Jeremiah 11:1 to Jeremiah 12:6. Exhortation to observe the Deuteronomic Law. Warning of coming judgements in general and on Anathoth in particular On the date of the earlier (Jeremiah 11:1-8) and later part (Jeremiah 11:18 to Jeremiah 12:6) of the section two views are held, (i) that it belongs to... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cursed be the man that heareth not_ Cp. Deuteronomy 27:15-26, especially the last _v_. _the words of this covenant_ Cp. for the expression Deuteronomy 29:1; Deuteronomy 29:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
_in the day, etc_.] Cp. Jeremiah 7:23. _the iron furnace_ The place where iron is smelted represents figuratively the scene of the affliction. See for the expression Deuteronomy 4:20; 1 Kings 8:51; and cp. Isaiah 48:10. _and do them_ probably introduced by mistake from Jeremiah 11:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 3:17, and elsewhere.... [ Continue Reading ]
See summary at commencement of section. Gi. omits these three _vv_. But Jeremiah 11:6 is needed, in order to account for the hostility roused at Anathoth by Jeremiah's mission. Jeremiah 11:7 on the other hand are omitted by LXX, and may well have been inserted here from the parallel passage, Jeremia... [ Continue Reading ]
_rising early_ Cp. ch. Jeremiah 7:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
_stubbornness_ Cp. ch. Jeremiah 3:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
They have silently agreed to apostatize.... [ Continue Reading ]
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Judah has fallen back into apostasy. It is now clear that Josiah's reforms have had no lasting results. The passage may therefore be placed in Jehoiakim's reign.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Northern kingdom's apostasy and consequent punishment were already of long standing. Now Judah has followed their example in faithlessness to Jehovah, and has "turned back" after an interval of well doing under Josiah's reforms.... [ Continue Reading ]
Gi. from considerations of style makes these _vv_. the work of a later hand. The last two _vv_. much resemble ch. Jeremiah 2:27 f.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Therefore pray not thou_ Cp. ch. Jeremiah 7:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
The MT. is not really intelligible. It can be approximately corrected from LXX (as in the mg.). Gi. (so Du. and Erbt), quotes Irenaeus (IV. 32), who has _adipes, fat pieces_, a rendering which can be obtained by a fairly easy change in the consonants of the word in MT. The Hebrew noun which he thus... [ Continue Reading ]
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Here also there are probably corruptions in MT., but R.V. gives the general sense. _called thy name_ acknowledged thee to be worthy of comparison with. _green_ SPREADING, LUXURIANT. The Hebrew word does not in itself denote colour. For the figure cp. Psalms 52:8; Hosea 14:6. _tumult_ lit. _roarin... [ Continue Reading ]
Considered by Co., Du. and others, owing to its style, to be due to a later hand.... [ Continue Reading ]
See summary at commencement of section, and for the date of Jeremiah 11:18 to Jeremiah 12:6 see introd. notes on the section. The abruptness with which the mention of the plots against Jeremiah is here introduced suggests either that some introductory words have fallen out, or, better (with Co.), th... [ Continue Reading ]
The prophet no more expected harm from his kindred than does the pet lamb from the family with which it lives (cp. 2 Samuel 12:3). _gentle_ A.V. "an ox" represents the Hebrew word identical in form indeed with one so rendered in Psalms 144:14 (where, however, the sense is dubious), but here the mea... [ Continue Reading ]
_that triest the reins and the heart_ The reins (kidneys) were held to be the seat of the feelings, the heart that of the understanding. Cp. Jeremiah 5:21. Du. points out that here first in the Bible it is clearly set forth that Jehovah is cognisant of men's thoughts. Cp. chs. Jeremiah 17:10 and Jer... [ Continue Reading ]
_punish_ lit. as mg. _visit upon_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_even the year_ or, as mg. _in the year_.... [ Continue Reading ]