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Verse Jeremiah 18:14. _WILL_ A MAN _LEAVE THE SNOW OF LEBANON_]
Lebanon was the highest mountain in Judea. Would any man in his senses
abandon a _farm_ that was always watered by the melted snows of
L...
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Rather, “Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the
field?” The meaning probably is, “Will the snow of Lebanon fail
from its rocks which tower above the land of Israel?” The appeal of
the prop...
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CHAPTER 18
The Potter and the Clay
_ 1. In the potter's house and the message (Jeremiah 18:1) _
2. The plot against the prophet and his prayer (Jeremiah 18:18)
Jeremiah 18:1. He was comm
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THE POTTER AND THE CLAY. The potter (Jeremiah 18:1) moulding his clay
on the upper stone, which he makes revolve by his feet resting on the
connected lower stone, is compared with Yahweh in His contro...
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WILL. MAN LEAVE... ? Note the Figure of speech _Erotesis_ and the
Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6), and render:
"Will [a man] leave the snow [water] of Lebanon for the rock of the
field?
Or, shal...
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The unnatural conduct of Israel (cp. Jeremiah 8:7) is illustrated.
_rock of the field_ The strangeness of the expression has led to the
conjectural substitution for "field" (_sâdeh_) of either (_a_)
S...
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WILL A MAN LEAVE THE SNOW, &C.— _Shall one leave the moisture of the
field for the snow-water of Lebanon; or shall the running waters be
forsaken for the muddy waters?_ Lowth. The two similitudes in t...
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D. The Accusation Against the Nation Jeremiah 18:13-15
TRANSLATION
(13) Therefore thus says the LORD: Ask now among the nations who has
heard such things. An exceedingly horrible thing has the virgin...
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Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of
the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another
place be forsaken?
WILL A MAN LEAVE THE SNOW OF LEBANON? - Is t...
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18:14 field? (a-12) It may be translated, 'Shall the snow of Lebanon
be left which cometh from the rock of the field?' up? (b-23) Or 'be
abandoned.'...
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1-17. Figure of the potter's clay....
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WILL _a man_ LEAVE, etc.] RV 'Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from,'
etc. Understand the answer, 'No, it is perpetual.' SHALL THE COLD,
etc.] RV 'Shall the cold waters that flow down from afar' (mg. 'o...
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WILL A MAN LEAVE...? — The interpolated words “a man” pervert
the meaning of the verse, which should run thus: _Will the snow of
Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? or shall the cold_ (or, with
s...
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הֲ יַעֲזֹ֥ב מִ צּ֛וּר שָׂדַ֖י שֶׁ֣לֶג
לְבָנֹ֑
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CHAPTER XI
THE DIVINE POTTER
Jeremiah 18:1
JEREMIAH goes down into the Lower Town, or the valley between the
upper and lower city; and there his attention is arrested by a potter
sitting at work bef...
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We now come to the second series of messages before the fall of
Jerusalem (18-20), which consists of declarations of God's absolute
supremacy. In preparation for this, Jeremiah was sent to the house o...
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Will [a man] leave the snow of Lebanon [which cometh] from the rock of
the field? (d) [or] shall the cold flowing waters that come from
another place be forsaken?
(d) As no man that has thirst refuse...
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Snow. It continues on Libanus seven or eight months, (La Roque quoted.
Univ. Hist. ii. p. 363) or all the year; (Tacitus, Hist. v. 6.) and
hence the mountain is justly denominated "white," as the Alps...
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What a striking expostulation is in the opening of these verses? The
Lord sends his people to ask of the heathen, among whom it was never
known, of such apostasy from their dunghill gods, as Israel ma...
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As I have just said, God here enhances the sin of the people by a
twofold comparison; for when one can draw water in his own field, and
find there a spring, what folly will it be for him to run to a
d...
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In chapter 18 this principle is fully demonstrated before the people
(Jeremiah 18:1-10). But the people in despair as to God, in the midst
of their boldness in evil and in contempt of His marvellous p...
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WILL A MAN LEAVE THE SNOW OF LEBANON, [WHICH COMETH] FROM THE ROCK OF
THE FIELD?.... Lebanon was a mountain on the borders of Judea, the top
of which was covered in the summertime with snow, from the...
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_Ask ye now among the heathen_ Such an apostacy as you are guilty of
(see Jer 18:15) is not to be paralleled among the heathen. Compare
Jeremiah 2:10. _Who hath heard such things_ When did people ever...
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Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the
field? literally, ''Will the snow of Lebanon desert the rock of the
mountain range?" the point of comparison being in the fact th...
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THE PARABLE FURTHER APPLIED...
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THE SNOW OF LEBANON WHICH COMETH FROM THE ROCK OF THE FIELD? OR SHALL
THE COLD FLOWING WATERS THAT COME FROM ANOTHER PLACE BE FORSAKEN?:
Or, my fields for a rock, or for the snow of Lebanon? shall th...
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11-17 Sinners call it liberty to live at large; whereas for a man to
be a slave to his lusts, is the very worst slavery. They forsook God
for idols. When men are parched with heat, and meet with cool...
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WILL A MAN LEAVE THE SNOW OF LEBANON WHICH COMETH FROM THE ROCK OF THE
FIELD? The margins of our Bibles will let us know that there is some
variety in the opinions of the most learned interpreters as...
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Jeremiah 18:14 leave H5800 (H8799) snow H7950 Lebanon H3844 rock H6697
field H7704 cold H7119 flowing H5140 ...
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BECAUSE OF THEIR REFUSAL TO RESPOND TO HIS ‘SHAPING' HE WILL NOW
‘SHAPE' EVIL AGAINST THEM UNLESS THEY NOW REPENT. HIS OFFER BEING
TURNED DOWN GOD CALLS ON THE NATIONS TO BE ASTONISHED WITNESSES OF
TH...
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CONTENTS: Sign of the potter's house. Declaration of God's ways of
dealing with nations. Jeremiah's complaint.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Jehovah has incontestable and irresistible abili...
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Jeremiah 18:6. _As the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in my
hand._ The sense is given in the next words; the exaltation, or the
degradation of a nation, is wholly with the Lord. If they, unde...
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_Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the lock Of
the field?_
MAN SEVERED FROM THE INEXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCES
The idea of the text is that a man will cut himself off from the main,
wil...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 18:14 DOES THE SNOW OF LEBANON LEAVE... DO
THE MOUNTAIN WATERS RUN DRY? Both questions expect a negative answer.
In contrast, Judah has done the unnatural thing and deserted...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Early
in Jehoiakim’s reign (See _Chronological Note_ on Section 19–27 of
previous chapter). Probably about two years later than that messag...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter is the introduction of a group of prophecies (extending
to Jeremiah 25:1.) of various dates; their sequence has evidently not
been determined by chronological considerations. T...
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Now in chapter 18:
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Arise, and go
down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my
words. Then I went down to the potter's house...
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John 6:68...
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Of Lebanon — Lebanon had rocks, and also fruitful valleys; snow fell
upon these rocks, and upon a thaw ran down into the lower places.
Reason teaches men not to forsake a greater good for a less, tho'...