George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 17:19
Gate of the palace, or that by which the kings entered the temple, on the west. The time when this admonition was given is not ascertained.
Gate of the palace, or that by which the kings entered the temple, on the west. The time when this admonition was given is not ascertained.
Verse Jeremiah 17:19. _THE GATE OF THE CHILDREN OF THE PEOPLE_] I suppose the most _public gate_ is meant; that through which there was the greatest thoroughfare....
This prophecy on the observance of the Sabbath, is the first of a series of short predictions. arranged probably in chronological order among themselves, but in other respects independent of one anoth...
CHAPTER 17 _ 1. Judah's sin (Jeremiah 17:1) _ 2. The curse and the blessing (Jeremiah 17:5) 3. The worship of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 17:12) 4. Concerning the Sabbath ...
THE SABBATH DAY. The general tone and emphasis of this paragraph, which makes a particular ceremonial ordinance the condition of permanent survival, relate it rather to the period of Nehemiah 13:15 th...
THE GATE, &C. Probably the main entrance to the Courts of the Temple. See plan, App-68....
_the gate of the children of the people_ (mg. _the common people_. See ch. Jeremiah 26:23.) The expression is very difficult and probably corrupt. Du. suggests that the gate is one within the city and...
Jeremiah 17:19-27. An exhortation on the observance of the Sabbath This section is unconnected with the preceding, and, as it considers that the doom pronounced on Judah may be averted on condition o...
VI. PROPHETIC PROCLAMATION Jeremiah 17:19-27 Chapter 17 ends with a prose discourse urging the keeping of the Sabbath. Like Amos (Amos 8:4-6) and Isaiah (Isaiah 56, 58) before him, Jeremiah regarded v...
Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; Delivered in...
THUS SAID THE LORD UNTO ME... — We enter here on an entirely fresh series of messages, arranged probably in chronological order, but having no immediate connection with what precedes, and narrated wit...
כֹּה ־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י הָלֹ֤ךְ וְ עָֽמַד
CHAPTER IX THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?) VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...
CHAPTER X THE SABBATH - A WARNING Jeremiah 17:19 "THUS said Iahvah unto me: Go and stand in the gate of Benjamin, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and whereby they go out; and in all the gates o...
Once again Jehovah declared His determination to deal with the people in judgment, because of the defiant definiteness of their sin. That sin was "written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a d...
Thus said the LORD to me; Go and stand in the (s) gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; (s) While your...
No sooner had the Prophet finished his prayer, than he begins again his Sermon. It is a delightful transition from preaching to prayer, and from prayer to preaching. Both form a part in the minister's...
This discourse is no doubt to be separated from the preceding one, and whosoever divided the chapters was deficient in judgment as to many other places as well as here. Now the meaning is, that so gre...
The great thing, amidst all that was going on, was to trust in Jehovah. He who, failing in this, made flesh his arm, should not see when good came. Meantime the fire of God's anger was kindled and sho...
THUS SAID THE LORD UNTO ME,.... Here begins a new sermon or discourse, concerning the sanctification of the sabbath, and a very proper place to begin a new chapter: GO AND STAND IN THE GATE OF THE CH...
Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; Ver. 19. _Go a...
_Thus saith the Lord, Go_, &c. Here we evidently have a distinct prophecy, which the prophet was commanded to deliver most probably soon, if not immediately, after the foregoing. _Stand in the gate of...
Thus saith the Lord unto me, with reference to the flagrant disregard of one of the chief commandments in the form in which it concerned the Jews, GO AND STAND IN THE GATE OF THE CHILDREN OF THE PEOPL...
THE HALLOWING OF THE SABBATH...
19-27 The prophet was to lay before the rulers and the people of Judah, the command to keep holy the sabbath day. Let them strictly observe the fourth command. If they obeyed this word, their prosper...
Most think that here begins a new prophecy, and therefore this verse should have began a new chapter. The prophets were often commanded to publish such revelations as they had from God, either at the...
Jeremiah 17:19 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8804) Go H1980 (H8800) stand H5975 (H8804) gate H8179 children...
THE CALL GOES OUT FOR THE TRUE OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH DAY (JEREMIAH 17:19). In Jeremiah 17:5 YHWH had promised cursing and blessing on individuals depending on whether they were obedient to His cov...
CONTENTS: Sign of the unmarried prophet, concluded. Message in the gates concerning the Sabbath. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: The heart of man, out of communion with God, is wicked and dece...
Jeremiah 17:1. _The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron._ Yea, it is deeply written on the heart, as the diamond will write on polished stones, on tablets of brass, or on the brazen altars of B...
_Whereby the kings of Judah come in._ COURAGE AND FEARLESSNESS BEFORE KINGS When King Don Pedro was unexpectedly brought into the hall in Chicago in which Moody was speaking on “Accepting Christ,” th...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Jeremiah 17:1 continue the prophecy of chap. 16. A distinct break in the continuity of the book is noticeable at Jeremiah 17:19. [_Keil_ se...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah 17:1 are closely connected with the preceding chapter. We have just been pointed to the striking contrast between the conduct of the heathen and that of the backsliding men of Juda...
Chapter 17 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond (Jeremiah 17:1): Interesting that they were using diamonds for pens in those days, isn't it? Diamonds set in...
Acts 5:20; Jeremiah 19:2; Jeremiah 26:2; Jeremiah 36:10; Jeremiah 36:6