Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 33:24
The two families — The families of David and Aaron. Despised — Spoken scornfully of my people, as if they should never be a nation more, having rulers of themselves, and a ministry.
The two families — The families of David and Aaron. Despised — Spoken scornfully of my people, as if they should never be a nation more, having rulers of themselves, and a ministry.
Verse Jeremiah 33:24. _THE TWO FAMILIES WHICH THE LORD HATH CHOSEN_] Some think these refer to the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah; but they never can be considered as two distinct families, being o...
CONSIDEREST THOU NOT - literally, Hast thou not seen, i. e., noticed? THIS PEOPLE - i. e., the Jews. THUS ... - Or, and “My people they have despised,” so that they are “no more a nation” in their si...
CHAPTER 33 New Message of Restoration and Blessing _ 1. The call to pray and Jerusalem's overthrow (Jeremiah 33:1) _ 2. Future blessing and glory (Jeremiah 33:6) 3. The Branch of Righteousness; Je...
JEREMIAH 33. PROMISES OF RESTORATION. There may be a Jeremianic nucleus in the first half of the chapter, but Jeremiah 33:14, being imitative, and omitted by LXX, is probably late. Yahweh the Restorer...
Renewal of the assurance to the people as a whole, with the same illustration....
_this people_ If the words be right, they must indicate the sceptical part of the nation. But the subsequent context, as it stands, rather requires the meaning to be hostile nations. The emendation wh...
See introd. summary to the section. This portion of the ch. is clearly later than Jeremiah's time. The expression "Levitical priests" (see on Jeremiah 33:18) is not one which he uses elsewhere. Moreov...
THE TWO FAMILIES— The Jews indirectly accuse God of breach of promise, in saying that he had rejected the kingdoms of Israel and Judah; which made the whole race of Jacob: others understand the tribes...
3. _Special promises_ (Jeremiah 33:14-26) TRANSLATION (14) Behold, days are coming (oracle of the LORD) when I will fulfill the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the ho...
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath...
1-13. Restoration and honour again promised....
The people, seeing that both Israel and Judah (THE TWO FAMILIES) are being apparently cast off, despise their own nation, despair of any better days, and consider their national existence to be a thin...
(24-26) CONSIDEREST THOU NOT WHAT THIS PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN... — The words that follow have been regarded by many commentators as the taunt of the heathen nations — Chaldæans, Egyptians, Edomites, and o...
הֲ לֹ֣וא רָאִ֗יתָ מָֽה ־הָ עָ֤ם הַ
CHAPTER XXXI RESTORATION II THE NEW ISRAEL Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 30:1; Jeremiah 31:1;...
Following the story of the purchase of the field in Anathoth, with its signification, is a song of the ultimate restoration therein foretold. The song first celebrates the restoration of the people an...
Considerest thou not what (q) this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a...
_Families of kings and priests, (Challoner) or the two kingdoms of Israel and Juda. The people complained that God had broken his word, (Calmet) so heretics assert that he has abandoned his Church for...
We have here two short, but sweet Sermons of the Prophet, and both to the same amount, by way of confirming the word. The Lord appeals to his original Covenant made after the flood, by way of assuring...
He now assigns a reason why he had so largely spoken of the deliverance of the people and of their perpetual preservation, even because the blessing promised by God was regarded as uncertain by the un...
Chapter 33 repeats with ample and rich abundance the testimony to these blessings, and dwells particularly on the presence of the Messiah; it announces that the branch of righteousness shall grow up u...
CONSIDEREST THOU NOT WHAT THIS PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN,.... The words are directed to the prophet by an interrogation, if he had not considered in his mind what he heard the people say; not the Chaldeans,...
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nat...
_The two families which the Lord hath chosen_ “It is plain from Jeremiah 33:26,” says Blaney,” that the two families here meant are those of Jacob and David, though some have supposed the two kingdoms...
THE GLORY OF THE FUTURE...
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath chosen, namely, Israel and Judah, as representing His Church of all times, HE HATH EVEN CAST THEM OFF? T...
14-26 To crown the blessings God has in store, here is a promise of the Messiah. He imparts righteousness to his church, for he is made of God to us righteousness; and believers are made the righteou...
THIS PEOPLE, that is, (say some,) the enemies of the Jews; but it may as well be interpreted either of the wicked Jews, wicked men being always full of groundless, presumptuous hopes, or sunk in despa...
Jeremiah 33:24 considered H7200 (H8804) people H5971 spoken H1696 (H8765) saying H559 (H8800) two H8147 f
YHWH AFFIRMS THAT HE HAS NOT CAST OFF THE TWO FAMILIES WHOM HE HAS CHOSEN, AND GUARANTEES THE RULE OF THE SEED OF DAVID OVER THE SEED OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB (JEREMIAH 33:23). In this final affirm...
YHWH'S PROMISE THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A TRUE SON OF DAVID, AND A TRUE PRIESTHOOD, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF HIS PEOPLE (JEREMIAH 33:17). In a series of three short words from YHWH the guarantee is made...
YHWH PROMISES THAT IN ‘THE DAYS THAT ARE COMING' BOTH HIS CHOSEN (DAVIDIC) KINGSHIP AND HIS GOD-APPOINTED (LEVITICAL) PRIESTHOOD WILL BE MAINTAINED SO AS TO WATCH OVER HIS PEOPLE'S FUTURE (JEREMIAH 33...
SUB-PART B. YHWH PROMISES THE RESTORATION OF THE DAVIDIC MONARCHY AND THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD (JEREMIAH 33:1). The passage commences with, ‘Moreover the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah the second time...
Jeremiah 33:15. _In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land._ In the latter days, at...
CONTENTS: Prophecy concering the Davidic kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: The Davidic covenant will in God's own time be literally fulfilled, to the great joy of the remnant of...
Jeremiah 33:3. _Call to me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things._ What a gracious promise in the time of war and siege, and impending extremities. God even now would have del...
_If ye can break My covenant of the day, and My covenant of the night. .. Then may also My covenant be broken with David My servant._ GOD’S GREAT DAY-AND-NIGHT ENGINE, AS A WITNESS AGAINST SKEPTICISM...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—This chapter is in date and subject essentially linked to chapter 32. For Notes, therefore, see previous chapter. LITERARY CRITICISMS.— Jeremiah 33:3. “MIGHTY THINGS:” a...
EXPOSITION A chapter of promises, having reference, first, to the people and kingdom in general (Jeremiah 33:4), and then to the royal and priestly offices in particular (Jeremiah 33:14). The first pa...
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, Thus saith the LORD the maker, the LORD that formed it, to establish it;...
Esther 3:6; Ezekiel 25:3; Ezekiel 26:2; Ezekiel 35:10; Ezekiel 36:2;
THE GLORIOUS FUTURE OF ISRAEL Jeremiah 33:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The opening verse of our study says, "Moreover the Word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time." This second vision was the vi...