDAN - North of Arabia (). TEMA AND BUZ - neighbouring tribes north of Arabia (). AND ALL THAT ARE IN THE UTMOST CORNERS - rather, 'having the hair cut in angles,' a paganish custom (see note, ).... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, MINGLED PEOPLE - not in the same sense as ; the motley crowd, so called in contempt (cf. ; ; ). By a different pointing it may be translated, the Arabs; but the repetition of the name is not likely. Bl... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, ZIMRI - perhaps the Zabra mentioned by Ptolemy, between Mecca and Medina. Zimran also, as Dedan, was one of Abraham's sons by Keturah (). ELAM - properly, west of Persia; but used for Persia in general.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. SHESHACH - Babylon; as the parallelism in proves. In the Cabalistic system (called Athbash; the first Hebrew le... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF ... ISRAEL ... FALL, AND RISE NO MORE - the pagan nations in question... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. IF THEY REFUSE TO TAKE THE CUP ... YE SHALL CERTAINLY DRINK - no effort of theirs to escape destruction will avail.... [ Continue Reading ]
For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts. I ... BRING EVIL ON THE CITY ... CALLED BY MY NAME, AND SHOULD YE BE... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. THE... [ Continue Reading ]
A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. THE LORD HATH A CONTROVERSY - a cause at issue () "with all nations." PLEAD WITH ALL FLESH - (). God... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. FROM THE COASTS - rather, 'from the uttermost regions.' Like a storm which arises in one region and then diffuses itself far and wide, so God's... [ Continue Reading ]
And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground. THEY SHALL NOT BE LAMENTED - (; ). NEITHER GATHERED - to their fathers, in their ancestra... [ Continue Reading ]
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. HOWL, YE SHEPHERDS - princes (). Here he returns from pronouncing judgments against the G... [ Continue Reading ]
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. THE SHEPHERDS SHALL HAVE NO WAY TO FLEE - literally, 'flight shall fail shepherds, etc., escaping (shall fail) the principal,' etc. (). The leaders shall be the first objects for slaughter; escape by flight wi... [ Continue Reading ]
_A VOICE OF THE CRY OF THE SHEPHERDS, AND AN HOWLING OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE FLOCK, SHALL BE HEARD: FOR THE LORD HATH SPOILED THEIR PASTURE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD. HABITATIONS - rather carrying out the image (, note), pastures. The pasturages where, peaceably and HABITATIONS - rather carrying out the image (, note), pastures. The pasturages where, peaceably and without incu... [ Continue Reading ]
He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. HE HATH FORSAKEN HIS COVERT - the temple, where heretofore, like a lion, as its defender, by the mere terror of His voice, he warded off the foe; but... [ Continue Reading ]