Jeremiah 30:1
_THE WORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAH FROM THE LORD, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE WORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAH FROM THE LORD, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. WRITE THEE ALL THE WORDS THAT I HAVE SPOKEN UNTO THEE IN A BOOK. After the destruction of Jerusalem he is not ordered, as heretofore, to speak, but to write the succeeding prophecy (, e... [ Continue Reading ]
For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. I WILL BRING AGAIN THE CAPTIVITY OF MY PEOPLE ISRAEL AND JUDAH - the re... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT THE LORD SPAKE CONCERNING ISRAEL AND CONCERNING JUDAH._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. WE HAVE HEARD A VOICE OF TREMBLING. God introduces the Jews speaking that which they will be reduced to at last, in spite of their stubbornness. Threat and promise are combined: the former briefly-namely, the... [ Continue Reading ]
Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? ASK ... WHETHER A MAN DOTH TRAVAIL WITH CHILD - consult all the authorities, men or books, you can, you will not fin... [ Continue Reading ]
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. THAT DAY IS GREAT - marked by great calamities (; ; ; ). NONE LIKE IT. ... BUT HE SHALL BE SAVED - (). The partial deliverance at Babylon's downfall prefigures the fi... [ Continue Reading ]
For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: I WILL BREAK HIS YOKE FROM OFF THY NECK - his, i:e., Jacob's (), the yoke imposed on him. The transition to... [ Continue Reading ]
But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. BUT THEY SHALL SERVE THE LORD - instead of serving strangers (), they shall serve the Lord, their rightful King in the theocracy (). DAVID THEIR KING - no king of David's seed has held the sceptre sin... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. I WILL SAVE THEE FROM AFAR.... [ Continue Reading ]
For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. THOUGH I MAKE A FULL END OF ALL NATIONS ... YET ...... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous. THY BRUISE IS INCURABLE. The desperate circumstances of the Jews are here represented as an incurable wound. Their sin is so grievous that their hope of the punishment (their exile) soon coming to an end is vain (; ; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. THERE IS NONE TO PLEAD THY CAUSE - a new image from a court of justice. THAT THOU MAYEST BE BOUND UP - namely, with the bandages applied to tie up a wound. THOU HAST NO HEALING MEDICINES - literal... [ Continue Reading ]
All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased. ALL THY LOVERS - the people formerly allied to thee, Assyria and Egypt (cf. ).... [ Continue Reading ]
Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee. WHY CRIEST THOU - as if God's severity was excessive. Thou hast no reason to complain, for thine affliction is just. Thy cry is too... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey. THEREFORE - connected with , because "there is none to plead thy cause," et... [ Continue Reading ]
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. I WILL RESTORE HEALTH UNTO THEE, AND I WILL HEAL THEE OF THY WOUNDS - (; ). BECAUSE THEY CALLED THEE AN OUTCAST - as a... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof. I WILL BRING AGAIN THE CAPTIVITY - (; ). TENTS - used to intimate that th... [ Continue Reading ]
And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. THANKSGIVINGS - the Hebrew word [ towdaah (H8426)] includes confession as well as praise; for in the case o... [ Continue Reading ]
Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. THEIR CHILDREN ... SHALL BE AS AFORETIME - as flourishing as in the time of David.... [ Continue Reading ]
And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. THEIR NOBLES -- rather, 'their Glorious One' [ 'adiyrow... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. YE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE ... - the covenant shall be renewed between God and His people through Messiah's mediation (; ; ; ; ; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. (Jeremiah 23:19). Vengeance upon God's foes always accompanies manifestations of His grace to His people. A CONTINUING, [ guwr (H1481)] - literally, taking up its... [ Continue Reading ]