_Is just. Hebrew, "judgment." Septuagint, "I will make my apology to thee." Jeremias had been grievously persecuted by his countrymen: he therefore mentions a subject which has been the source of much perplexity. The success of the wicked is a temptation for weak souls. See Job xxi., Psalm lxxii. 3.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Reins. They have thy name in their mouth, but not in their heart, Isaias xxix. 13., and Matthew xv. 8._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Gather. God orders his prophet to announce the misery of the wicked._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Mourn? Is not this a proof of my providence in chastising Juda? This famine is specified [in] chap. viii. 13., and xiv. 4. (Calmet) --- Last end. Two letters seem to be transposed in Hebrew, as the Septuagint read "ways." (Kennicott) --- The impious blaspheme as if all were ruled by chance. (Calmet... [ Continue Reading ]
_Horses. If thou hast been terrified at the threats of thy fellow-citizens, how wilt thou withstand those of Jerusalem? (Menochius) or he speaks to Juda, who would not be able to resist the Chaldeans, since the Philistines, &c., had routed the Jews, though destitute of cavalry. --- Jordan, or the na... [ Continue Reading ]
_To thee. Edom, &c., made a league with Sedecias, which they broke. They always bore a hatred to the Jews, though sprung from the same stock, chap. xxvii. 1., and Lamentations iv. 21. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Soul; people, (Haydock) whose punishment was decreed. Say not, therefore, that the wicked always prosper._... [ Continue Reading ]
_As a. Septuagint, "a den of the hyena:" Alexandrian, "robbers." Grabe inserts, "or a den around it?" (Haydock) --- They have read auss, "a den," instead of hait, "a bird." Bochart, (iii. 11.) however, shews that the latter word denotes various wild beasts, and nearly follows the Septuagint. Though... [ Continue Reading ]
_Pastors; princes of my people, as well (Haydock) as of the Chaldeans, chap. vi. 3._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Heart, to seek God and the cause of their misfortunes._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Fruits. They shall not satisfy your expectations or wants._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Land. Nabuchodonosor led the Ammonites, &c., into captivity, five years after the Jews. (Josephus, Antiquities x. 11.) (Calmet) --- After the children are chastised, the rod is burnt. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Land; the Jews, as well as their neighbours, chap. xlix. 6. (Menochius) (Isaias xxiii. 15., and Ezechiel xvi. 55.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_People. After the captivity, converts were more cherished. Yet the predictions concerning the call of the Gentiles were accomplished only by the preaching of the gospel. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XII.... [ Continue Reading ]