Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 11:2
Of this covenant — The covenant here spoken of, was the covenant of the law of God, delivered by Moses, to which the people more than once promised obedience.
Of this covenant — The covenant here spoken of, was the covenant of the law of God, delivered by Moses, to which the people more than once promised obedience.
Verse Jeremiah 11:2. _HEAR YE THE WORDS OF THIS COVENANT_] It is possible that the prophet caused the words of the covenant made with their fathers in the desert (Exodus 24:4-2) to be read to them on...
THE WORDS OF THIS COVENANT - The phrase used 2 Kings 23:3 to describe the contents of the Book of the Law....
CHAPTER 11 The Broken Covenant and the Plot Against Jeremiah _ 1. The broken covenant (Jeremiah 11:1) _ 2. The plot revealed and Jehovah's answer (Jeremiah 11:18) Jeremiah 11:1. Jehovah
THE PROCLAMATION OF THE COVENANT. Jeremiah is commissioned to enforce solemnly (_cf._ Deuteronomy 27:26; Deuteronomy 29:9) on Judah and Jerusalem the covenant which Yahweh made at the time of the nati...
THE WORDS. Plural, indicating the many utterances of "this covenant". THIS COVENANT. The old covenant of Exodus had been specially renewed by Judah in Jeremiah's days, under Josiah, in his eighteenth...
CHAPTER NINE CONSPIRACIES AGAINST GOD AND HIS PROPHET Jeremiah 11:1 to Jeremiah 13:27 It is well nigh impossible to precisely date the discourses and activities contained in chapter 11-20. Naegelsba...
Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; THIS COVENANT - alluding to the book of the law (Deut. 27:28 ) found in the temple by Hilki...
1-14. Punishment must follow faithlessness....
THE WORDS OF THIS COVENANT. — The phrase had obviously acquired a definite and special sense in consequence of the discovery of the lost book of the Law under Josiah, and the covenant into which the p...
שִׁמְע֕וּ אֶת ־דִּבְרֵ֖י הַ בְּרִ֣ית הַ זֹּ֑א
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...
THE PENALTY OF A BROKEN COVENANT Jeremiah 11:1-20 This and the following two Chapter s belong to the earlier ministry of Jeremiah, when he still dwelt in his native home of Anathoth. The prophet refe...
He then proceeded to deal with the broken Covenant. There came to him from the Lord a special word commissioning him to pronounce a curse on "the man that heareth not the words of this covenant." To t...
The Prophet produceth very frequently his commission from the Lord, by way both of establishing his authority, and enforcing their attention. The subject here is to remind Israel of God's covenant, an...
Rightly then does Jeremiah begin by saying, that this _word was given _to him. By using the plural number in the second verse, he no doubt shews that he had a few assistants remaining, whom God addres...
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...
HEAR YE THE WORDS OF THIS COVENANT,.... Which. Dr. Lightfoot understands of the covenant lately made in the times of Josiah, upon finding and reading the law of Moses, 2 Kings 23:3, but it seems rathe...
Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; Ver. 2. Hear ye the words - and speak ye.] Ye priests, whose ordinary office it is to teach J...
_Hear ye the words of this covenant_ God speaks here chiefly to Jeremiah, but seems, at the same time, to address, together with him, all those pious persons who were like-minded with him, and who rep...
REMINDER OF THE COVENANT BETWEEN JEHOVAH AND HIS PEOPLE...
Hear ye the words of this covenant, hearkening to them in willing obedience, AND SPEAK UNTO THE MEN OF JUDAH AND TO THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM, Jeremiah here being reminded of the duty which was inc...
1-10 God never promised to bestow blessings on his rational creatures, while they persist in wilful disobedience. Pardon and acceptance are promised freely to all believers; but no man can be saved w...
HEAR YE THE WORDS OF THIS COVENANT: God speaking in the plural number, not _hear thou_, but _hear ye_, makes some conjecture that this was a charge given to some other prophets, either, Zephaniah (if...
Jeremiah 11:2 Hear H8085 (H8798) words H1697 covenant H1285 speak H1696 (H8765) men H376 Judah H3063 inhabitants...
YHWH CALLS ON HIS PEOPLE TO HEAR THE WORD OF HIS COVENANT AND REMINDS THEM OF THE COVENANT CURSE WHICH FALLS ON ALL WHO FAIL TO OBSERVE IT, BUT THEN DRAWS ATTENTION TO THEIR FAILURE TO OBSERVE IT, IND...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's message on the broken covenant. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Those who enter into solemn covenant with God must expect on their part to fulfill the conditions, else He...
Jeremiah 11:14. _Pray not thou for this people._ The Chaldaic and the LXX, Deprecate not the scourge of war coming upon them. We find the same sentiments more fully expressed in Ezekiel 14., confirmin...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 11:1 Jeremiah’s Struggles with God and Judah. As the nation faces invasion, Jeremiah struggles to serve God faithfully. He is surprised by opposition ...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 11:2 THIS COVENANT. The Mosaic law. ⇐ ⇔...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—The “covenant” summarised in Jeremiah 11:2 refers to the nation’s renewal of vows with Jehovah upon the Book of the Law being discovered du...
EXPOSITION The superscription in Jeremiah 11:1 evidently belongs to the three chapters 11-13, though Jeremiah 11:1 and Jeremiah 12:1 are more closely connected with each other than with...
Shall we turn to Jeremiah the eleventh chapter as we continue our study through the book of Jeremiah. Chapter 11 begins a new section of the book, not a whole new division, but it's a new message, and...
2 Chronicles 23:16; 2 Chronicles 29:10; 2 Chronicles 34:31; 2 Kings 11:17;...