Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 33:5
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.
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.
CHAPTER 33 New Message of Restoration and Blessing _ 1. The call to pray and Jerusalem's overthrow (Jeremiah 33:1) _ 2. Future blessing and glory (Jeremiah 33:6) 3. The Branch of Righteousness; Je...
JEREMIAH 33. PROMISES OF RESTORATION. There may be a Jeremianic nucleus in the first half of the chapter, but Jeremiah 33:14, being imitative, and omitted by LXX, is probably late. Yahweh the Restorer...
THEY COME: i.e. the demolished houses are coming to be used for defense, &c. For this sense of "come", see Mark 4:21 (Greek) WITH. Some codices, with two early printed editions and Septuagint, read ...
These _vv_., as they stand, are evidently corrupt; for "they" (seeing that the word cannot, as strict grammar demands, mean "the houses"), as applied to the defenders of the city, would require the ve...
_have hid my face_ in displeasure. Cp. Deuteronomy 31:17 and elsewhere....
See introd. summary to section....
2. _General promises_ (Jeremiah 33:4-13) TRANSLATION (4) For thus says the Lord the God of Israel concerning the houses of this city, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which have been torn down s...
They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this ci...
33:5 men (a-18) The _ Adam_ , as Genesis 1:27 ....
1-13. Restoration and honour again promised....
THEY] the besieged. The only result of their fighting is that they fill these houses with the slain....
THEY COME TO FIGHT WITH THE CHALDEANS... — The Hebrew construction is participial, and has the force expressed in English by “they” used indefinitely. The prophet sees, as it were, a _sortie_ of the b...
בָּאִ֗ים לְ הִלָּחֵם֙ אֶת ־הַ כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים וּ
CHAPTER XXXI RESTORATION II THE NEW ISRAEL Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 30:1; Jeremiah 31:1;...
Following the story of the purchase of the field in Anathoth, with its signification, is a song of the ultimate restoration therein foretold. The song first celebrates the restoration of the people an...
They come to (d) fight with the Chaldeans, but [it is] to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in my anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my (e) face from...
Some of Paul the Apostle's sweetest Epistles and preaching was when he was shut up in prison: witness to the Church of the Philippians, and his preaching to the jailor, Acts 16:1. And certainly Jeremi...
There are two parts to this prophecy, — that the Jews were about to perish through their own fault, — and that they were to be restored through the favor and goodness of God alone. Here, then, in the...
Chapter 33 repeats with ample and rich abundance the testimony to these blessings, and dwells particularly on the presence of the Messiah; it announces that the branch of righteousness shall grow up u...
THEY COME TO FIGHT WITH THE CHALDEANS,.... Either the Jews out of the country, or their auxiliaries, their neighbours, to oblige them to break up the siege; but all to no purpose: or rather the Jews w...
They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but [it is] to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this c...
_Thus saith the Lord concerning the houses of this city_ Not excepting those _of the kings of Judah, thrown down by the mounts_ Namely, by the battering engines placed upon the mounts, which were rais...
THE CONTRAST BETWEEN DESTRUCTION AND RESTORATION...
they come to fight with the Chaldeans, the people of Judah being determined to resist the hostile army, BUT IT IS TO FILL THEM, namely, the houses of the city, WITH THE DEAD BODIES OF MEN, WHOM I HAVE...
1-13 Those who expect to receive comforts from God, must call upon him. Promises are given, not to do away, but to quicken and encourage prayer. These promises lead us to the gospel of Christ; and in...
It is very difficult to determine whether these words contain an entire sense in themselves, or what connexion they have with the foregoing words: not to repeat men's diverse apprehensions, of which a...
Jeremiah 33:5 come H935 (H8802) fight H3898 (H8736) Chaldeans H3778 fill H4390 (H8763) bodies H6297 men...
THE CONDITIONS OF THE SIEGE WHICH HAVE CAUSED JEREMIAH TO DESPAIR (JEREMIAH 33:4). YHWH recognises that Jeremiah might be confused at what he is experiencing as the siege approaches its final intensi...
SUB-PART B. YHWH PROMISES THE RESTORATION OF THE DAVIDIC MONARCHY AND THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD (JEREMIAH 33:1). The passage commences with, ‘Moreover the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah the second time...
CONTENTS: Prophecy concering the Davidic kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: The Davidic covenant will in God's own time be literally fulfilled, to the great joy of the remnant of...
Jeremiah 33:3. _Call to me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things._ What a gracious promise in the time of war and siege, and impending extremities. God even now would have del...
_The Word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison._ A DIVINE MESSAGE SENT INTO A PRISON I. A true child of God and an honoured prophet in...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 33:5 God reveals that all current efforts to repel Babylon will fail. Because of Jerusalem’s evil deeds, God will fill it with DEAD BODIES....
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—This chapter is in date and subject essentially linked to chapter 32. For Notes, therefore, see previous chapter. LITERARY CRITICISMS.— Jeremiah 33:3. “MIGHTY THINGS:” a...
EXPOSITION A chapter of promises, having reference, first, to the people and kingdom in general (Jeremiah 33:4), and then to the royal and priestly offices in particular (Jeremiah 33:14). The first pa...
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, Thus saith the LORD the maker, the LORD that formed it, to establish it;...
Deuteronomy 31:17; Deuteronomy 32:20; Ezekiel 39:23; Ezekiel 39:24;...
THE GLORIOUS FUTURE OF ISRAEL Jeremiah 33:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The opening verse of our study says, "Moreover the Word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time." This second vision was the vi...
They — The Jews sally out and fight with their enemies, but to no purpose, but to fill their houses with their own dead bodies, whom I will cause in my anger to be slain....