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Verse Jeremiah 12:17. _I WILL - DESTROY THAT NATION_] Several of them
did not obey, and are destroyed. Of the Moabites, Ammonites, and
Chaldeans, not one vestige remains. The _sixteenth_ verse is supp...
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CHAPTER 12
The Prophet's Prayer and the House Forsaken, Yet Compassion
_ 1. The prophet's prayer (Jeremiah 12:1) 2. The house forsaken, yet
compassion (Jeremiah 12:7) _
Jeremiah 12:1. In his outburs...
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THE DESOLATION OF JUDAH BY HER NEIGHBOURS, AND THEIR FUTURE. This
isolated prophecy is most naturally referred to the events of 2 Kings
24:1 f., when Jehoiakim had revolted against Nebuchadrezzar (_c....
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OBEY. hearken.
SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. 7-13. The beloved People.
Themselves. 14-17. The beloved People. Their enemies....
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Jeremiah 12:7-17. Devastation of Judah to be wrought by hostile
neighbours, who shall be punished by exile unless they submit to the
God of Israel
Jehovah in pathetic language deplores the necessity...
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See introd. summary to the section....
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V. THE PREDICTION CONCERNING THE NATIONS Jeremiah 12:14-17
TRANSLATION
(14) Thus says the LORD concerning all my wicked neighbors who lay
their hands on the inheritance which I caused My people Israe...
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Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the
inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I
will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house...
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1-4. The prosperity of the wicked perplexes Jeremiah....
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I WILL UTTERLY PLUCK UP. — In this, as in the preceding verse, there
is an obvious reference to the prophet’s calling as described in
Jeremiah 1:10, the self-same word being used as that which is ther...
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וְ אִ֖ם לֹ֣א יִשְׁמָ֑עוּ וְ
נָ֨תַשְׁתִּ֜י אֶת
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CHAPTER VII
THE BROKEN COVENANT
Jeremiah 11:1 and Jeremiah 12:1
THERE is no visible break between these two Chapter s. They seem to
summarise the history of a particular episode in the prophet's car...
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Now we hear the prophet as he appealed to Jehovah to be his Defender,
and. finally, we hear the divine determination. concerning his evil
neighbors.
This peril was revealed to him by Jehovah. It was...
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I detain not the Reader, with multiplying observations on these
verses, the tenor of which is so uniformly discoverable through all
the Bible. But I beg of him, to remark with me, how gracious the
Lor...
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REFLECTIONS
READER let us learn from this chapter to form one sure and unerring
maxim, concerning the providences of God, that however puzzling and
unaccountable to us they may appear, the issue of th...
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As he had shewn that there was a sure hope of salvation to his own
people, when the Gentiles would embrace his mercy, so he now threatens
the Gentiles with destruction in case they repented not; for h...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12.
Chapter 11 suggests some observations. God addresses Himself again to
Israel on the ground of their responsibility, reminding them of the
call to o...
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BUT IF THEY WILL NOT OBEY,.... Or "hear" k; the word of the Lord, and
hearken to the ministers of the Gospel, and be subject to the
ordinances of it; or as the Targum,
"will not receive instruction:'...
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_If they will diligently learn the ways of my people_ If they will
leave their idolatries, and learn of my people who lived among them to
be worshippers of me the true God, and _to swear by my name, T...
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The Lord's Answer...
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But it they will not obey, if they refuse to heed God's message of
salvation, I WILL UTTERLY PLUCK UP AND DESTROY THAT NATION, SAITH THE
LORD; for sin is a reproach to any people and will be treated
a...
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14-17 The Lord would plead the cause of his people against their evil
neighbours. Yet he would afterwards show mercy to those nations, when
they should learn true religion. This seems to look forward...
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But for those, whether they be Jews or Gentiles, that shall continue
in their idolatrous and superstitious courses, that shall refuse the
Messias, and continue in unbelief, and go on in courses of reb...
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Jeremiah 12:17 obey H8085 (H8799) utterly H5428 (H8800) up H5428
(H8804) destroy H6 (H8763) nation...
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YHWH HAS FORSAKEN HIS HOUSE AND REJECTED HIS HERITAGE BECAUSE OF WHAT
IT HAS BECOME, AND THEIR EVIL NEIGHBOURS WILL ALSO BE PUNISHED, BUT
EVEN FOR THEM THERE WILL BE HOPE IN THE FUTURE IF THEY TURN TO...
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CONTENTS: Message on the broken covenant, concluded. Jeremiah's
complaint to God and God's rebuke.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: When we find it hard to understand God's providences
toward w...
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Jeremiah 12:4. _He shall not see our last end._ This is sadducean
language, as Psalms 104:5. “The Lord will not see, neither will the
God of Jacob regard.” This species of atheism blunts the edge of t...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:16 God also has compassion on the
nations who LEARN his WAYS, SWEAR BY his NAME, and obey his word. He
is the C
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. See on
chap. 11, Bleek’s theory; for which there is a weight of argument.
All commentators agree to connect Jeremiah 12:1 with the conclusi...
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 12:1
Painfully exercised by the mysteries of the Divine government, the
prophet opens his grief to Jehovah. Righteous art thou, etc.; rather,
_Righteous wouldest thou be_,_ O Jeho...
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Now Jeremiah goes on and he is talking now about the situation, the
wicked man Jehoahaz that is in power. And he begins by saying,
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee (Jeremiah 12:1):...
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1 Peter 2:6; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Daniel 11:4; Daniel 7:4; Ezekiel