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Verse Jeremiah 15:9. _SHE THAT HATH BORNE SEVEN_] She that hath had a
numerous offspring; Jerusalem, the parent of so many cities, villages,
and families in the land. _Seven_ signifies a _complete_ or...
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SHE HATH BEEN ASHAMED - Or, “is ashamed.” To a Hebrew mother to be
childless was a disgrace. Many consider that Jeremiah 15:7 refer to
the battle of Megiddo, and depict the consternation of Jerusalem...
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CHAPTER 15
The Prophet's Deep Soul-Exercise
_ 1. The answer (Jeremiah 15:1) _
2. The prophet's grief and sorrow and Jehovah's answer (Jeremiah
15:10)
Jeremiah 15:1. The preceding prayer is
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JEREMIAH 14:1 TO JEREMIAH 15:9. THE DROUGHT IN JUDAH, AND JEREMIAH'S
CONSEQUENT INTERCESSION. The date of this disaster is unknown, but
some year in the latter half of Jehoiakim's reign is most probab...
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SEVEN. the seven. Not even these will suffice.
GIVEN UP THE GHOST. breathed out her soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._
DELIVER. give....
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See introd. summary to section....
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Co. considers the order of clauses to have suffered dislocation. He
inserts "Their widows … the seas" after "… confounded" (Jeremiah
15:9), thus improving both sense and Ḳinah rhythm....
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_She that hath borne seven_ and therefore, from the Jewish point of
view, might have thought herself secure and prosperous. Seven was the
perfect number. Cp. 1 Samuel 2:5.
_hath given up the ghost_ h...
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HER SUN IS GONE DOWN, &C.— See Amos 8:9. Isaiah 59:9. The expression
is extremely strong, and denotes a sudden _change_ from the highest
prosperity to the lowest distress....
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E. The Final Rejection of Prophetic Intercession
Jeremiah 15:1-9
TRANSLATION
(1) And the LORD said unto me: If Moses and Samuel were standing
before Me, I would have no affection for this people. Ca...
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She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost;
her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and
confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the swor...
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1-9. The coming woes described....
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SHE THAT HATH BORNE SEVEN. — In the picture of the previous verse
the glory of the mother was found in the valour of her son, here in
the number of her children. “Seven,” as the perfect number,
repres...
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אֻמְלְלָ֞ה יֹלֶ֣דֶת הַ שִּׁבְעָ֗ה
נָפְחָ֥ה נַפְשָׁ֛הּ _בָּ֥א_
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CHAPTER IX
THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS
Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?)
VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these
Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...
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To this great appeal Jehovah again replied by declaring mercy to be
impossible, and judgment inevitable, and this on account of the sin of
Manasseh which had been persisted in, namely, the rejection o...
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She that hath borne (h) seven languisheth: she hath breathed her last;
her sun is (i) gone down while [it was] yet day: she hath been ashamed
and confounded: and the remnant of them will I deliver to...
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_Seven: many. It is not common for a mother to lose so numerous a
family; yet such shall be the misfortune of Jewish parents. The
synagogues shall decrease. --- Day. Her prosperity shall end on a
sudd...
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These judgments had their accomplishment, in the captivity that
followed, when the people were carried away to Babylon....
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He proceeds with his narrative; he says, that fruitful women had been
weakened, not as we see to be often the case, for by frequent child
— bearing we know the strength of women is diminished; but her...
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The beginning of chapter 15 is an answer to the close of chapter 14;
but the instruction and the principles it contains are very
remarkable. Jehovah declares that if Moses and Samuel (whose love for
I...
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SHE THAT HATH BORNE SEVEN LANGUISHETH,.... Either the mother that has
borne many children, seven being put for a large number, now being
able to bear no more, and being bereaved of what she had, and w...
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She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost;
her sun is gone down while [it was] yet day: she hath been ashamed and
confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the swo...
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_She that hath borne seven languisheth Seven_ is put for many, (see 1
Samuel 2:5,) and the multitude of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the
mother-city, is here alluded to; the prophet pursuing the meta...
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THE LORD REFUSES HELP THE SECOND TIME...
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She that hath borne seven, the woman usually in her best years and
strength, LANGUISHETH, SHE HATH GIVEN UP THE GHOST, despairing because
not one of her sons remained; HER SUN IS GONE DOWN WHILE IT WA...
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1-9 The Lord declares that even Moses and Samuel must have pleaded in
vain. The putting of this as a case, though they should stand before
him, shows that they do not, and that saints in heaven do no...
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SEVEN signifies many, 1 SAMUEL 2:5 JOB 5:19. The prophet complains
that Jerusalem, or the country of Judah, that had been very numerous
in people, now grew feeble, neither able to maintain those she h...
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YHWH'S RESPONSE TO JEREMIAH'S PLEA IS OF THE ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY AND
AWFULNESS OF THE COMING JUDGMENT (JEREMIAH 15:1).
In the face of Jeremiah's plea YHWH now makes clear that nothing can
now stop His...
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CONTENTS: Message on the drought, concluded. The people abandoned to
ruin. Jeremiah complains of his hardships.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Moses, Samuel.
CONCLUSION: Miserable is the case of those w...
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Jeremiah 15:1. _Though Moses and Samuel stood before me,_ as when
Moses by his prayers saved the nation, Exodus 32:11, and Samuel in
Mizpeh was heard, when the Lord terrified the Philistine armies by...
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_Her sun is gone down while it is yet day._
BEAUTIFUL, BUT BRIEF
I. Her life was like the sun in its shining.
1. Gloriously bright with faith and joy.
2. Blessedly useful in diffusing light.
3. C...
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_Thou hast forsaken Me._
GOD FORSAKING AND GOD FORSAKEN
I. A God-forsaking people. Conviction by God Himself of this great
folly and sin. In Jeremiah 2:13, the charge is more complete. Creation
is c...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 15:9 SHE WHO BORE SEVEN. A mother with the
perfect number of sons losing all she has represents Judah’s
reversal of fortunes.
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES—For _Chronology of the Chapter and
Historical Facts_, see on chap. Jeremiah 10:5 _in loc_.
1. PERSONAL ALLUSIONS. Jeremiah 15:1. “_Moses and Samuel_,” here
mentioned as h...
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 15:1
Second rejection of Jeremiah's intercession; awfulness of the
impending judgment.
JEREMIAH 15:1
THOUGH MOSES AND SAMUEL, etc. It is a mere supposition which is here
made; t...
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Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me,
yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my
sight, and let them go foRuth (Jeremiah 15:1).
Now it is interesti...
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1 Samuel 2:5; Amos 8:10; Amos 8:9; Ezekiel 5:12; Isaiah 47:9;...
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Seven — Seven signifies many: the prophet complains, that the
country of Judah, that had been very numerous in people, now grew
feeble. While — In the midst of her prosperity. Confounded — A
part of t...