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Rather, “O my comfort in sorrow: my heart faints for me.” The word
translated “comfort” is by some supposed to be corrupt. With these
mournful ejaculations a new strophe begins, ending with Jeremiah 9...
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CHAPTER 8
_ 1. The horrors of the invasion (Jeremiah 8:1) _
2. Hardened hearts and retribution (Jeremiah 8:4)
3. Utter destruction threatened (Jeremiah 8:13)
4. The prophet's lamentation ...
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JEREMIAH 8:18 TO JEREMIAH 9:1. JEREMIAH'S SORROW OVER JUDAH'S
SUFFERING. The prophet, in sorrowful sympathy with his people, hears
in anticipation the cry of the exiles and Yahweh's answer. They
repro...
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I: i.e. the prophet again....
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_Oh that I could comfort myself_ lit. _brighten_myself. The Hebrew
verb occurs here only, but is found in Arabic in this sense. See
further in Dr., p. 352....
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Jeremiah 8:4 to Jeremiah 9:1. Forecast of punishment as the result of
sin
The section may be thus summarized.
(i) Jeremiah 8:4. Human fortunes and conduct are as a rule liable to
change, but Israel...
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WHEN I WOULD COMFORT MYSELF— _Comfort,_ or _mirth flies from me:
sorrow hangs over me, my heart is faint._ Houb....
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D. Unbearable Pain on the Part of the Prophet Jeremiah 8:18 to
Jeremiah 9:1
TRANSLATION
(18) O my Comfort against sorrow! My heart is faint within me! (19)
Behold, the sound of the cry of the daughte...
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1-3. The dead shall share in the universal punishment....
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WHEN I WOULD COMFORT MYSELF... — The word translated _comfort_ is
not found elsewhere, and has been very differently understood. Taking
the words as spoken after a pause, they come as a cry of sorrow...
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מַבְלִ֥יגִיתִ֖י עֲלֵ֣י יָגֹ֑ון
עָלַ֖י לִבִּ֥י דַוָּֽי׃...
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Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 26:1
In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is
plainly a fin
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FALSE PROMISES OF PEACE
Jeremiah 8:4-22
This chapter is filled with denunciation of the unreasonable and
infatuated obstinacy of Israel. As the horse rushes madly to the
fight, so were the people set...
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Utter desolation would overtake them so that death would be chosen
rather than life. This sin of idolatry had been aggravated by the
people's terrible persistence therein. If men fall it is naturally...
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[When] I would (n) comfort myself against sorrow, my heart [is] faint
in me.
(n) Read (Jeremiah 4:19)....
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_Me. God, Jeremias, the people, or rather Jerusalem bewails her
children. (Calmet)_...
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I bring the whole of this beautiful Chapter, from this verse to the
end into one view, for the sake of shortness, and from necessity; but
otherwise nothing could be more desirable than to dwell upon e...
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Interpreters explain differently the word מבלגיתי, _mebelgiti.
_Some take מ, _mem, _in the sense of ב, _beth; _but others, with
whom I agree, regard it as a servile, deriving the word from בלג,
_belag...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9.
Chapter 7 begins a new prophecy, contemplating especially the temple,
which, instead of being a protection (as the people, without
conscience, wo...
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WHEN I WOULD COMFORT MYSELF AGAINST TERROR,.... Either naturally, by
eating and drinking, the necessary and lawful means of refreshment; or
spiritually, by reading the word of God, and looking over th...
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Jeremiah 8:18 [When] I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart
[is] faint in me.
Ver. 18. _When I would comfort myself, &c._] Or, as some render it, O
my comfort against sorrow, _i.e., _ O my G...
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_When I would comfort myself_, &c. “When I would apply comfort to
myself, my heart misgives me: I find great reason for my fears, and
none for my hopes.” Blaney translates the verse, _sorrow is upon m...
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FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPENDING PUNISHMENT...
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When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me,
literally, "O my exhilaration in sorrow! My heart very ill!" His
sorrow was so great that he despaired of finding consolation. He h...
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IN:
_ Heb._ upon...
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14-22 At length they begin to see the hand of God lifted up. And when
God appears against us, every thing that is against us appears
formidable. As salvation only can be found in the Lord, so the pre...
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The language of the people, being long shut up in their cities, and
finding no relief, at last faint, LAMENTATIONS 4:17. But more probably
the prophet now seems to speak his own resentments, how great...
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Jeremiah 8:18 comfort H4010 sorrow H3015 heart H3820 faint H1742
my - Jeremiah 6:24,...
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Jeremiah 8:1. 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 bon...
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Jeremiah 8:1. _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 bo...
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CONTENTS: Message in the temple gate, continued. Terrible judgments
impending.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Impenitence brings certain ruin. All the boasted wisdom of
man cannot serve to k...
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Jeremiah 8:1. _At that time they shall bring out the bones of the
kings of Judah of the princes of the priests, and the bones_ (as in
the Chaldaic) _of the_ false _prophets._ They shall spread them be...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 8:18 In this exchange between Judah and
God, the people claim that God has deserted them, but God notes their
ongoing worship of idols. They reply that they ARE NOT SAVED (an...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Chronology and History, as in chap.
7. Observe, however, that a new section in this extended prophetic
address commenced with Jeremiah 8:4, which continues to chap. Jere...
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 8:1
Punishment will even overtake the sinners who have long since been
deceased.
JEREMIAH 8:1
THEY SHALL BRING OUT THE BONES. Not only shall many of the dead bodies
remain unbur...
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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
inha...
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Daniel 10:16; Daniel 10:17; Habakkuk 3:16; Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 1
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Sorrow — The prophet now seems to speak, how greatly the calamity of
this people affected him....