surely consume them. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia. Hebrew. 'asoph 'asiphem.
on the vine. See note on Jeremiah 6:9.
shall fade. is withered.
the things... from them: or,. have appointed them those that shall pass over them.
Or, “I will gather and sweep them away, saith Jehovah: there are no grapes on the vine, and no figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf is dry: therefore will I appoint those that shall pass over them.” Jud...
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 ...
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...
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...
_there shall be_ better, _there are_. The people in their _present_state are likened to a lifeless vine or fig tree. We are reminded of the comparison of the righteous man, Jeremiah 17:8; Psalms 1:1 f...
See summary at commencement of section....
I WILL SURELY CONSUME THEN, &C.— _I was about to gather them, saith the Lord, but there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree; and the leaves themselves have faded: they have dissipated...
C. Unavoidable Punishment at the Hand of God Jeremiah 8:13-17 TRANSLATION (13) I will utterly consume them (oracle of the LORD). No grapes are on the vine and no figs are on the fig tree. The leaves...
I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them....
8:13 them. (b-38) Or 'pass through them.'...
1-3. The dead shall share in the universal punishment....
AND _the things_ .. FROM THEM] RM 'I have appointed them those that shall pass over them': viz. the Assyrians invading them as a flood. 14F. The people address one another, while suffering under the...
I WILL SURELY CONSUME. — Literally, _Gathering, I will sweep away_ — _i.e.,_ I will gather and sweep away, the two verbs being all but identical in sound and spelling, so that the construction has alm...
אָסֹ֥ף אֲסִיפֵ֖ם נְאֻם ־יְהֹוָ֑ה אֵין֩ עֲנָבִ֨ים...
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
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...
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...
_Gather into Jerusalem, to be butchered. (Calmet) --- Away. They are now in the greatest distress. (Haydock) --- This probably happened a little before the last siege, chap. xiv._...
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...
He confirms, as I have said, what he had declared in the last verse, tie had said, that there would be the ruin of the whole people: for the same purpose he now adds, _Destroying I will destroy them _...
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...
I WILL SURELY CONSUME THEM, SAITH THE LORD,.... Or, "gathering I will gather them" k; into some one place, the city of Jerusalem, and there destroy them. The word is, לשון כלייה, expressive of consump...
I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: [there shall be] no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and [the things that] I have given them shall pass away from them...
_There shall be no grapes on the vine_ A figurative expression, to signify that there should be none of them left. _And the leaf shall fade,_ &c. As both leaves and fruit wither and fade when a tree i...
FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPENDING PUNISHMENT...
I will surely consume them, saith the Lord, making a clean sweep of them all; THERE SHALL BE NO GRAPES ON THE VINE NOR FIGS ON THE FIG-TREE, both of these plants representing unfruitful Israel, AND TH...
I will surely consume them: Or, in gathering I will consume...
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...
I WILL SURELY CONSUME THEM; or, _In gathering I will consume them_: q.d. I will so gather them together into their several cities to be besieged, that it shall be no hard matter to destroy them, JEREM...
Jeremiah 8:13 surely H622 (H8800) consume H5486 (H8686) says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 grapes H6025 vine...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Deuteronomy 28:39; Ezekiel 22:19; Ezekiel 24:3; Habakkuk 3:17;...
Pass away — Shall be taken away by their enemies....