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THEY HAVE REJECTED THE WORD OF THE LORD - It became in the hands of
the Soferim or scribes a mere code of ceremonial observance. Compare
Mark 7:13....
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CHAPTER 8
_ 1. The horrors of the invasion (Jeremiah 8:1) _
2. Hardened hearts and retribution (Jeremiah 8:4)
3. Utter destruction threatened (Jeremiah 8:13)
4. The prophet's lamentation ...
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JUDAH'S UNNATURAL CONDUCT AND ITS PUNISHMENT. There is something
unnatural in the persistency of the people's misconduct; they show no
inclination to return to Yahweh, but pursue a headstrong course a...
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REJECTED. The second of four downward steps. See note on Jeremiah
6:10....
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Jeremiah 8:4 to Jeremiah 9:1. Forecast of punishment as the result of
sin
The section may be thus summarized.
(i) Jeremiah 8:4. Human fortunes and conduct are as a rule liable to
change, but Israel...
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B. Unwise Proclamations by National Leaders Jeremiah 8:8-12
TRANSLATION
(8) How can you say, We are wise! The Torah of the LORD is with us.
But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has labored false...
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The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have
rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
THE WISE MEN ARE ... DISMAYED - confounded.
THEY HAVE REJECTED THE...
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1-3. The dead shall share in the universal punishment....
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THEY HAVE REJECTED THE WORD OF THE LORD. — The “wise men” are
apparently distinguished from the scribes, probably as students of the
ethical or sapiential books of Israel, such as the Proverbs of
Solo...
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הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ חֲכָמִ֔ים חַ֖תּוּ וַ
יִּלָּכֵ֑דוּ הִנֵּ֤ה...
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Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 26:1
In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is
plainly a fin
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FALSE PROMISES OF PEACE
Jeremiah 8:4-22
This chapter is filled with denunciation of the unreasonable and
infatuated obstinacy of Israel. As the horse rushes madly to the
fight, so were the people set...
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Utter desolation would overtake them so that death would be chosen
rather than life. This sin of idolatry had been aggravated by the
people's terrible persistence therein. If men fall it is naturally...
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The (g) wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they
have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them?
(g) They who seem wise may be ashamed of their ignorance for al...
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_Them. Those who understand, and do not observe the law, are not wise.
(Worthington)_...
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I bring the whole of this beautiful Chapter, from this verse to the
end into one view, for the sake of shortness, and from necessity; but
otherwise nothing could be more desirable than to dwell upon e...
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He says now that the _wise were ashamed, and astonished, and ensnared
_By which words he means, that the Jews gained nothing by their
craftiness, while they arrogated to themselves wisdom, and under t...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9.
Chapter 7 begins a new prophecy, contemplating especially the temple,
which, instead of being a protection (as the people, without
conscience, wo...
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THE WISE MEN ARE ASHAMED,.... Of the wisdom of which they boasted,
when it would appear to be folly, and unprofitable to them:
THEY ARE DISMAYED AND TAKEN; frightened at the calamities coming upon
th...
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_The wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they
have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them?_
Ver. 9. _The wise men are ashamed._] They have cause to be ashame...
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_The wise men are ashamed_ That is, they have reason to be so, who
have not made a better use of their wisdom, and reduced their
knowledge to practice. _They are confounded and taken_ All their
wisdom...
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THE JEWS PERSIST IN WICKEDNESS...
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The wise men are ashamed, put to shame and reproach, THEY ARE
DISMAYED, confounded, AND TAKEN. LO, THEY HAVE REJECTED THE WORD OF
THE LORD, AND WHAT WISDOM IS IN THEM? Having despised and set aside
th...
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THE WISE MEN ARE ASHAMED:
Or, have they been ashamed, etc.
WHAT WISDOM IS IN THEM? _HEB._THE WISDOM OF WHAT THING...
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4-13 What brought this ruin? 1. The people would not attend to
reason; they would not act in the affairs of their souls with common
prudence. Sin is backsliding; it is going back from the way that le...
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THE WISE MEN ARE ASHAMED, THEY ARE DISMAYED AND TAKEN; they trusted to
their refuge of lies, but when God shall bring the judgment
threatened, the wisest among them will find that they shall be
confou...
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YHWH EXPRESSES AMAZEMENT AT THE UNWILLINGNESS OF HIS PEOPLE TO RETURN
TO HIM, AND THEIR COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR HIS REQUIREMENTS, AND WARNS
THEM THAT AS A CONSEQUENCE THEY WILL LOSE EVERYTHING (JEREMIA...
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Jeremiah 8:1. _At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the
bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the
bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bo...
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Jeremiah 8:1. At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the
bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the
bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bon...
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CONTENTS: Message in the temple gate, continued. Terrible judgments
impending.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Impenitence brings certain ruin. All the boasted wisdom of
man cannot serve to k...
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Jeremiah 8:1. _At that time they shall bring out the bones of the
kings of Judah of the princes of the priests, and the bones_ (as in
the Chaldaic) _of the_ false _prophets._ They shall spread them be...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 8:9 These so-called WISE MEN will BE PUT
TO SHAME (Jeremiah 2:26;...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Chronology and History, as in chap.
7. Observe, however, that a new section in this extended prophetic
address commenced with Jeremiah 8:4, which continues to chap. Jere...
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 8:1
Punishment will even overtake the sinners who have long since been
deceased.
JEREMIAH 8:1
THEY SHALL BRING OUT THE BONES. Not only shall many of the dead bodies
remain unbur...
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At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the
kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the
priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the
inha...
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1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 1:26; 2 Timothy 3:15; Deuteronomy
4:6;...