Jeremiah 8 - Introduction
JEREMIAH 7-10. A new section begins here, containing prophecies presumably uttered in the earlier years of Jehoiakim (608- 604), except Jeremiah 10:1 *.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH 7-10. A new section begins here, containing prophecies presumably uttered in the earlier years of Jehoiakim (608- 604), except Jeremiah 10:1 *.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH 7:29 TO JEREMIAH 8:3. MOURNING FOR JUDAH'S DEAD. Let Jerusalem mourn, and raise a dirge on the heights (where she sinned by her idolatry), because of the near approach of the punishment for the desecration of Yahweh's house, and for the offering of human sacrifice, which Yahweh never ordere... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDAH'S UNNATURAL CONDUCT AND ITS PUNISHMENT. There is something unnatural in the persistency of the people's misconduct; they show no inclination to return to Yahweh, but pursue a headstrong course away from Him (Jeremiah 8:6 _mg.)._ They put themselves below the level of the very birds of heaven,... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH 8:18 TO JEREMIAH 9:1. JEREMIAH'S SORROW OVER JUDAH'S SUFFERING. The prophet, in sorrowful sympathy with his people, hears in anticipation the cry of the exiles and Yahweh's answer. They reproach Him with His abandonment of Zion; He points to their idolatry, and introduction of foreign (stra... [ Continue Reading ]