Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Jeremiah 4:2
shall bless themselves in him not in Israel, but in God, i.e. they will use Jehovah's name in invoking blessings on themselves.
shall bless themselves in him not in Israel, but in God, i.e. they will use Jehovah's name in invoking blessings on themselves.
Verse Jeremiah 4:2. _THOU SHALT SWEAR, THE LORD LIVETH_] Thou shalt not _bind_ thyself by any false god; thou shalt acknowledge ME as the Supreme. Bind thyself BY me, and TO me; and do this _in truth_...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. True repentance and what it means (Jeremiah 4:1) _ 2. The alarm sounded: judgment comes (Jeremiah 4:5) 3. The doom of the rebellious people (Jeremiah 4:14) 4. The desolation of I
JEREMIAH 3:19 TO JEREMIAH 4:4. A DIALOGUE OF YAHWEH'S GRACE. This directly continues Jeremiah 3:5, the I of Jeremiah 3:19 being emphatically contras
THOU SHALT SWEAR. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 10:20). IN TRUTH, IN JUDGMENT, AND IN RIGHTEOUSNESS. Figure of speech _Hendiatris_ (App-6). truly, yea, justly and righteously, the three referr...
AND THE NATIONS SHALL BLESS, &C.— This is a prediction of the Gospel-times, when the heathens should join with the Israelites in paying all solemn acts of worship and devotion to the true God only, an...
F. The Rewards of Repentance Jeremiah 4:1-4 TRANSLATION (1) If you return, O Israel, (oracle of the LORD) unto Me return; and if you will remove your abominations from before Me, and never waver (2)...
And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. AND THOU - rather, And if (carried on...
THE PROPHET SETS FORTH THE SIN OF THE NATION AND POINTS OUT THE INEVITABLE RESULT (REIGN OF JOSIAH, AND PROBABLY BEFORE THE REFORMS OF THAT KING: CP. JEREMIAH 3:6) This section furnishes us with the g...
JEREMIAH'S THIRD PROPHECY. THE FATE OF THE TEN TRIBES A WARNING TO JUDAH In this prophecy, as in the last, idolatry is denounced under the figure of unfaithfulness to the marriage vow. But as a marke...
AND THOU SHALT SWEAR. — The conditions are continued: _If thou wilt swear by the living Jehovah_ [“the Lord liveth” being the received formula of adjuration], in truth, in judgment, and in righteousne...
וְ נִשְׁבַּ֨עְתָּ֙ חַי ־יְהוָ֔ה בֶּ אֱמֶ֖ת בּ
CHAPTER III ISRAEL AND JUDAH: A CONTRAST Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 4:1 THE first address of our prophet was throughout of a sombre cast, and the darkness of its close was not relieved by a single ray...
PLEADING WITH FAITHLESS CHILDREN Jeremiah 3:11-25; Jeremiah 4:1-2 The people of the northern kingdom, to whom this appeal is especially addressed, were more excusable than Judah, because their privil...
Jehovah immediately promised that if Israel would return, she would be established. Then the prophet declared that judgment was determined on. He appealed to the people to repent, and that not in exte...
And thou shalt (b) swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. (b) You will detest the name of ido...
_Swear, when requisite. (Calmet) --- Thus thou wilt learn to confess one God. (Theodoret) --- If all were upright, oaths would be unnecessary, Matthew v. 34. But as they are not so, (Calmet) this may...
Is there not here a sweet breaking out, in pointing to Him who is the Lord our righteousness? For in whom are the nations to be blessed, but in Jesus; or in whom can they glory? I pray the Reader to c...
Here the Prophet goes on with the same subject; for he denudes these flatteries, by which they thought that God could be pacified: for when they had his name in their mouth, they thought it sufficient...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6. Chapter 4 resumes the subject of Chapter s 2, 3, and, applying it at that time to the people, tells them that, if they return, it must be unto th...
AND THOU SHALT SWEAR, THE LORD LIVETH,.... Or by the living Lord, by him and him only; not by the creatures, but by the God of truth. This is sometimes put for the whole worship and service of God, De...
And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. Ver. 2. _And thou shalt swear, The Lord...
_And thou shalt swear_, &c. In taking a solemn oath, thou shalt appeal, not to dead and vain idols, but to Jehovah, the living and true God. This is put here for the whole worship of God, acknowledgin...
A LAST CALL TO RETURN...
And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, not in hypocrisy, as formerly, IN JUDGMENT, AND IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, in a just cause and with genuine uprightness of heart; AND THE NATIONS, under the inf...
1,2 The first two verses should be read with the last chapter. Sin must be put away out of the heart, else it is not put away out of God's sight, for the heart is open before him....
AND THOU SHALT SWEAR: this is to be understood, partly by way of command, as DEUTERONOMY 10:20; and partly by way of direction, if thou swear, or when thou swearest: it is put here synecdochically for...
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Jeremiah 4:1. _If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. And thou shalt swear, The LORD l...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. Warning of the consequences of sin and exhortation to return to God. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: It is the evil of men's doings that kindle...
Jeremiah 4:3. _Break up your fallow ground._ Hebrews ניר _nir, novale;_ make _new_ land, eradicate the thorns. Hosea 10:12. Our old phrase, the fallow deer, seems to give the exact import of the word....
_If thou wilt return,.. .and if thou wilt put away thine abominations. .. then shalt thou not remove._ THE PLEADINGS OF GOD A strange ministry is that of Almightiness. It is almightiness--almost. So...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 4:2 Grace leads to changed living. Israel’s full repentance will glorify God. It will lead the nations to BLESS THEMSELVES IN HIM—thus fulfilling God’s promise to Abraham con...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—_Chronology_ of the chapter, _Contemporary Scriptures, Historic Facts, Contemporary History_ as in chap. 3. 1. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. Jeremiah 4:5. “_Defenced cities_....
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 4:1, JEREMIAH 4:2 The form and structure of the translation require a change. Render, _If thou wilt return_,_ O Israel_,_ saith Jehovah_,_ wilt return unto me_;_ and if thou wilt...
But if you will return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if you will put away thine abominations out of my sight, then you will no longer be [moved or] removed. And thou shalt swear, The...
1 Corinthians 1:31; 1 Kings 3:6; 2 Corinthians 10:17; Deuteronomy 10:20;...
Swear — This is put here for the whole worship of God, acknowledging an& owning God as the only God; which is strongly exprest by this act. In truth — That the matter and substance of it be true. In j...