George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 17:4
Be left. Protestants, "discontinue from thine," &c. (Haydock) --- The land shall have its sabbaths, which thou wouldst not allow. (Chaldean) (Exodus xxii. 11., and Leviticus xxvi. 34.)
Be left. Protestants, "discontinue from thine," &c. (Haydock) --- The land shall have its sabbaths, which thou wouldst not allow. (Chaldean) (Exodus xxii. 11., and Leviticus xxvi. 34.)
The verb rendered “discontinue” is that used of letting the land rest Exodus 23:11, and of releasing creditors Deuteronomy 15:2 in the sabbatical year. As Judah had not kept these sabbatical years she...
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 ...
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...
KINDLED. FIRE. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:22). Compare Jeremiah 15:14. BURN. Compare Isaiah 33:14. FOR EVER. Hebrew. _'olam._ See App-150....
Jeremiah 17:1. See introd. summary to section. The _vv_. are omitted in LXX, either (as St Jerome suggests) from unwillingness that the lasting condemnation here expressed should be put on permanent...
_and thou, even of thyself, shalt discontinue_ i.e. shalt cease to retain a hold upon thy country. We should rather read, _and thou shalt let thine hand fall_, adopting J. D. Michaelis's emendation, s...
IV. PROPHETIC SAYINGS Jeremiah 17:1-11 The first eleven verses of chapter 17 contain three independent sayings of the prophet probably from three different sermons. These sayings do not seem to have a...
And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine ang...
17:4 go (a-7) Or 'on thine own account thou shalt leave.' Some suppose a reference to Deuteronomy 15:2 ....
1-4. The sin of Judah is indelible. Hence the severity of the punishment....
THOU, EVEN THYSELF. — Literally, _in_ or _by thyself,_ an emphatic form for expressing loneliness and abandonment. SHALT DISCONTINUE... — The word was a half-technical one, used to describe the act of...
וְ שָׁמַטְתָּ֗ה וּ בְךָ֙ מִ נַּחֲלָֽתְךָ֙ אֲש
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...
HUMAN AND DIVINE HELP CONTRASTED Jeremiah 17:1-14 The Jews were always seeking alliance either with Egypt or Babylon. What was true of them applies to us all; but we cannot depend upon human aid, wit...
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...
And thou, even (f) thyself, shall discontinue from thy heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thy enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in my anger,...
Observe when the Lord threatens punishment, he still speaks of his mountain and his people. Israel and Judah are still the Lord's, though chastened with the chastisement of a man. Jeremiah 31:20....
Here, as it is a concise mode of speaking, there seems to be some obscurity; but as to the subject handled, the meaning of the Prophet is evident, that they would be _dismissed from their inheritance_...
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 THOU, EVEN THYSELF,.... Or, "thou, and in thee" l; that is, thou and those that are in thee, all the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judea; or, "thou even through thyself" m; through thine own fault,...
And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine ange...
_O my mountain in the field_ By this expression the prophet is thought, by many interpreters, to intend the temple, which stood on a mountain, called elsewhere, _the mountain of the Lord's house_, (Is...
THE REASON FOR JUDAH'S REJECTION...
And thou, even thyself, shall discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee, disowned, cast out of their land; AND I WILL CAUSE THEE TO SERVE THINE ENEMIES IN THE LAND WHICH THOU KNOWEST NOT; FOR Y...
EVEN THYSELF: _ Heb._ in thyself...
1-4 The sins which men commit make little impression on their minds, yet every sin is marked in the book of God; they are all so graven upon the table of the heart, that they will all be remembered b...
In the word DISCONTINUE there is a secret promise that they should again come and possess and inherit their land; they should not lose their inheritance, but only discontinue their possession and occu...
Jeremiah 17:4 go H8058 (H8804) heritage H5159 gave H5414 (H8804) serve H5647 (H8689) enemies H341 ...
THE DEPTHS OF JUDAH'S SIN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES (JEREMIAH 17:1). The thought of what YHWH is going to do in the future brings Jeremiah back to the present to consider Judah's current state and its con...
Jeremiah 17:1. _The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond:_ It is so ingrained in their very nature that you might as well try to erase an inscription that is wr...
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...
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 Kings 9:7; 2 Kings 25:21; Deuteronomy 28:25; Deuteronomy 28:47;...
For ever — For a long time; so the word ever is often taken....