George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 16:15
Fathers. He joins consolation with distressing predictions, and alludes to the redemption of mankind, of which the return of the Jews was the most striking pledge.
Fathers. He joins consolation with distressing predictions, and alludes to the redemption of mankind, of which the return of the Jews was the most striking pledge.
Verse Jeremiah 16:15. _THE LAND OF THE NORTH_] Chaldea: and their deliverance thence will be as remarkable as the deliverance of their fathers from the land of Egypt....
These two verses, by promising a deliverance greater than that from Egypt, implied also a chastisement more terrible than the bondage in the iron furnace there. Instead of their being placed in one la...
THE COMING CALAMITIES: RESTORATION PROMISED, RUIN IMMINENT ON ACCOUNT OF JUDAH'S SIN AND CONCERNING THE SABBATH (16-17) CHAPTER 16 _ 1. The coming calamities (Jeremiah 16:1) _ 2. The coming days of...
JEREMIAH 16:1 TO JEREMIAH 17:18. THE COMING DISTRESS A PENALTY FOR SIN. The prophet is forbidden to found a family, because of the coming sorrows (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 7:29 ff.), in which death will be...
NORTH. Babylon on the east; but entrance thence into the Land was by the north....
See introd. summary to section. These two verses, recurring as they do in a suitable context as Jeremiah 23:7 f., must be considered to be here, at all events, an importation. "The context on both sid...
Du. rejects all these _vv_. Co. omits 9 13, suspects the genuineness of 14, 15 both here and in Jeremiah 23:7 f., and rejects 16, as well as portions of 17 21. Gi. retains of the whole series only Jer...
C. Explanation on Behalf of the Prophet Jeremiah 16:14-18 TRANSLATION (14) Therefore behold, days are coming (oracle of the LORD) when it shall no more be said, As the LORD lives who brought us up fr...
But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unt...
1-13. Selfdenial and an ascetic, life are to be the prophet's lot....
THE LAND OF THE NORTH] i.e. Babylon: a promise of restoration after the exile....
BEHOLD, THE DAYS COME... — Judgment and mercy are tempered in the promise. Here the former is predominant. Afterwards, in Jeremiah 23:5, where it is connected with the hope of a personal Deliverer, th...
כִּ֣י אִם ־חַי ־יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶעֱלָ֜ה אֶת
The controversy was immediately followed by a new charge to the prophet. Jehovah called him to a life of personal asceticism, commanding that he abstain from both mourning and mirth. That is to say, h...
But, The LORD liveth, that brought the children of Israel from the land of the north, and (f) from all the lands where he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave to th...
Whether from the divine pleasure, which the Lord took in delivering his people in those instances, which most strongly represented their spiritual deliverance from sin and hell, by the Lord Jesus: or...
_But, _it will be rather said, _Live does Jehovah, for he has brought his people from the land of the north; _and for this reason, because there will be less hope remaining for you, when the Chaldeans...
In chapter 16 Jehovah teaches Jeremiah to avoid all family relationships with this people, and to cease from all testimonies of interest in what was going on among them. For He Himself had entirely br...
BUT THE LORD LIVETH,.... Or they shall swear by the living Lord; or declare his power, as the Targum: "that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north"; that is, from Babylon, which...
But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto...
Jer. 16:15. "But, The Lord liveth that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them; and I will bring them again into their land that...
_Therefore, behold the days come, saith the Lord_, &c. The particle לכן seems to be very improperly rendered _therefore_ here. It evidently sometimes signifies _notwithstanding_, or _nevertheless;_ se...
but, The Lord liveth that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the North, from Babylon, AND FROM ALL THE LANDS WHITHER HE HAD DRIVEN THEM, from the lands of their exile; AND I WILL BRING...
REASONS FOR THE CAPTIVITY...
14-21 The restoration from the Babylonish captivity would be remembered in place of the deliverance from Egypt; it also typified spiritual redemption, and the future deliverance of the church from an...
Which he saith should be so grateful a mercy to them, that either in regard of the newness of this deliverance, or in regard of the great misery they should be in during the captivity of Babylon, when...
Jeremiah 16:15 LORD H3068 lives H2416 up H5927 (H8689) children H1121 Israel H3478 land H776 north H6828 lands...
WHAT JEREMIAH IS TO ANSWER ONCE HE HAS GIVEN HIS EXPLANATION AS TO WHY HE IS ABSTAINING FROM MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE, FROM ALL FORMS OF MOURNING, AND FROM ALL CELEBRATORY FEASTS (JEREMIAH 16:10). Wit...
CONTENTS: Sign of the unmarried prophet, forecasting coming calamities. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: God often makes men's sins their punishment and fills the backslider in heart with his...
Jeremiah 16:2. _Thou shalt not take thee a wife in this place._ The prohibition implies the honour of the state of matrimony, because it respects the sentence against a devoted nation. Our Saviour giv...
_I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers._ LARGER PROVIDENCES Thus epochs are made; thus new dates are introduced into human history; thus the less is merged in the gre...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 16:14 God will restore ISRAEL after exile. This renewal will be so astounding it will be greater than the first exodus (Jeremiah 32:3
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Chapter s 16 and 17 form one prophecy. The taunt in chap. Jeremiah 17:15 shows that this message from God was delivered before the capture...
EXPOSITION With this chapter should be taken the first eighteen verses of Jeremiah 17:1. The heading of the Authorized Version well expresses the contents of Jeremiah 17:1, provided that "the types" a...
Shall we turn now to Jeremiah 16:1-21. Now you remember that Jeremiah was just a young man when God called him to this prophetic ministry. And so in chapter 16: The word of the LORD came also unto me...
Amos 9:14; Deuteronomy 30:3; Ezekiel 34:12; Ezekiel 36:24; Ez