George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 17:26
Sacrifices. Hebrew mincha, (Haydock) "offerings" of flour, wine, &c. (Calmet)
Sacrifices. Hebrew mincha, (Haydock) "offerings" of flour, wine, &c. (Calmet)
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 PLAIN. Called Shephelah. Philistia, between Jerusalem and the Mediterranean Sea. MOUNTAINS. the central land. THE SOUTH. the Negeb. See notes on Genesis 12:9; Genesis 13:1.Deuteronomy 1:7;...
Cp. for this kind of enumeration Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13. _the land of Benjamin_ lying north of Judah. _the lowland_ the low hills and flat valley-land stretching down towards the Philistine...
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...
See introd. summary to section....
AND FROM THE PLAIN, AND FROM THE MOUNTAINS, AND FROM THE SOUTH— These divisions of the country belonging to the tribe of Judah may be found, Joshua 15:21; Joshua 15:33; Judges 15:48 and these together...
B. Promise and Threat Jeremiah 17:24-27 TRANSLATION (24) And it shall come to pass if you fully hearken unto Me (oracle of the LORD) not to carry a burden into the gates of this city on the Sabbath d...
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...
17:26 lowland, (a-25) The _ Shephelah_ . see Deuteronomy 1:7 . south, (b-33) The _ Negeb_ , Genesis 12:9 . see chs. 13.19 and 32.44....
THEY SHALL COME... — The verse has a special interest (1) as a topographical description of the country about Jerusalem, and (2) as a summary of the chief forms of sacrifice under the Mosaic Law. (1)...
וּ בָ֣אוּ מֵ עָרֵֽי ־יְ֠הוּדָה וּ מִ
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...
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...
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...
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...
Here he mentions the second part of the blessing; for the whole people would be preserved safe in the possession of their kingdom and priesthood, as in both the favor of God appeared; for both the kin...
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...
AND THEY SHALL COME FROM THE CITIES OF JUDAH,.... That is, men shall come from all parts of the land of Judea to the city of Jerusalem, and to the temple; especially at the times of their solemn feast...
And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerin...
_Then shall there enter into the gates of this city_, &c. “From hence it appears,” says Lowth, “that the judgments denounced against Jerusalem, at least as far as they threatened the city with utter d...
THE HALLOWING OF THE SABBATH...
And they shall come from the cities of Judah, in the neighborhood of the capital, AND FROM THE PLACES ABOUT JERUSALEM, AND FROM THE LAND OF BENJAMIN, the northern district of the kingdom, and from the...
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...
The sum of all these three verses is, that if they would sanctify the Lord's sabbath, they should either continue in, or be restored unto, their ancient, civil, and ecclesiastical order, they should h...
Jeremiah 17:26 come H935 (H8804) cities H5892 Judah H3063 around H5439 Jerusalem H3389 land H776 Benjamin H1144 l
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 17:24 Restoration of SABBATH rest and worship will result in permanent rule by David’s lineage, permanent life in the land, and permanent worship. Refusal to keep the Sabbath...
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...
1 Peter 2:10; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 2:9; Ezra 3:11; Ezra 3:3;...