Jeremiah 11 - Introduction
_JEREMIAH PROCLAIMETH GOD'S COVENANT, REBUKETH THE JEWS' DISOBEYING THEREOF, PROPHESIETH EVILS TO COME UPON THEM, AND UPON THE MEN OF ANATHOTH, FOR CONSPIRING TO KILL HIM._ _Before Christ 608._... [ Continue Reading ]
_JEREMIAH PROCLAIMETH GOD'S COVENANT, REBUKETH THE JEWS' DISOBEYING THEREOF, PROPHESIETH EVILS TO COME UPON THEM, AND UPON THE MEN OF ANATHOTH, FOR CONSPIRING TO KILL HIM._ _Before Christ 608._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WORD, &C.— This discourse may be considered as a continuation of the foregoing, which the prophet delivered to the people, at their entrance into the temple; chap. 7: This at least is insinuated, Jeremiah 11:15 or rather, the Lord delivered his word to Jeremiah at the time when Josiah assembled... [ Continue Reading ]
SO BE IT, O LORD— That is to say, "Cursed be they who have rebelled, &c." or rather, _So it is, O Lord._ "Thou hast fulfilled thy promises with the strictest fidelity.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE I WILL BRING— _Therefore have I brought._ It is of the nature of a covenant to denounce penalties against the presumptuous transgressor of it. And the sanctions of the Mosaic covenant may be seen scattered through different parts of the law, but particularly Leviticus 26:14; Leviticus 26:4... [ Continue Reading ]
A CONSPIRACY IS FOUND, &C.— By a _conspiracy_ is meant a general consent and agreement to forsake the worship of the true God, and to serve other gods. It was also a part of this conspiracy in the citizens of Jerusalem, to take off Jeremiah _by poison,_ which he tells us the Lord discovered to him,... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT HATH MY BELOVED TO DO, &C.— The meaning of the verse seems to be, "Why doth this, my chosen and peculiar people, (my _spouse,_ as they love to call themselves, and as they once really were,) make their appearance before me in my house, since they have gone a whoring after several of the idol-na... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD CALLED THY NAME, A GREEN OLIVE-TREE— The Jewish nation is sometimes compared to an _olive-tree,_ as well as to a _vine._ See Psalms 52:8. Instead of, _With the noise of a great tumult,_ some render it, _At the sound of his voice,_ meaning the thunder. Compare chap. Jeremiah 10:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD HATH GIVEN ME KNOWLEDGE— It is generally agreed by the commentators, that Jeremiah here speaks of his own sufferings as figurative of those of the Messiah. All the churches agree, says St. Jerome, that these words and the following respect Jesus Christ and his passion. It was against his li... [ Continue Reading ]
LET ME SEE TO VENGEANCE— _I shall see,_ &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
PROPHESY NOT, &C.— This passage shews abundantly that Jeremiah is to be understood primarily in the literal sense; which does not by any means prevent our understanding it of Jesus Christ in the spiritual. We may hence observe the usage which the prophets generally met with. The people of their own... [ Continue Reading ]