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Verse Jeremiah 3:24. _FOR SHAME HATH DEVOURED_] The word _shame_,
here and in Jeremiah 11:13; Hosea 9:10, is supposed to signify Baal,
the idol which they worshipped. That thing or shame which has br...
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THE CALL TO REPENTANCE AND JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED (3:6-6:30)
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The contrast between backslidden Israel and treacherous Judah
(Jeremiah 3:6) _
2. The call to return and the promised glory ...
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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
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SHAME. the shameful thing, "shame" being put by Figure of speech
_Metonymy_ (of Effect), for the _Asherah_ which put them to shame
(Jeremiah 3:25). See App-42.
LABOUR. Put by Figure of speech _Metony...
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Jeremiah 3:6 to Jeremiah 4:4. Conditional offers of restoration
We may subdivide thus.
(1) Jeremiah 3:6-18. The ten tribes as less guilty than Judah are
invited to repent and return. (2)...
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Jeremiah 3:19 to Jeremiah 4:4. The invitation includes the whole
nation, on a like condition
This section should follow immediately on Jeremiah 3:5. See introd.
note on...
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Vividly drawn picture of Judah's repentance. From the high places, the
very scenes of her idolatrous excess, there comes a sound, at first of
inarticulate weeping. In response to Jehovah's gracious in...
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Vain was the boisterous service spoken of in Jeremiah 3:23. It is not
merely without profit, but most hurtful.
_the shameful thing_ Heb. _Bosheth_(shame), a word frequently
substituted for Baal, when...
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E. The Prayer of Repentance Jeremiah 3:22-25
TRANSLATION
(22b) Here we are, we have come to you because you are the LORD our
God. (23) Truly the hills are a swindle, the tumult of the mountains;
Trul...
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For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth;
their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
SHAME HATH DEVOURED THE LABOURS OF OUR FATHERS ... THEIR FLOCKS ...
H...
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3:24 shame (a-2) Or 'the shameful [idol].' see ch. 11.13....
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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...
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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...
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SHAME] RV 'the shameful thing,' i.e. the god Baal: cp. Jeremiah 11:13.
HATH DEVOURED] hath consumed in the form of sacrifices the fruits of
our toil.
JEREMIAH 4:1. The assurance of forgiveness. 1. Th...
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SHAME. — The Hebrew noun has the article, “_the_ shame,” and is
the word constantly used as the interchangeable synonym for Baal, as
in Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth (Judges 6:32; 2 Samuel 11:21),
Mephib...
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וְ הַ בֹּ֗שֶׁת אָֽכְלָ֛ה אֶת
־יְגִ֥יעַ אֲבֹות
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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 o...
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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...
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Following the impeachment, the prophet appealed to the people to
return. This appeal commenced with a declaration that Jehovah's love
was greater than man's in that He was willing to receive back the...
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For shame hath devoured the labour of our (y) fathers from our youth;
their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
(y) For their idolatry God's vengeance has light on them and theirs...
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_Confusion. Thus Baal was styled Boseth, contemptuously, Jeremias xi.
13._...
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The Lord still causeth his grace to triumph over the unworthiness of
his Israel, until at length, the heart is subdued and overcome. What a
sweet and blessed conclusion is made to the subject, and to...
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They confirm more fully the same complaint, — That God had by
manifest proofs shewed the sins of the nation; for he had consumed
their labor, that is, whatever they had acquired by labor. He also
adds...
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Chapter 3 has the same character; indeed it is the continuation of the
same address; but it contains details of Israel's and Judah's
behaviour, and proclaims the restoration of Israel by sovereign
goo...
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FOR SHAME HATH DEVOURED THE LABOUR OF OUR FATHERS FROM OUR YOUTH,....
That is, sin, which is the cause of shame, and of which sinners ought
to be ashamed, and will be sooner or later; so the Targum re...
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For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth;
their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Ver. 24. _For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers._] That
sha...
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_For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers_ That is, _the
fruit_ of their labour, יגיע, which properly signifies _labour_
and _toil_, being here put by a metonymy for _the substance_ acquired...
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For shame hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth,
namely, the idols, whose worship brought shame and disgrace upon their
worshipers; THEIR FLOCKS AND THEIR HERDS, THEIR SONS AND THEIR
D...
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THE CALL TO RETURN...
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21-25 Sin is turning aside to crooked ways. And forgetting the Lord
our God is at the bottom of all sin. By sin we bring ourselves into
trouble. The promise to those that return is, God will heal the...
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SHAME; either in general put for sin, which causeth shame, a metonymy
of the effect; for that brought shame first into the world, GENESIS
2:25. Or in particular the idol Baal, called the _shameful thi...
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Jeremiah 3:24 shame H1322 devoured H398 (H8804) labor H3018 fathers H1
flocks H6629 herds H1241 sons H1121 daughters...
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Jeremiah 3:12. Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say,
Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause
mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LO...
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Let us read part of the 3 rd chapter of Jeremiah where God brings a
solemn accusation against the two nations of Israel and Judah because
they forsook the living God, and went after idols neglected hi...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's message concerning the impenitence of Judah.
Encouragement to backsliders to return and repent.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Those will justly be divorced from God tha...
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Jeremiah 3:3. _Therefore the showers,_ of the former and the latter
rain, _have been withheld._ Other prophets make the same remark. God
is not obliged to give luxuriant harvests to furnish feasts to...
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_Return. .. and I will heal your backslidings._
HOPE FOR THE WORST BACKSLIDERS
I. The call from God. “Return, ye backsliding children, and I will
heal your backslidings.”
1. It is a call to come ba...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—_1. Chronology._ Exact date of
chapter uncertain. It naturally divides itself at Jeremiah 3:5,
although Dahler, Umbriet, and Neuman contend for the unity of the
chapter...
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EXPOSITION
That this chapter (to which the first four verses of Jeremiah 4:1.
ought to have been attached) belongs to the time of Josiah seems to be
proved by Jeremiah 3:6, and the years immediately f...
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They say (Jeremiah 3:1),
That is, in quoting the law and in speaking of the law, Deuteronomy.
If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes
another man's wife, shall he return unto...
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Ezekiel 16:61; Ezekiel 16:63; Hosea 10:6; Hosea 2:8; Hosea 9:10;...
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Shame — Sin, which causes shame, for that brought shame first into
the world. Devoured — This hath been the fruit of our labour....