Jeremiah 17:1
SIN. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44. YOUR. One MS. (Harley, 5720, British Museum), quotes other MSS. as reading "their" (vol, 240b). So in two early printed editions, Syriac, and Vulgate.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIN. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44. YOUR. One MS. (Harley, 5720, British Museum), quotes other MSS. as reading "their" (vol, 240b). So in two early printed editions, Syriac, and Vulgate.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. GROVES _= Asherim_ (plural) See App-42. THE GREEN TREES. Some codices, with Aram, and Syriac, read "by every green tree". UPON. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, and Syriac, read "and upon".... [ Continue Reading ]
MOUNTAIN IN THE FIELD. Figure of speech _Periphrasis_, put for Jerusalem. Compare "rock of the plain" (Jeremiah 21:13). I WILL GIVE. By Figure of speech _Hyperbaton_, these words come at the end of the sentence, to call attention to them. FOR SIN. in sin: i.e. as. punishment for sin.... [ Continue Reading ]
KINDLED. FIRE. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:22). Compare Jeremiah 15:14. BURN. Compare Isaiah 33:14. FOR EVER. Hebrew. _'olam._ See App-150.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. CURSED, &C. Note the _Alternation_ above. THE MAN. strong man. Hebrew. _geber._ App-14. TRUSTETH. conndeth. Heb _batah._ App-69.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read this word "in" in the text.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOPE. confidence. Hebrew. _batah,_ as in the preceding line. Not the same word as in verses: Jeremiah 17:13; Jeremiah 17:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. TREE. Reference to an earlier book (Psalms 1:1). RIVER. stream. Hebrew. _yubal_, from _yabal_, to flow.... [ Continue Reading ]
DECEITFUL. crooked. Referring to the old nature of the natural man. desperately wicked. sick unto death. it [is] sick unto death: i.e. it [is] incurable. WHO CAN KNOW IT? Figure of speech _Erotesis_, for emphasis.... [ Continue Reading ]
I THE LORD. Quoted in Romans 8:27; Revelation 2:23. HEART. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for the mind, or intellect. REINS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for the thoughts, or affections. EVEN TO GIVE. giving. But some codices, with two early printed editions,... [ Continue Reading ]
DAYS. day. But some codices, with one early printed edition, read "days", as Authorized Version. Compare Luke 12:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HOPE OF ISRAEL. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for Jehovah, in Whom Israel hoped.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU ART MY PRAISE. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 10:21).... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ WHERE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._... [ Continue Reading ]
WOEFUL. Same word as "desperately wicked" (in Jeremiah 17:9). incurable. RIGHT. Omit.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE NOT. TERROR. Compare Jeremiah 1:17. EVIL. calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
DOUBLE. Compare Jeremiah 16:18, and see note on Isaiah 40:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GATE, &C. Probably the main entrance to the Courts of the Temple. See plan, App-68.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOURSELVES. your souls. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. BEAR NO BURDEN. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:8; Exodus 23:12; Exodus 31:13). Compare Nehemiah 13:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
OBEYED. hearkened.... [ Continue Reading ]
HORSES. Some codices read "their horses". MEN. Hebrew. _'Ish_.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PLAIN. Called Shephelah. Philistia, between Jerusalem and the Mediterranean Sea. MOUNTAINS. the central land. THE SOUTH. the Negeb. See notes on Genesis 12:9; Genesis 13:1.Deuteronomy 1:7; Psalms 126:4. BRINGING BURNT OFFERINGS, &C. Reference to Pentateuch Leviticus 1:1; Leviticus 1:2, &c. ME... [ Continue Reading ]
KINDLE. FIRE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:22), App-92. Compare Jeremiah 21:14.Lamentations 4:11.... [ Continue Reading ]