JEREMIAH'S TENTH PROPHECY (see book comments for Jeremiah). THE WORD, &C.. That which proved to be the word of Jehovah. Not the usual phrase in the Hebrew. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. THE DEARTH. Hebrew " _the restraints"_: the holding back of rain, put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDAH... JERUSALEM. Country and city. GATES. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for the people assembling there. ARE BLACK. sit in black. Compare Jeremiah 8:21; Jeremiah 13:18; Job 2:8; Job 2:13.Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 15:3.Psalms 35:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO THE WATERS: i.e. to fetch water. AND. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read this "and" in the text. COVERED THEIR HEADS. The symbol of mourning (2 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 19:4.Esther 6:12; Esther 6:12).... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPT. cleft, cracked, open in slits. From Old Dutch, "koppen", to cut off; "kappen", to cut, or chop (hence Eng. "chops", from Eng. "chapped" and "chip"). Gk. _koptein,_ to cut. Hebrew here, _hathath =_ to be broken. ASHAMED. Absence of rain causes today great anxiety (Job 29:23).... [ Continue Reading ]
YEA. For.... [ Continue Reading ]
WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. DRAGONS. jackals.... [ Continue Reading ]
TESTIFY: or, answer. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia._ SINNED. Hebrew. _chata._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HOPE OF ISRAEL. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for Jehovah, Who was, or should have been, Israel's hope. See Jeremiah 17:13; Jeremiah 50:7. and compare Genesis 49:18; 1 Timothy 1:1. STRANGER. sojourner.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE MIDST. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 29:45.Leviticus 26:11; Leviticus 26:12). App-92. WE ARE CALLED, &C.. Thy name was called upon us.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAY NOT, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:10). Compare Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 11:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL NOT, &C. See Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 11:14; Ezekiel 8:18; Amos 5:23.Micah 3:4. OFFER. offer up. OBLATION. a gift offering, or donation. Hebrew. _minchah._ App-43. SWORD... FAMINE... PESTILENCE. Often thus conjoined (after this). Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28). App... [ Continue Reading ]
SENT... COMMANDED... SPAKE. Compare Jeremiah 7:22; Jeremiah 23:21. YOU. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "them".... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKEDNESS. calamity. Heb, _ra'a'._ App-44. Not the same word as Jeremiah 14:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAST... HATH... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ THY SOUL. Thou Thyself (emphatic). Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ WE LOOKED. Compare Jeremiah 8:15; Jeremiah 15:1, where it has. stronger refusal. AND. Some codices omit. TROUBLE. terror.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE ACKNOWLEDGE. These are the prophet's words. WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. Not the same word as in Jeremiah 14:16. INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avon._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
DO NOT. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "neither". THRONE OF THY GLORY. See note on Jeremiah 3:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE THERE. Exist there. Hebrew. _yesh._ See notes on Jeremiah 14:22. VANITIES. idols. GENTILES. nations. HE. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_, "He [That givest rain]". WAIT UPON THEE. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 49:18, the first occurrence in this sense).... [ Continue Reading ]