Hatcheth them not — Having lost them, either by some man that has taken them from her, or by some vermin or wild beast. A fool — Shall lose it again before he dies, and then shall understand what a fool he was.
Verse Jeremiah 17:11. _AS THE PARTRIDGE_] קרא _kore_. It is very likely that this was a bird different from our partridge. The text Dr. _Blayney_ translates thus: - (As) the kore that hatcheth what i...
In the rest of the prophecy Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah’s ruin. Jeremiah 17:6 LIKE THE HEATH - Or, “like a destitute man” Psalms 102:17. The verbs “he shall see” (or...
CHAPTER 17 _ 1. Judah's sin (Jeremiah 17:1) _ 2. The curse and the blessing (Jeremiah 17:5) 3. The worship of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 17:12) 4. Concerning the Sabbath ...
JEREMIAH 16:1 TO JEREMIAH 17:18. THE COMING DISTRESS A PENALTY FOR SIN. The prophet is forbidden to found a family, because of the coming sorrows (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 7:29 ff.), in which death will be...
DAYS. day. But some codices, with one early printed edition, read "days", as Authorized Version. Compare Luke 12:20....
See introd. summary to section. This sub-section is made up of three isolated pieces, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13; the metres also varying....
_As the partridge, etc_.] mg. _sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid_. We need not take the statement to indicate more than a popular belief of that day, of which the prophet availed himself by way...
AS THE PARTRIDGE— _As the snipe hatcheth_ or _broodeth upon eggs which she did not lay; such is he who getteth wealth, and not by right. In the midst of his days it shall desert him, and at his end he...
C. The Deceitful Human Heart Jeremiah 17:9-11 TRANSLATION (9) The heart is deceitful more than anything and incurable; who can know it? (10) I am the LORD who searches the heart, tries the mind in or...
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. PARTRIDGE - (1 Samue...
1-4. The sin of Judah is indelible. Hence the severity of the punishment....
RV 'As the partridge that gathereth _young_ which she hath not brought forth,' and which will soon fly away—a popular belief of which Jeremiah avails himself to illustrate the truth that riches unlawf...
AS THE PARTRIDGE SITTETH ON EGGS... — Better, following the LXX. and Vulg., and the marginal reading of the Authorised Version, _heaps up eggs and hath not laid them._ The words point to a popular bel...
קֹרֵ֤א דָגַר֙ וְ לֹ֣א יָלָ֔ד עֹ֥שֶׂה עֹ֖שֶׁר
CHAPTER IX THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?) VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...
HUMAN AND DIVINE HELP CONTRASTED Jeremiah 17:1-14 The Jews were always seeking alliance either with Egypt or Babylon. What was true of them applies to us all; but we cannot depend upon human aid, wit...
Once again Jehovah declared His determination to deal with the people in judgment, because of the defiant definiteness of their sin. That sin was "written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a d...
(k) [As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. (k) As the...
_Partridge. Hebrew kore, (Haydock) may mean the "coucou." The kra lays many eggs, all of which she does not hatch. (Calmet) --- Protestants, " As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not,...
Some naturalists have given this account of the Partridge. And it forms a striking representation of the man of riches brooding over his riches, which after all bring forth nothing but disappointment....
The Prophet no doubt intended only to shew that those who enriched themselves by unlawful means, or heaped together great wealth, would yet be subject to the curse of God, so that whatever they may ha...
The great thing, amidst all that was going on, was to trust in Jehovah. He who, failing in this, made flesh his arm, should not see when good came. Meantime the fire of God's anger was kindled and sho...
AS THE PARTRIDGE SITTETH ON EGGS, AND HATCHETH THEM NOT,.... Here seems to be another sin pointed at, as the cause of the ruin of the Jews; as idolatry and trust in the creature before mentioned; so r...
Jeremiah 17:11 [As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool....
_As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not_ Or rather, as the words דגר לא ילד may be more literally rendered, _hatcheth eggs which she did not lay; so he that getteth riches, and not by...
The Depth of the Nation's Corruption...
As the partridge sitteth on eggs and hatcheth them not, or, "a partridge hatching eggs which it has not laid," SO HE THAT GETTETH RICHES, AND NOT BY RIGHT, accumulating unjust wealth, ill-gotten gain,...
SITTETH ON EGGS, AND HATCHETH THEM NOT: Or, gathereth young which she hath not brought forth...
5-11 He who puts confidence in man, shall be like the heath in a desert, a naked tree, a sorry shrub, the product of barren ground, useless and worthless. Those who trust to their own righteousness a...
AS THE PARTRIDGE SITTETH ON EGGS, AND HATCHETH THEM NOT: it is no wonder if we cannot be certain as to the sense of these words so far as they concern natural history, when we are not certain what bir...
Jeremiah 17:11 partridge H7124 broods H1716 (H8804) hatch H3205 (H8804) gets H6213 (H8802) riches H6239 right...
THE CURSINGS AND THE BLESSINGS ON INDIVIDUALS (JEREMIAH 17:5). But not all of Judah will come under YHWH's anger. Only those (the huge majority) who have turned from Him and forsaken Him and are under...
Jeremiah 17:11 I. The Bible has nothing to say against a man's getting rich by just and honourable means. The need of money, and a moderate desire for it, form a most valuable incentive to industry. W...
Jeremiah 17:1. _The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond:_ It is so ingrained in their very nature that you might as well try to erase an inscription that is wr...
CONTENTS: Sign of the unmarried prophet, concluded. Message in the gates concerning the Sabbath. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: The heart of man, out of communion with God, is wicked and dece...
Jeremiah 17:1. _The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron._ Yea, it is deeply written on the heart, as the diamond will write on polished stones, on tablets of brass, or on the brazen altars of B...
_As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days._ RICHES GOTTEN NOT BY RIGHT The illustration is taken...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Jeremiah 17:1 continue the prophecy of chap. 16. A distinct break in the continuity of the book is noticeable at Jeremiah 17:19. [_Keil_ se...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah 17:1 are closely connected with the preceding chapter. We have just been pointed to the striking contrast between the conduct of the heathen and that of the backsliding men of Juda...
Chapter 17 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond (Jeremiah 17:1): Interesting that they were using diamonds for pens in those days, isn't it? Diamonds set in...
1 Timothy 6:9; 2 Peter 2:14; 2 Peter 2:3; Amos 3:10; Amos 8:4;...