The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, MIGDOL - meaning a tower. A city east of Egypt, toward the Red Sea (; ). NOPH - Memphis, now Cairo (). PATHROS... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein, YE HAVE SEEN ALL THE EVIL THAT I HAVE BROUGHT UPON JERUSALEM. If I spared not... [ Continue Reading ]
Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. THEY WENT - implying perverse assiduity, 'they went (out of their way) to burn incense' (one species o... [ Continue Reading ]
Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. I SENT UNTO YOU ALL MY ... PROPHETS, RISING EARLY AND SENDING THEM - ().... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THEY HEARKENED NOT, NOR INCLINED THEIR EAR TO TURN FROM THEIR WICKEDNESS, TO BURN NO INCENSE UNTO OTHER GODS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain; NOW THUS SAITH THE LORD - after so many warnings. WHEREFORE COMMIT Y... [ Continue Reading ]
In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? BURNING INCENSE UNTO OTHER GODS IN E... [ Continue Reading ]
Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? HAVE YE FORGOTTEN ... Have ye... [ Continue Reading ]
They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers. THEY ... YOU. The third person puts them to a distance from God, on account of their alienating themselves from Him. The second person impli... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. I WILL SET MY FACE TO CUT OFF ALL JUDAH - i:e., all the idolaters; shows that some returned to Judea (cf. , note).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I WILL TAKE THE REMNANT OF JUDAH, THAT HAVE SET THEIR FACES TO GO INTO THE LAND OF EGYPT TO SOJOURN THERE, AND THEY SHALL ALL BE CONSUMED, AND FALL IN THE LAND OF EGYPT; THEY SHALL EVEN BE CONSUMED BY THE SWORD AND BY THE FAMINE: THEY SHALL DIE, FROM THE LEAST EVEN UNTO THE GREATEST, BY THE SWO... [ Continue Reading ]
So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape. NONE ... SHALL ESCAPE ..... [ Continue Reading ]
Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, ALL THE MEN WHICH KNEW THAT THEIR WIVES HAD BURNED INCENSE - the idolat... [ Continue Reading ]
As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. WE WILL NOT HEARKEN - ().... [ Continue Reading ]
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we... [ Continue Reading ]
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. SINCE WE LEFT OFF TO BURN INCENSE TO THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN ... WE HAVE WANTED ALL THINGS, AND HAVE BEEN CONSUMED... [ Continue Reading ]
And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men? DID WE MAKE HER CAKES TO WORSHIP HER? [Maurer translates lªha`ªtsibaah (H6087) 'to form her image.'] Crescent-... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN JEREMIAH SAID UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE, TO THE MEN, AND TO THE WOMEN, AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHICH HAD_ _ THEN JEREMIAH SAID UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE, TO THE MEN, AND TO THE WOMEN, AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHICH HAD GIVEN HIM THAT ANSWER, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind? THE INCENSE THAT YE BURNED ... DID NOT THE LORD REMEMBER. Jeremiah ow... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO THAT THE LORD COULD NO LONGER BEAR, BECAUSE OF THE EVIL OF YOUR DOINGS, AND BECAUSE OF THE ABOMINATIONS WHICH YE HAVE COMMITTED; THEREFORE IS YOUR LAND A DESOLATION, AND AN ASTONISHMENT, AND A CURSE, WITHOUT AN INHABITANT, AS AT THIS DAY._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day. NOR WALKED IN HIS LAW - the moral precepts. HIS... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER JEREMIAH SAID UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE, AND TO ALL THE WOMEN, HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD, ALL JUDAH THAT ARE IN THE LAND OF EGYPT:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely ac... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth. I HAVE SWORN - I, too, have made a... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. WATCH OVER ... FOR EVIL - (; ). The God whose providence is ever solicitously watching over His peopl... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs. YET A SMALL NUMBER - (notes, , and ; a type of the fina... [ Continue Reading ]
And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil: THIS SHALL BE A SIGN UNTO YOU - the calamity of Pharaoh-hophra (note, ) shall be a sign to you, that as he shall fall before his enemy, so... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life. HOPHRA - in Herodotus called Ap... [ Continue Reading ]