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THAT SHAMEFUL THING - i. e., Baal; public establishment of idolatry,
such as actually took place in the reign of Manasseh (2 Chronicles
33:3. Contrast 2 Kings 18:4)....
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CHAPTER 11
The Broken Covenant and the Plot Against Jeremiah
_ 1. The broken covenant (Jeremiah 11:1) _
2. The plot revealed and Jehovah's answer (Jeremiah 11:18)
Jeremiah 11:1. Jehovah
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SHAMEFUL THING. Hebrew "shame": put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of
Effect), for the idol which was the cause of the shame. Compare
Jeremiah 3:24....
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See summary at commencement of section....
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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....
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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....
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B. Exposure of the Conspiracy Jeremiah 11:9-17
TRANSLATION
(9) And the LORD said unto me: Conspiracy is found among the men of
Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (10) They have returned to the
i...
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For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and
according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up
altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unt...
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11:13 Shame, (b-29) See ch. 3.24, and Note....
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The worship of Baal was practised secretly or openly in all parts of
the country and city. SHAMEFUL THING] i.e. Baal.
15-20. The people resent rebuke....
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1-14. Punishment must follow faithlessness....
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ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF THY CITIES... — This and Jeremiah 11:12
reproduce what we have heard already in Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 7:17.
The “shameful thing” is, as in...
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כִּ֚י מִסְפַּ֣ר עָרֶ֔יךָ הָי֥וּ
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ יְהוּדָ֑ה...
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CHAPTER VII
THE BROKEN COVENANT
Jeremiah 11:1 and Jeremiah 12:1
THERE is no visible break between these two Chapter s. They seem to
summarise the history of a particular episode in the prophet's car...
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THE PENALTY OF A BROKEN COVENANT
Jeremiah 11:1-20
This and the following two Chapter s belong to the earlier ministry of
Jeremiah, when he still dwelt in his native home of Anathoth. The
prophet refe...
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He then proceeded to deal with the broken Covenant. There came to him
from the Lord a special word commissioning him to pronounce a curse on
"the man that heareth not the words of this covenant." To t...
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(h) For [according to] the number of thy cities were thy gods, O
Judah; and [according to] the number of the streets of Jerusalem have
ye set up altars to [that] shameful thing, [even] altars to burn...
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_Confusion. Thus he contemptuously denotes Baalim, chap. iii. 24.
(Calmet) --- Various idols were objects of adoration, (Haydock) so
that no city or street, perhaps not any house, was pure, chap. vii....
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Was there ever a more pitiable view of degeneracy, than Judah here
affords? Was this the great and understanding people, that was once
the astonishment and envy of the whole earth? What? had they inde...
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The Prophet shews here that the dews were not only polluted with one
kind of superstition, but that they sought for themselves fictitious
gods from all quarters, so that the land was fined and, as it...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12.
Chapter 11 suggests some observations. God addresses Himself again to
Israel on the ground of their responsibility, reminding them of the
call to o...
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FOR ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF THY CITIES WERE THY GODS, O JUDAH,....
Jeremiah 2:28,
AND ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF THE STREETS OF JERUSALEM; of which
there were many, and some of note i:
HAVE YE SE...
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For [according to] the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah;
and [according to] the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set
up altars to [that] shameful thing, [even] altars to burn ince...
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_Then shall the cities of Judah cry unto the gods_, &c. “When great
calamities threaten men, their fears suggest all possible ways of
seeking for succour. Thus, when the Jews found themselves forsaken...
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For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah,
practically a different idol for every city; AND ACCORDING TO THE
NUMBER OF THE STREETS OF JERUSALEM HAVE YE SET UP ALTARS, a differen...
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Israel's Conspiracy Against the Lord and its Punishment...
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SHAMEFUL:
_ Heb._ shame...
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11-17 Evil pursues sinners, and entangles them in snares, out of
which they cannot free themselves. Now, in their distress, their many
gods and many altars stand them in no stead. And those whose own...
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Not that they had just so many idols as were cities in Judah, or
altars as were streets in Jerusalem; the meaning is, they had very
many, and that the people who lived in every city and street were
gu...
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Jeremiah 11:13 number H4557 cities H5892 gods H430 Judah H3063 number
H4557 streets H2351 Jerusalem H3389 up H7760
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YHWH CALLS ON HIS PEOPLE TO HEAR THE WORD OF HIS COVENANT AND REMINDS
THEM OF THE COVENANT CURSE WHICH FALLS ON ALL WHO FAIL TO OBSERVE IT,
BUT THEN DRAWS ATTENTION TO THEIR FAILURE TO OBSERVE IT, IND...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's message on the broken covenant.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Those who enter into solemn covenant with God must expect
on their part to fulfill the conditions, else He...
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Jeremiah 11:14. _Pray not thou for this people._ The Chaldaic and the
LXX, Deprecate not the scourge of war coming upon them. We find the
same sentiments more fully expressed in Ezekiel 14., confirmin...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—The
“covenant” summarised in Jeremiah 11:2 refers to the nation’s
renewal of vows with Jehovah upon the Book of the Law being discovered
du...
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EXPOSITION
The superscription in Jeremiah 11:1 evidently belongs to the three
chapters 11-13, though Jeremiah 11:1 and Jeremiah 12:1 are more
closely connected with each other than with...
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Shall we turn to Jeremiah the eleventh chapter as we continue our
study through the book of Jeremiah.
Chapter 11 begins a new section of the book, not a whole new division,
but it's a new message, and...
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2 Kings 21:4; 2 Kings 21:5; 2 Kings 23:13; 2 Kings 23:4; 2 Kings 23:5
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That shameful thing — Baal, called a shameful thing, because it was
what they had reason to be ashamed of, and what would certainly bring
them to shame and confusion. Baal — Signifies Lord, and was a...