Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Jeremiah 17:17
Be not a terror unto me, causing consternation to strike him; Thou art my Hope in the day of evil, his Refuge in the time of distress.
Be not a terror unto me, causing consternation to strike him; Thou art my Hope in the day of evil, his Refuge in the time of distress.
Verse Jeremiah 17:17. _BE NOT A TERROR UNTO ME_] Do not command me to predict miseries, and abandon me to them and to my enemies....
In the rest of the prophecy Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah’s ruin. Jeremiah 17:6 LIKE THE HEATH - Or, “like a destitute man” Psalms 102:17. The verbs “he shall see” (or...
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...
BE NOT. TERROR. Compare Jeremiah 1:17. EVIL. calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44....
See introd. summary to section....
_terror_ a cause of _dismay_. See ch. Jeremiah 1:17, with note. The root occurs as a verb (_dismayed_) twice in the next _v_....
V. PROPHETIC PRAYER Jeremiah 17:12-18 TRANSLATION (12) O throne of glory exalted from the beginning, the place of our sanctuary! (13) O hope of Israel, the LORD! All that forsake You shall be put to...
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. Prayer of the prophet for deliverance from the enemies whom he excited by his faithful denunciations....
1-4. The sin of Judah is indelible. Hence the severity of the punishment....
BE NOT A TERROR..._ — i.e.,_ a cause of terror or dismay. The words are explained by what follows. The prophet had put his hope in Jehovah, but if he were left to himself, his message unfulfilled, him...
אַל ־תִּֽהְיֵה ־לִ֖י לִ מְחִתָּ֑ה מַֽחֲסִי ־א
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...
Be not (q) a terror to me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil. (q) However the wicked deal rigorously with me, yet let me find comfort in you....
This passage seems to be a break in the midst of the Prophet's sermon, in which he fervently addresseth the Lord in prayer, and a blessed prayer it is. It needs no comment: for it is as plain as it is...
Now the Prophet, having appealed to God as a witness to his integrity, prays him to show himself as his patron and defender. Thus he again implores God’s aid, _Be not thou_, he says, _a terror to me_,...
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...
BE NOT A TERROR UNTO ME,.... By deserting him, and leaving him in the hands of his enemies; or by denying him supports under their reproaches and persecution; or by withdrawing his gracious presence f...
Be not a terror unto me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil. Ver. 17. _Be not a terror unto me._] Let me have fair weather overhead, how foul soever it be under foot. If we have peace with God, th...
Jer. 17:16-18. What we find in these verses is a confirmation that when the prophet Jeremiah, and other inspired penmen of the Old Testament, imprecated judgments on their enemies, those parts of thei...
_Behold, they say unto me_ Scoffing at me, as if I had denounced threatenings in thy name, without any order or direction from thee: _Where is the word of the Lord?_ Like the scoffers, mentioned by St...
12-18 The prophet acknowledges the favour of God in setting up religion. There is fulness of comfort in God, overflowing, ever-flowing fulness, like a fountain. It is always fresh and clear, like spr...
Though these rebellious wicked men affright and terrify me, yet, Lord, be not thou a terror to me, own and defend me as thy prophet; for thou alone art he in whom I place my hope and trust in a day of...
Jeremiah 17:17 terror H4288 hope H4268 day H3117 doom H7451 a terror - Job 31:23;...
JEREMIAH ESTABLISHES HIS OWN POSITION AND CALLS FOR VINDICATION (JEREMIAH 17:12). Jeremiah exults in the glory of the significance of the Temple as YHWH's throne, and as the one place where YHWH was t...
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...
_Be not a terror unto me: Thou art my hope in the day of evil._ DIVINE WRATH AN OBJECT OF FEAR I. The petition. 1. God’s majesty is in itself an object of fear and dread (Hebrews 12:21; Isaiah 6:5;...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 17:17 For now Jeremiah stands with God, not the people. Thus he fulfills God’s commands in Jeremiah 1:7,...
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...
Ephesians 6:13; Jeremiah 16:19; Jeremiah 17:13; Jeremiah 17:7; Jo