_UNDER THE TYPE OF A POTTER, IS SHEWED GOD'S ABSOLUTE POWER IN DISPOSING OF NATIONS. JUDGMENTS THREATENED TO JUDAH FOR HER STRANGE REVOLT. JEREMIAH PRAYETH AGAINST HIS CONSPIRATORS._ _Before Christ 605._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WORD, &C.— We have here a new discourse of Jeremiah. The Lord commands him to go down to a certain potter, where he would cause him to hear his word. God frequently makes use of this comparison of a potter, to point out man's absolute dependence upon him. See Psalms 2:9. Isaiah 45:9. Romans 9:21... [ Continue Reading ]
ON THE WHEELS— _Upon the stones._ This is the literal signification of עלאּהאבנים _al haabnaiim,_ which the LXX. also render επι των λιθων. There can be no doubt that the machine is intended, on which the potters formed their earthen vessels; and the appellation, οι λιθοι, "the stones," will appear... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THAT NATION, AGAINST WHOM, &C.— As the threats of God are conditional, when they are suspended by his long-suffering and mercy, or prevented by the amendment of the persons against whom they are denounced; he is said in Scripture to _repent:_ not that the phrase implies that there is any change i... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL A MAN LEAVE THE SNOW, &C.— _Shall one leave the moisture of the field for the snow-water of Lebanon; or shall the running waters be forsaken for the muddy waters?_ Lowth. The two similitudes in this verse are evidently designed to illustrate the unnatural and absurd conduct of the Jewish nation... [ Continue Reading ]
TO VANITY, AND THEY HAVE CAUSED THEM, &C.— _To idols, which have caused them,_ &c.]... [ Continue Reading ]
COME, AND LET US DEVISE, &C.— "Let us accuse him of being a false prophet; for his threatenings plainly contradict God's promises to his people; whereby we are assured that there shall always be a succession of priests to explain the law, or scribes or learned men to elucidate the more difficult par... [ Continue Reading ]