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Jeremiah 22

Jeremiah 22:3

EXECUTE YE, &C. See note on Jeremiah 7:5. JUDGMENT AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. Figure of speech _Hendiadys_. judgment, yea, righteous judgment. SPOILED. robbed. NO. NOR. NEITHER. Note the Figure of speech _Paradiastole_. STRANGER. sojourner. FATHERLESS, NOR THE WIDOW. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche... [ Continue Reading ]

Jeremiah 22:4

UPON THE THRONE OF DAVID. for David upon his throne. SERVANTS. Hebrew text reads "servant", but some codices, with two early printed editions, read plural, as in Authorized Version.... [ Continue Reading ]

Jeremiah 22:7

PREPARE. set apart. Compare Jeremiah 6:4; Jeremiah 51:27; Jeremiah 51:28. CEDARS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the houses built of cedar.... [ Continue Reading ]

Jeremiah 22:11

SHALLUM THE SON OF JOSIAH. Josiah had four sons (1 Chronicles 3:15). Shallum had another name Jehoahaz. Compare 2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 23:34. Zedekiah must have been younger than Jehoiakim or Jehoahaz, for he was but twenty-one when he began to reign, and therefore only ten when Jehoiakim began to r... [ Continue Reading ]

Jeremiah 22:13

CHAMBERS. upper chambers. BY WRONG. in injustice. USETH HIS NEIGHBOUR'S SERVICE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:13). WORK. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the wages earned by his labour. giveth him not [wages] for his work.... [ Continue Reading ]

Jeremiah 22:16

HE: i.e. Josiah. JUDGED THE CAUSE. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ Hebrew judged the judgment. Figure of speech _Erotesis_ by _Ellipsis_. "[Did he not] judge righteous judgment? "Figure of speech _Hendiadys,_ as in Jeremiah 22:3. POOR. wretched. Hebrew. _'anah._ See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11... [ Continue Reading ]

Jeremiah 22:19

BURIED WITH THE BURIAL OF AN ASS. Note the Figure of speech _Oxymoron_, which gives the meaning that he was not buried at all (for asses have no funerals). Jehoiakim is the only king of Judah whose burial is not recorded. See note on 2 Kings 24:6. DRAWN, &C.: i.e. the ass, not Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 2... [ Continue Reading ]

Jeremiah 22:20

GO UP, &C. Note the Figure of speech _Eironeia._ App-6. CRY: the cry of distress. THE PASSAGES. Abarim: the mountains beyond Jordan, the range of Nebo. Compare Numbers 27:12; Numbers 33:47; Numbers 33:48. LOVERS: i.e. the neighbouring nations, to whom they looked instead of to God.... [ Continue Reading ]

Jeremiah 22:22

WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. PASTORS. Put for rulers of all kinds. See notes on Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 3:15, &c. WICKEDNESS. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the cause of the calamity.... [ Continue Reading ]

Jeremiah 22:23

O. Figure of speech _Apostrophe._ INHABITANT. inhabitress: i.e. Zion. LEBANON. Figure of speech _Metalepsis_: "Lebanon" put for the cedars grown there, then "cedars" put for the houses built of the timber. HOW GRACIOUS. how greatly to be pitied.... [ Continue Reading ]

Jeremiah 22:24

CONIAH. (by Figure of speech _Aphaeresis)_, by which the first syllable is cut off. He is called "Jeconiah" (1 Chronicles 3:16), which means "Let Jehovah establish"; but the cutting off of the Divine name "Je" (for Jah or Jehovah) is meant to show the departure of Jehovah from Jeconiah, and that he... [ Continue Reading ]

Jeremiah 22:30

CHILDLESS: i.e. as to the throne (see last clause). Not one of his seven sons (1 Chronicles 3:17; 1 Chronicles 3:18) sat upon his throne. A MAN. a strong man. Hebrew. _geber._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]

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