Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Jeremiah 33:13
So as to keep tale of them, as it is said they were wont to do both morning and evening in those countries.
So as to keep tale of them, as it is said they were wont to do both morning and evening in those countries.
TELLETH - i. e., counts the number of his sheep....
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...
MOUNTAINS. hill country....
See introd. summary to the section. The genuineness of these _vv_. may be regarded as questionable; although the fact that the overthrow of Jerusalem is a thing of the past and the land is waste does...
_him that telleth_ For "tell" in the sense (now archaic) of _count_cp. Genesis 15:5; Psalms 22:17; Psalms 48:12. "While one with moderate haste might _tell_a hundred." _Hamlet_,...
SHALL THE FLOCKS PASS AGAIN, &C.— See Leviticus 27:32. Virgil alludes to the same custom when he says, _Bis die numerant ambo pecus:_ "Twice each day they count my goats and sheep." Eclogue 3: The Cha...
2. _General promises_ (Jeremiah 33:4-13) TRANSLATION (4) For thus says the Lord the God of Israel concerning the houses of this city, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which have been torn down s...
In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks...
MOUNTAINS, etc.] see on Jeremiah 32:44. TELLETH] counteth. 14-18. Permanence of the kingly and priestly line. 15, 16. See on Jeremiah 23:5....
1-13. Restoration and honour again promised....
AGAIN IN THIS PLACE. — The “place” includes, as in Jeremiah 33:10, “the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem.” The “habitation” for shepherds is translated sometimes by “sheepcote” (1 Chronicl...
בְּ עָרֵ֨י הָ הָ֜ר בְּ עָרֵ֤י הַ...
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...
In the cities of the (k) mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flo...
_Mountains. Chap. xxxii. 44. --- Numbereth them, they come into the fold. (Calmet) --- Chaldean, "my people shall be instructed, and formed by the hand of the Messias." Grabe supplies what follows to...
I pass over many beauties in those verses, which would furnish out much room for the most delightful meditation, in order to beg the Reader's attention to that most interesting part, which so plainly...
And in the next verse Jeremiah confirms the same thing, where he mentions, as before, the cities of the mountains, and the cities of the plains, and then the cities of the south, and adds also the _la...
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...
IN THE CITIES OF THE MOUNTAINS, IN THE CITIES OF THE VALE, AND IN THE CITIES OF THE SOUTH,.... Into which three parts the land of Judea was divided; Jeremiah 32:44; AND IN THE LAND OF BENJAMIN, AND...
In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks...
_Again in this place shall be a habitation for shepherds_, &c. See Jeremiah 50:19; Isaiah 65:10. In those places which were desolate, without man and beast, there should be flocks and herds of sheep a...
In the cities of the mountains, the mountainous region of Judah, toward the north and northeast, IN THE CITIES OF THE VALE, the plains or lowlands toward the Mediterranean Sea, AND IN THE CITIES OF TH...
THE GLORY OF THE FUTURE...
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...
Jeremiah 33:13 cities H5892 mountains H2022 cities H5892 lowland H8219 cities H5892 South H5045 land H776 Benjamin H
THE WHOLE LAND WILL ONCE AGAIN BECOME A PLACE OF FLOCKS AND HERDS (JEREMIAH 33:12) To an agricultural people this was an essential part of the re-establishment of the land. Once again the land, which...
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...
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 voice of Joy, and the voice of gladness._ JOY AFTER DESOLATION We are called upon to realise the fullest meaning of desolation. Think of a forsaken city, think of being afraid of the sound of yo...
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;...
John 10:3; John 10:4; Leviticus 27:32; Luke 15:4...
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...
Shall pass — So as to keep tally of them, as they were wont to do both morning and evening in those countries....