George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 33:3
Cry. The prophetic spirit was sometimes granted to earnest prayer, Daniel ix. 2., and x. 3.
Cry. The prophetic spirit was sometimes granted to earnest prayer, Daniel ix. 2., and x. 3.
Verse Jeremiah 33:3. _CALL UNTO ME, AND I WILL ANSWER THEE_] To me alone it belongs to reveal what is future; and the stupendous things which are now coming are known only to myself. These idolaters...
MIGHTY THINGS - Or, as in the margin. The words are probably a quotation from Isaiah 48:6....
CHAPTER 33 New Message of Restoration and Blessing _ 1. The call to pray and Jerusalem's overthrow (Jeremiah 33:1) _ 2. Future blessing and glory (Jeremiah 33:6) 3. The Branch of Righteousness; Je...
JEREMIAH 33. PROMISES OF RESTORATION. There may be a Jeremianic nucleus in the first half of the chapter, but Jeremiah 33:14, being imitative, and omitted by LXX, is probably late. Yahweh the Restorer...
MIGHTY. inaccessible: i.e. too high for Jeremiah to know, apart from revelation....
These _vv_. bear a close affinity to several passages in 2 Isaiah (e.g. Isaiah 45:18; Isaiah 48:6), and are probably an insertion by a later hand. For the indefinite "that doeth it," etc., which in th...
_great things, and difficult_ mg. Heb. _fenced in_. The word means lit. _cut off_, inaccessible. But certain MSS. of MT., not apparently supported, however, by LXX, read probably rightly (differing on...
DISCOURSE: 1078 THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER Jeremiah 33:3. _Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not_. IT is curious to observe in what differe...
CALL UNTO ME— The spirit of prophesy commonly came upon the prophets in such a manner that they could not resist its impressions. At other times they prayed for, they earnestly requested, the influenc...
D. The Promise of God Jeremiah 33:1-26 Shortly after he had received the comforting revelation of the preceding chapter, Jeremiah received yet another word from the Lord. At the time, Jeremiah was sti...
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. CALL UNTO ME ... I WILL ANSWER - (; ). Jeremiah, as the representative of the people of God, is...
33:3 hidden (e-16) Lit. 'unattainable;' as 'strong,' Zechariah 11:2 ....
1-13. Restoration and honour again promised....
XXXIII. (1-3) THE SECOND TIME, WHILE HE WAS YET SHUT UP. — The discourse that follows belongs to the same period as the preceding chapter, and presents the same general characteristics. Its connexion...
קְרָ֥א אֵלַ֖י וְ אֶעֱנֶ֑ךָּ וְ אַגִּ֧ידָה לְּ
CHAPTER XXXI RESTORATION II THE NEW ISRAEL Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 30:1; Jeremiah 31:1;...
Following the story of the purchase of the field in Anathoth, with its signification, is a song of the ultimate restoration therein foretold. The song first celebrates the restoration of the people an...
Some of Paul the Apostle's sweetest Epistles and preaching was when he was shut up in prison: witness to the Church of the Philippians, and his preaching to the jailor, Acts 16:1. And certainly Jeremi...
He afterwards adds, _Cry to me, and I will answer thee, and I will announce to thee things magnificent and recondite, which thou hast not known _It was not so much for the sake of the Prophet as of ot...
Chapter 33 repeats with ample and rich abundance the testimony to these blessings, and dwells particularly on the presence of the Messiah; it announces that the branch of righteousness shall grow up u...
CALL UNTO ME, AND I WILL ANSWER THEE,.... This is spoken not to Jerusalem, and the inhabitants of it; but to the prophet, encouraging him to seek the Lord by prayer, promising an answer to him. So the...
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Ver. 3. _Call unto me, and I will answer thee._] Thou hast a promise, and I will perform it; but s...
_Call unto me, and I will answer thee_ An expression manifesting God's favour and loving kindness; that he was ready to comply with the first intimations of his servant's desires. Compare Jeremiah 29:...
THE CONTRAST BETWEEN DESTRUCTION AND RESTORATION...
Call unto Me, namely, in making a plea for the restoration of Judah, AND I WILL ANSWER THEE AND SHOW THEE GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS, proclaiming or announcing great and inaccessible things, WHICH THOU K...
MIGHTY: Or, hidden...
1-13 Those who expect to receive comforts from God, must call upon him. Promises are given, not to do away, but to quicken and encourage prayer. These promises lead us to the gospel of Christ; and in...
God either speaketh to the people to pray unto him, or to the prophet on the behalf of the people to pray, promising him he would show him great things. OBJECT. But how doth God say that Jeremiah did...
Jeremiah 33:3 Call H7121 (H8798) answer H6030 (H8799) show H5046 (H8686) great H1419 things H1219 ...
SUB-PART B. YHWH PROMISES THE RESTORATION OF THE DAVIDIC MONARCHY AND THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD (JEREMIAH 33:1). The passage commences with, ‘Moreover the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah the second time...
TO A DOUBTING AND TROUBLED JEREMIAH YHWH PROMISES TO REVEAL THE GLORIOUS BUT SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE FUTURE, WHICH WILL BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY HIS CREATIVE POWER FOLLOWING THE CURRENT STORM (JEREMIAH 33:1)....
Jeremiah 33:3 I. Jehovah, our God, has access to us everywhere. II. Jehovah, our God, can speak to us whenever He pleases, and He does speak to us. III. God wills to be prayed unto; to be asked to...
CONTENTS: Prophecy concering the Davidic kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: The Davidic covenant will in God's own time be literally fulfilled, to the great joy of the remnant of...
Jeremiah 33:3. _Call to me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things._ What a gracious promise in the time of war and siege, and impending extremities. God even now would have del...
_The Word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison._ A DIVINE MESSAGE SENT INTO A PRISON I. A true child of God and an honoured prophet in...
_Call unto Me, and I win answer thee._ AN INVITATION A PROMISE-A REVELATION I. A gracious invitation--“Call unto Me” implies all the constituents of successful prayer. 1. Penitence. 2. Contrition....
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 33:3 HIDDEN THINGS. Future things that God will now reveal. ⇐...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—This chapter is in date and subject essentially linked to chapter 32. For Notes, therefore, see previous chapter. LITERARY CRITICISMS.— Jeremiah 33:3. “MIGHTY THINGS:” a...
EXPOSITION A chapter of promises, having reference, first, to the people and kingdom in general (Jeremiah 33:4), and then to the royal and priestly offices in particular (Jeremiah 33:14). The first pa...
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, Thus saith the LORD the maker, the LORD that formed it, to establish it;...
1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Corinthians 2:7; 1 Kings 8:47; Acts 2:21; Amos
THE GLORIOUS FUTURE OF ISRAEL Jeremiah 33:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The opening verse of our study says, "Moreover the Word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time." This second vision was the vi...