Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 17:16
I hastened not — As I did not seek the office of a prophet, so when thou wast pleased to call me to it, I did not decline.
I hastened not — As I did not seek the office of a prophet, so when thou wast pleased to call me to it, I did not decline.
Verse Jeremiah 17:16. _I HAVE NOT HASTENED FROM_ BEING _A PASTOR_] Dr. _Blayney_ translates thus: "But I have not been in haste to outrun thy guidance." I was obliged to utter thy prediction; but I h...
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...
WOEFUL. Same word as "desperately wicked" (in Jeremiah 17:9). incurable. RIGHT. Omit....
See introd. summary to section....
_I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee_ The word "shepherd" is not used elsewhere of prophets. Moreover the whole expression is an awkward one. LXX, who seem to have read the Hebrew as...
AS FOR ME, I HAVE NOT HASTENED— _But I have not been in haste to outrun thy guidance,_ &c.] Houbigant translates it, _As for me, I do not hasten it, but follow after thee;_ that is to say, obeying thy...
V. PROPHETIC PRAYER Jeremiah 17:12-18 TRANSLATION (12) O throne of glory exalted from the beginning, the place of our sanctuary! (13) O hope of Israel, the LORD! All that forsake You shall be put to...
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. Prayer of the prophet for deliverance from the enemies whom he excited by his faithful denunciations....
1-4. The sin of Judah is indelible. Hence the severity of the punishment....
I HAVE NOT HASTENED, etc.] I have not sought to resign the office of assistant shepherd for Thy people. THE WOEFUL DAY] when his predictions would be fulfilled....
I HAVE NOT HASTENED... — The words of the English Version are somewhat obscure, and a better rendering would perhaps be, _I have not been quick to withdraw from my work in following thee, as a shepher...
וַ אֲנִ֞י לֹא ־אַ֣צְתִּי ׀ מֵ רֹעֶ֣ה אַחֲרֶ֗י
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...
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...
As for me, (p) I have not hastened from [being] a shepherd to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which was uttered by my lips was [right] before thee. (p) I am ass...
_Troubled. Hebrew, "in haste to be a pastor after thee." Chaldean, "I delay not, at thy command, to announce thy truths to them," chap. i. 6. Jeremias was aware of the dangers attending his office, ye...
This passage seems to be a break in the midst of the Prophet's sermon, in which he fervently addresseth the Lord in prayer, and a blessed prayer it is. It needs no comment: for it is as plain as it is...
The Prophet here implores God as his defender, having found his own nation so refractory, that they could in no way be brought to a right mind. There is yet no doubt but he intended to double their fe...
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 FOR ME, I HAVE NOT HASTENED FROM [BEING] A PASTOR TO FOLLOW THEE,.... Though he had met with so much ill usage, and was hated by the people for bringing such messages to them, and was jeered and sc...
_As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee._ Ver. 16. _I have no...
Jer. 17:16-18. What we find in these verses is a confirmation that when the prophet Jeremiah, and other inspired penmen of the Old Testament, imprecated judgments on their enemies, those parts of thei...
_Behold, they say unto me_ Scoffing at me, as if I had denounced threatenings in thy name, without any order or direction from thee: _Where is the word of the Lord?_ Like the scoffers, mentioned by St...
As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow Thee, he had not left his duties as shepherd in his home town, in precipitous haste for the sake of being Jehovah's special minister, or, h...
The Depth of the Nation's Corruption...
FOLLOW THEE: _ Heb._ after thee...
12-18 The prophet acknowledges the favour of God in setting up religion. There is fulness of comfort in God, overflowing, ever-flowing fulness, like a fountain. It is always fresh and clear, like spr...
OLBHeb; I HAVE NOT HASTENED FROM BEING A PASTOR TO FOLLOW THEE: that the words contain the prophet's appeal to God upon some reproaches cast upon him by this wicked people, as if he had thrust himself...
Jeremiah 17:16 hurried H213 (H8804) shepherd H7462 (H8802) follows H310 desired H183 (H8694) woeful H605 ...
JEREMIAH ESTABLISHES HIS OWN POSITION AND CALLS FOR VINDICATION (JEREMIAH 17:12). Jeremiah exults in the glory of the significance of the Temple as YHWH's throne, and as the one place where YHWH was t...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 17:16 THE DAY OF SICKNESS. Judah’s spiritual unfaithfulness and its punishment. ⇐...
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...
2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Corinthians 2:17; Acts 20:20; Acts 20:27;...