_Man. Jeremias had a share in the common misery, (Worthington) and bewails his own condition, as a figure of Christ, Psalm lxxxvii. 16., and Isaias liii. 3. (Calmet) --- His disciples must expect to suffer. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Led, or driven me with the rod. (Haydock) --- God employs two, Zacharias xi. 7. That of rigour was reserved for this prophet; (chap. xxxviii.) none of them suffered more._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Old and wrinkled, the effect of misery._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Gall. Septuagint, "head." Chaldean, "he hath seized the chief," Job xvi. 13. He speaks in the name of the besieged, who had been threatened with this punishment, ver. 19., and chap. viii. 14. (Calmet) --- And labour. Nabuzardan ransacked the city worse than his master, (Worthington) if the latter w... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ever indeed, Ecclesiastes xii. 5., and Psalm xlviii. 12. Jeremias (xxxviii. 6.) was in imminent danger._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Prayer. God would not allow him to pray for the people, chap. vii. 16._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Stones. There is no passage, Job xix. 8._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Places. This may refer to the prophet or to the people._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Arrows. Such places were common where shooting was practised, 1 Kings xx. 36., and Job xvi. 11._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Song. True prophets were derided on account of impostors, and because of their declarations were unpleasant, &c., chap. xvii. 15., and Ezechiel xii. 22._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wormwood, or a bitter poisonous herb, chap. ix. 26., and Deuteronomy xxix. 18._... [ Continue Reading ]
_One. Hebrew, "against a stone." My bread is full of them, Psalm ci. 10. (Calmet) --- He describes his afflictions, as if his teeth had been broken. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_End. Hebrew, "strength." Septuagint, "victory." (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hope. The remembrance fills him with grief and hope, chap. xx. 12. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER III.... [ Continue Reading ]
_New. Novi should be novæ, to agree with miserationes. (Calmet) --- Chaldean, "new miracles" occur daily. (Haydock) --- God's mercies are ever fresh. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Yoke. Afflictions endured for justice sake ensure a blessing. (Haydock) --- All may derive great benefit from suffering._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Himself, with perfect resignation._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hope. He does not doubt, but confides with great humility._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Him. We cannot verify this of the prophet as we can of Christ, (Matthew xxvi. 62.; Calmet) to whom this particularly refers. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Men. He punishes with regret, Ezechiel xviii. 23. Our crimes force him to chastise, ver. 36. (Calmet) --- Yet he seeks our advantage. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Commanded. Hebrew, "said: It cometh to pass," as if by chance. There have always been Epicureans, Ezechiel viii. 12., and Psalm xciii. 7. (Calmet) --- Those who deny Providence speak, ver. 30. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sins? If all happened by inevitable necessity, or according to the laws of Providence, why should any one complain?_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Up. This posture "is the testimony of a soul naturally Christian." (Tertullian, Apol.) --- Our heart must accompany our hands, 1 Timothy ii. 8. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Inexorable. Hebrew and Septuagint, "Thou hast not shewn pity." (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Covered thyself, as if not to see our distress._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cloud. Isaias lix. 2., and Ecclesiasticus xxxv. 21. These expressions are admirable._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Prophecy. Many would read, vastatio. Hebrew, "ruin." Septuagint, "taking away." (Calmet) --- Protestants, "Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction." The prophets were continually in danger. (Haydock) --- The preaching of false prophets has brought these evils upon the people. ... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wasted. Literally, "robbed." (Haydock) --- I have felt more for my people than they have themselves. Moral writers often product this text, to shew the dangers of an unguarded glance (Calmet) at women._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Over me, as if I were buried. (Haydock) --- Jeremias was in prison (chap. xxxviii. 6.) when he prayed, ver. 54., and chap. xx. 7. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Judge what they have judged unjustly. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lips; or language (Genesis xi. 1.) thou knowest, ver. 60._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Up, all their conduct. --- Song. Ver. 14._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Buckler, to cover all the body. They shall be surrounded with misery, (Psalm cviii. 29.) while God will protect his servants, Psalm v. 13. (Calmet) --- Let sorrow pierce their heart, as thy enemies are treated. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]