above, &c. Figure of speech Hyperbole.
the sand of the seas. Figure of speech Paroemia.
young men: choice ones, or warriors.
him to fall upon it... and terrors upon the city. I have let fall upon her (the mother), suddenly, anguish and terror. To this, one MS. (Harley, 5720, British Museum) adds: "Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out", as in Ch. Jeremiah 6:4.
Verse Jeremiah 15:8. _THE MOTHER OF THE YOUNG MEN_] The _metropolis_ or mother city, _Jerusalem_....
Translate, “I have brought upon them, even upon the mother of the young man, a spoiler etc.” The word rendered “young man” means a picked warrior. The mother has borne a valiant champion; but neither...
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
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...
See introd. summary to section....
_against the mother of the young men_ mg. _against the mother_and _the young men_who have fallen in battle. If we may accept an emendation of MT. by Du., we shall read _mother and suckling_. _at noon...
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....
I HAVE BROUGHT UPON THEM, AGAINST THE MOTHER OF THE YOUNG MEN, &C.— Houbigant renders this verse in the future, thus, _Their widows shall be increased to me above the land of the sea; and upon the mot...
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...
Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors...
1-9. The coming woes described....
Even the mothers of warriors in the prime of youth shall have none to protect them. AT NOONDAY] taking them by surprise: see Jeremiah 6:4. I HAVE CAUSED _him,_ etc.] RV 'I have caused anguish and terr...
I HAVE BROUGHT... — Better, _I have brought upon them, even upon the mother of the young warrior_ (_i.e.,_ upon the woman who rejoices most in her son’s heroism), _a spoiler at noon-day, i.e.,_ coming...
עָֽצְמוּ ־לִ֤י _אַלְמְנֹותָיו֙_† מֵ חֹ֣ול יַמִּ֔ים הֵבֵ֨אתִי
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...
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...
Their widows (g) are multiplied to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused [him] to fall upon it suddenly, and t...
_Man, or "a spoiler of the young man," (Haydock) so that the widow shall also be deprived of her children. Hebrew, "the young spoiler," Nabuchodonosor. He shall not come like a night thief, to attack...
These judgments had their accomplishment, in the captivity that followed, when the people were carried away to Babylon....
He says first, _Multiplied have been his widows; _because the men had been almost all kined, in battle. If the Prophet is the speaker, the particle לי _li, _is redundant, but if the words be referred...
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...
THEIR WIDOWS ARE INCREASED TO ME ABOVE THE SAND OF THE SEAS,.... Their husbands being slain; not in the times of Ahaz, when a hundred and twenty thousand men were slain in one day in Judah, by Pekah t...
_Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused [him] to fall upon it suddenly, and terro...
_Their widows are increased above the sand of the seas_ A hyperbolical expression. The prophet still speaks of things to come as if present. In Jehoiakim's time we read of no great number of widows, b...
Their widows are increased to Me above the sand of the seas, beyond the possibility of counting them; I HAVE BROUGHT UPON THEM AGAINST THE MOTHER OF THE YOUNG MEN, the wife in the fullness of her stre...
THE LORD REFUSES HELP THE SECOND TIME...
AGAINST THE MOTHER OF THE YOUNG ME: Or, against the mother city, a young man spoiling, etc. Or, against the mother and the young men...
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...
OLBHeb; The prophet speaking in the name of that God who calleth things that are not as if they were, still continueth his style, speaking of things to come as if present. In Jehoiakim's time we read...
Jeremiah 15:8 widows H490 increased H6105 (H8804) sand H2344 seas H3220 bring H935 (H8689) mother H517 men...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
Isaiah 3:25; Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 4:1; Jeremiah 4:16; Jeremiah 5:6;...
Their widows — The prophet still speaks of things to come as if present. In Jehoiakim's time we read of no such plenty of widows; they were multiplied when the city was besieged and taken in Zedekiah'...