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Verse Jeremiah 2:25. _WITHHOLD THY FOOT FROM BEING UNSHOD_] When it
was said to them, "Cease from discovering thy feet; prostitute thyself
no more to thy idols."
_AND THY THROAT FROM THIRST_] Drink...
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God the true husband exhorts Israel not to run barefoot, and with
parched throat, like a shameless adulteress, after strangers.
THERE IS NO HOPE - i. e., It is in vain....
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CHAPTER S 2:1-3:5
Expostulation and Impeachment
_ 1. His love and kindness to Jerusalem (Jeremiah 2:1) _
2. The unfaithful people (Jeremiah 2:4)
3. The two evils and the results (Jeremiah 2:12)...
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ISRAEL'S FALSE RELIGION. Israel has forfeited the privileges of a son,
and incurred disaster by forsaking Yahweh for the sensuous worship of
the Baalim (_cf._ Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 2:28). Jeremiah 2...
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Israel's sin and obstinacy under punishment
14 17. Co. points out that Jeremiah 2:13 connects naturally with
Jeremiah 2:18. The cisterns from which Israel has sought water proving
unavailable, she has...
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_Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst_ Do
not pursue thy shameless quest in recklessness and heat, till thy
sandals are worn out, and thy throat parched. The words of the re...
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WITHHOLD THY FOOT, &C.— The first clause might be rendered, _Do not
uncover thy feet;_ and the next, _Restrain thy throat from thirst._
They allude to the manners of those times, and imply, in a prima...
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D. Pointed Accusation Jeremiah 2:20-28
TRANSLATION
(20) For from of old you have broken your yoke, you have burst your
bands and you said, I will not serve. For upon every high hill and
under every g...
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Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but
thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and
after them will I go.
WITHHOLD ... - i:e., Abstain from inco...
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WITHHOLD, etc.] pursue not thy reckless wanton quest with parched
throat and worn-out sandal....
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JEREMIAH'S SECOND PROPHECY (2:1-3:5)
The prophet expostulates with Israel because of their unfaithfulness
to Jehovah.
1-13. Under the figure of the marriage relation Jehovah reminds the
people of Hi...
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WITHHOLD THY FOOT. — From the brute types of passion the prophet
passes to the human. Here he has Hosea as giving a prototype (Hosea
2:5; Hosea 2:7), perhaps also Isaiah (Isaiah 23:15). The picture ma...
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מִנְעִ֤י רַגְלֵךְ֙ מִ יָּחֵ֔ף
_וּ_†_גְרֹונֵ֖ךְ_† מִ...
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CHAPTER II
THE TRUST IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPT
Jeremiah 2:1; Jeremiah 3:1
THE first of the prophet's public addresses is, in fact, a sermon
which proceeds from an exposure of national sin to the menace...
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The first movement in commissioning the called man now commences. He
was commanded to utter a great impeachment in the ears of Jerusalem.
This impeachment was threefold. It first declared how Israel h...
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Withhold thy foot from (m) being unshod, and thy throat from thirst:
but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and
after them will I go.
(m) By this he warns them that they s...
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_Foot, and the parts which modesty covers. My exhortations are
slighted. (Calmet) --- Despair opens the door to every sort of
impurity, Ephesians iv. 19. (Haydock)_...
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I include all these verses under one view, as the doctrine is one and
the same, though varied with several similitudes. But the whole is
intended to show, to what a degenerate state the Church was red...
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The words of the Prophet, as they are concise, may appear at the first
view obscure: but his meaning is simply this, — that the insane
people could by no means be reformed, however much God might try...
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Chapter 2 contains a most touching appeal to the people at Jerusalem.
It requires no explanation, but deserves the heart's serious
attention. It testifies in the most striking manner to the kindness
a...
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WITHHOLD THY FOOT FROM BEING UNSHOD,.... That it may not be unshod, be
naked and bare. The sense is, either, as some, do not take long
journeys into foreign countries for help, as into Assyria and Egy...
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Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but
thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and
after them will I go.
Ver. 25. _Withhold thy foot from being un...
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_Withhold thy foot from being unshod_, &c. “Do not wear out thy
shoes, or sandals, and expose thyself to thirst and weariness in
undertaking long journeys, to make new alliances with idolaters.”
Thus...
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THERE IS NO HOPE:
Or, is the case desperate?...
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20-28 Notwithstanding all their advantages, Israel had become like
the wild vine that bears poisonous fruit. Men are often as much under
the power of their unbridled desires and their sinful lusts, a...
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WITHHOLD THY FOOT FROM BEING UNSHOD; good counsel given them by the
prophet to tarry at home; either that they do not go a gadding after
their spiritual or corporal adulteries, or seek foreign aids, t...
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Jeremiah 2:25 Withhold H4513 (H8798) foot H7272 unshod H3182 throat
H1627 thirst H6773 said H559 (H8799) hope...
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THEY HAD BROKEN FREE FROM YHWH TO WORSHIP FALSE GODS AND HAD THEREBY
BECOME DEFILED WITH A DEFILEMENT AND A DEGENERACY THAT THEY COULD NOT
REMOVE, WHILE STILL INCREDIBLY CLAIMING THAT THEY HAD NOT BRO...
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Jeremiah 2:20. For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy
bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high
hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the har...
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Jeremiah 2:1. Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and
cry in the ears of Jerusalem saying, Thus saith the LORD: I remember
thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals...
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CONTENTS: First message to backslidden Judah concerning their
ingratitude to God and wickedness against Him.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: It is a great affront to God to neglect Him and for...
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Jeremiah 2:2. _I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth._ God now
addressed them, that he might do the same to the children as he had
done to the fathers, and rejoice over them as the bridegroom rej...
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_How canst thou say, I am not polluted._
SELF-VINDICATING SINNERS REPROVED
I. The self-vindicating ways of sinners.
1. Direct denial (Genesis 4:9).
2. Vain excuse (1 Samuel 15:13).
3. Hypocritical...
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JEREMIAH 2:1 Israel’s Covenantal Adultery. These five related
messages were probably delivered during Josiah’s reign (Jeremiah
3:6). Jeremiah declares that God’s chosen people commit spiritual
adulter...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY. Most probably in
thirteenth Josiah, quickly after his call. Dr. Dahler (Stratsbourg)
would interpose Chapter s 4, 5, 6; deferring this chapter till after...
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EXPOSITION
The second chapter forms the introduction of a group of discourses
(Jeremiah 2-6), which should be read together. It is called By Ewald
(and the position of the prophecy favors this view) t...
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Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and cry in the
ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD (Jeremiah 2:1-2);
Now this is the first message that he has to deliver. As God is
cal...
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2 Chronicles 28:22; Deuteronomy 28:48; Deuteronomy 29:19; Deuteronomy
29:20;...
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Withhold — Take not those courses that will reduce thee to poverty,
to go bare foot, and to want wherewith to quench thy thirst. No hope
— We care not since there is no remedy. Strangers — Idols....