Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 11:5
So be it — God having ended his speech, the prophet saith, Amen, either asserting the truth of which God had said, or wishing that the people would do according to their covenant.
So be it — God having ended his speech, the prophet saith, Amen, either asserting the truth of which God had said, or wishing that the people would do according to their covenant.
Verse Jeremiah 11:5. _SO BE IT, O LORD_] Let thy promises be fulfilled; and let the incorrigible beware of thy threatenings!...
AS IT IS THIS DAY - God had kept the terms of the covenant. Whether the promised land would permanently remain the property of the Jews would depend upon their observance of their part of the covenant...
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 OATH WHICH. HAVE SWORN. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 7:12). A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 3:8; Exodus 3:17;...
_your fathers_ Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as ancestors of those who entered upon the enjoyment of the land. _flowing with milk and honey_ For the expression cp. Jeremiah 32:22; Exodus 3:8; Exodus 3:1...
SO BE IT, O LORD— That is to say, "Cursed be they who have rebelled, &c." or rather, _So it is, O Lord._ "Thou hast fulfilled thy promises with the strictest fidelity....
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...
That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD. OATH - (Psalms 10...
1-14. Punishment must follow faithlessness....
A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY. — The description appears for the first time in Exodus 3:8; Exodus 3:17. It rapidly became proverbial, and is prominent in Deuteronomy 6:3 and...
לְמַעַן֩ הָקִ֨ים אֶת ־הַ שְּׁבוּעָ֜ה אֲשֶׁר ־
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...
That I may perform the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as [it is] this day. Then answered (b) I, and said, So be it, O LORD. (b) Thus he spea...
_Amen. Septuagint, "So be it." (Haydock) --- Thou hast fulfilled thy engagements. _...
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...
He adds, _That I may establish the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them a land abounding in milk and honey, according to _what it is at _this day _Here he does not refer to the chief...
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...
THAT I MAY PERFORM THE OATH WHICH I HAVE SWORN UNTO YOUR FATHERS,.... Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: TO GIVE THEM A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY: that is, abounding with plenty of all kind of provisi...
That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as [it is] this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD. Ver. 5. _A land fl...
_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...
that I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, the special promises given to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Deuteronomy 7:8, TO GIVE THEM A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY, AS IT IS TH...
SO BE IT: _ Heb._ Amen...
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...
I required their obedience for their own good; I had sworn to their fathers that I would give their posterity a land abounding with plenty of all good things, the best and choicest things, upon suppos...
Jeremiah 11:5 establish H6965 (H8687) oath H7621 sworn H7650 (H8738) fathers H1 give H5414 (H8800) land...
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...
_Then answered I, and said, So be it, O Lord._ THE SOUL’S “AMEN” Jeremiah was naturally gentle, yielding, and pitiful for the sins and sorrows of his people. Nothing was further from his heart than t...
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 ...
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...
1 Corinthians 14:16; Deuteronomy 27:15; Deuteronomy 6:3; Deuteronomy 7:12;...