The promises of Jeremiah 32 are confirmed, but with a more directly spiritual meaning. The prophet foreshows in it the happiness of the returning exiles, of which the culminating glory is Messiah’s birth Jeremiah 33:15, in whom both the Levitical priesthood and the Davidic kingdom are combined Jerem... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRISON - The guard.... [ Continue Reading ]
Or, Thus saith Yahweh the doer of it, Yahweh who formeth it, that He may establish it, Yahweh is His name. The word “it” means whatsoever Yahweh wills.... [ Continue Reading ]
MIGHTY THINGS - Or, as in the margin. The words are probably a quotation from Isaiah 48:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY ... BY - Rather, against ... against. As the works of the enemy approached the walls, houses were pulled down to build inner fortifications. Swords are mentioned in Ezekiel 26:9 (translated, axes), as used for breaking down the towers in the walls. See Jeremiah 5:17, note.... [ Continue Reading ]
Render, They, i. e., the Jews come to fight with the Chaldaeans, and to fill them, i. e., the houses, with the dead bodies etc.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL BRING IT HEALTH AND CURE - I will lay upon it a bandage and healing, i. e., a healing bandage, a plaster with healing medicines.... [ Continue Reading ]
AT THE FIRST - i. e., before their sins had provoked God to anger.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT - The city, Jerusalem. THEY SHALL FEAR AND TREMBLE - With terror, because of the eternal opposition between right and wrong, truth and error. The nations of the earth as opposed to Israel represent the world as opposed to the Church.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH YE SAY SHALL BE DESOLATE - Of which ye say, It is desolate ... The prophet first sees Judaea silent and desolate during the 70 years’ captivity: and then describes the two things, men and cattle, without which land is valueless.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAISE THE LORD ... - The customary formula of thanksgiving in many of the later Psalms, and from its occurrence in 2 Chronicles 5:13; 2Ch 7:3, 2 Chronicles 7:6 ff probably a regular part of the liturgical service of the temple. SHALL SAY ... SHALL BRING THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE - Or, say ... as the... [ Continue Reading ]
AN HABITATION - “A shepherd’s encampment.” The words, “causing their flocks to lie down,” mean gathering them into the fold at night.... [ Continue Reading ]
TELLETH - i. e., counts the number of his sheep.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT GOOD THING - Better, the good word Jeremiah 29:10, with reference to the promise already given Jeremiah 23:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
Compare the marginal reference. When the good word was spoken, the name Yahweh our Righteousness was given to the righteous Sprout: here it is given to Jerusalem, i. e., to the Church, because it is her business mediately to work on earth that righteousness which Christ works absolutely. Compare Eph... [ Continue Reading ]
Read literally, these verses promise the permanent restoration of the Davidic throne and (of the Levitical priesthood. As a matter of fact Zedekiah was the last king of David’s line, and the Levitical priest-hood has long passed away. Both these changes Jeremiah himself foretold Jeremiah 22:30; Jere... [ Continue Reading ]
This promise also has been not literally, but spiritually fulfilled, for in this sense only have the seed of David and the Levites been multiplied.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 sight. They say that God has rejected Judah as well as Israel: and thus they despise themselves in th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ORDINANCES OF HEAVEN AND EARTH - i. e., the whole order of nature Nature is not more firmly established than God’s purposes in grace.... [ Continue Reading ]