At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: AT THAT TIME, SAITH THE LORD, THEY SHALL BRING OUT TH... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the... [ Continue Reading ]
And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts. DEATH SHALL BE CHOSEN RATHER THAN LIFE - the survivors shall be still worse off than the dead (; , "In those... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? SHALL THEY FALL, AND NOT ARISE? SHALL HE TURN AWAY, AND NOT RETURN? - `Is it not a natural instinct, that if one falls, he rises again; if one turns away (i:e., wander from... [ Continue Reading ]
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. WHY THEN IS THIS PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM SLIDDEN BACK BY A PERPETUAL BACKSLIDING? - rather, as the Hebrew [ showbªbaah (H7725) ... mªshubaah (H4878)] is the same as Jeremiah 8:... [ Continue Reading ]
I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. SPAKE NOT ARIGHT - i:e., not so as penitently to confess that they acted wrong. Compare what follows. EVERY O... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. THE STORK IN THE HEAVEN KNOWETH HER APPOINTED TIME - the instinct of the migratory birds leads them with unfai... [ Continue Reading ]
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. THE LAW OF THE LORD IS WITH US - (, "Behold, thou art called a Jew and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God"). Possessing the law, on which they prided... [ Continue Reading ]
The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? THE WISE MEN ARE ... DISMAYED - confounded. THEY HAVE REJECTED THE WORD OF THE LORD; AND - and as the inevitable, necessary consequence, "what wisdom is in them?" WH... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEREFORE WILL I GIVE THEIR WIVES UNTO OTHERS, AND THEIR FIELDS TO THEM THAT SHALL INHERIT THEM: FOR EVERY ONE FROM THE LEAST EVEN UNTO THE GREATEST IS GIVEN TO COVETOUSNESS, FROM THE PROPHET EVEN UNTO THE PRIEST EVERY ONE DEALETH FALSELY._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. ().... [ Continue Reading ]
_WERE THEY ASHAMED WHEN THEY HAD COMMITTED ABOMINATION? NAY, THEY WERE NOT AT ALL ASHAMED, NEITHER COULD THEY BLUSH: THEREFORE SHALL THEY FALL AMONG THEM THAT FALL: IN THE TIME OF THEIR VISITATION THEY SHALL BE CAST DOWN, SAITH THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. I WILL SURELY CONSUME - literally, gathering I will gather, or, consuming I will consume. I WILL S... [ Continue Reading ]
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. ASSEMBLE - for defense. LET US BE SILENT - not assault the... [ Continue Reading ]
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble! Repeated, . WE LOOKED FOR PEACE - owing to the expectations held out by the false prophets. HEALTH - healing; i:e., restoration from adversity.... [ Continue Reading ]
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein. HIS HORSES - the Chaldean's. WAS HEARD - the prophetic past for... [ Continue Reading ]
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD. I - Yahweh. COCKATRICES - basilisks (), i:e., enemies whose destructive power no means, by persuasion or otherwise, can counteract. Serpent charmers in the East entice... [ Continue Reading ]
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. WHEN I WOULD COMFORT MYSELF AGAINST SORROW, MY HEART IS FAINT IN ME - (Isaiah 22:4). The lamentation of the prophet for the impending calamity of his country. AGAINST SORROW - or, with respect to sorrow. Maurer translates, 'O... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? BEHOLD THE VOICE OF THE CRY ... OF MY PEOPLE - the prophe... [ Continue Reading ]
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. THE HARVEST IS PAST, THE SUMMER IS ENDED, AND WE ARE NOT SAVED - proverbial. Meaning, One season of hope after another has passed, but the looked for deliverance never came, and now all hope is gone.... [ Continue Reading ]
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. I AM BLACK - sad in visage with grief (, "All faces shall gather blackness").... [ Continue Reading ]
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? IS THERE NO BALM - balsam; to be applied to the wounds of my people. Brought into Judea first from Arabia Felix, by the Queen of Sheba, in Solomon's time (Josephus, 'Antiqu... [ Continue Reading ]