O inhabitant of Lebanon, &c.— The prophet apostrophizes Jerusalem, under the idea of a bird building her nest on the topmost cedars of Lebanon, on account of the sumptuousness of her palaces, and the advantage of her situation. Instead of how gracious shalt thou be, Houbigant and many others have it, how shalt thou groan.
Verse Jeremiah 22:23. _HOW GRACIOUS SHALT THOU BE_] A strong irony....
Lebanon is the usual metaphor for anything splendid. and is here put for Jerusalem, but with special reference to the kings whose pride it was to dwell in palaces roofed with cedar Jeremiah 22:14. HO...
CONCERNING THE KINGS OF JUDAH (22:1-23:8) CHAPTER 22 _ 1. The message in the house of the king of Judah (Jeremiah 22:1) _ 2. Touching Shallum, the King of Judah (Jeremiah 22:11) 3. Concerning Jeho...
JEREMIAH 22:1 TO JEREMIAH 23:8. This section contains several distinct Jeremianic prophecies, relating to contemporary kings of Judah; they have been editorially collected, probably with some expansio...
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...
See introd. summary to section. Jeremiah 22:20 have no direct connexion with those that follow and seem to have been introduced here on account of the reference to the rulers ("shepherds") in Jeremiah...
"Judah has been as confident of safety as a bird that had fixed its nest far away from men in the cedars on the heights of Lebanon." Pe. _inhabitant_ For mg. _inhabitress_see on Jeremiah 21:13. _how...
2. _The folly of Jehoiakim_ (Jeremiah 22:13-23) TRANSLATION (13) Woe to him that builds his house with unrighteousness and his upper chambers with injustice; who makes his neighbor serve for nothing...
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! O INHABITANT OF LEBANON - namely, Jerusalem, w...
22:23 be (a-16) Or 'how thou wilt sigh.'...
1-9. Call to amendment of life....
INHABITANT OF LEBANON] referring to the king and his nobles as dwelling in cedar houses. HOW GRACIOUS] RV 'how greatly to be pitied.' 24-30. Punishment of Jehoiachin....
O, INHABITANT OF LEBANON. — The phrase develops the thought of Jeremiah 22:6. The king, in his cedar-palace, is as one who has made Lebanon his home, literally and figuratively (see Note on Jeremiah 2...
_יֹשַׁבְתְּ֙_† בַּ † לְּבָנֹ֔ון _מְקֻנַּ֖נְתְּ_† בָּֽ † אֲרָזִ֑ים
CHAPTER VII JEHOIACHIN Jeremiah 22:20 "A despised broken vessel."- Jeremiah 22:28 "A young lion. And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion and he learned to catch the prey, he...
The message Jeremiah gave the deputation was not enough. He was commanded to go to the house of the king. This he did, and what he there said occupies the succeeding Chapter s up to and including chap...
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the (q) cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! (q You that are built of the fair cedar trees...
We have here a similar prediction against Coniah: and a very awful one it is. He is to be made a captive, and to die in a foreign land, even in a land of all others he most dreaded and hated. And what...
The Prophet confirms the same thing in other words; and hence it appears how difficult it is to shake off from men their false confidence, when they give themselves up to earthly things. As soon, then...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21, 22, AND 23. On the occasion of Zedekiah's request to Jeremiah to know if the Lord would interfere in favour of the people against Nebuchadnezzar, the Spir...
O INHABITANT OF LEBANON,.... Jerusalem is meant, and the inhabitants of it, so called, because they lived near Lebanon, or in that land in which Lebanon was; or rather because they dwelt in houses mad...
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! Ver. 23. _O inhabitant of Lebanon._] Heb., O inha...
_O inhabitant of Lebanon_ O thou that inhabitest the city which for pleasantness and delight may be compared to Lebanon. Or he alludes to the stately buildings of Jerusalem, elsewhere compared to the...
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, this picture being chosen because, as the birds of Lebanon make their nests in the cedars, so the princes of Judah built their homes of the...
PROPHECIES RELATING TO SHALLUM, JEHOIKIM, AND JEHOIACHIN...
INHABITANT: _ Heb._ inhabitress...
20-30 The Jewish state is described under a threefold character. Very haughty in a day of peace and safety. Very fearful on alarm of trouble. Very much cast down under pressure of trouble. Many never...
Jerusalem, which is called an INHABITANT OF LEBANON, either because their houses were built of wood cut down out of the forest of Lebanon, or because they lived in as great plenty and delight as if th...
Jeremiah 22:23 inhabitant H3427 (H8802) Lebanon H3844 nest H7077 (H8794) cedars H730 gracious H2603 (H8738) pang
THE INADEQUACY OF ALL THE CURRENT SONS OF DAVID TO DELIVER JUDAH (JEREMIAH 22:10). Having dealt with Zedekiah, Nebuchadrezzar'a appointee, in the opening passage of the subsection, and having shown th...
THE INADEQUACY OF JEHOIACHIN (JECHONIAH, CONIAH) (JEREMIAH 22:20). Finally Jeremiah brings out the unsuitability of Jehoiachin (Jechoniah), Jehoiakim's son, to be the promised coming son of David who...
CONTENTS: Message to Zedekiah, concluded. The King exhorted to execute judgment. CHARACTERS: God, Zedekiah, Shallum, Jeremiah, Jehoiakim, Coniah, Nebuchadnezzar. CONCLUSION: God never casts one off...
Jeremiah 22:10. _Weep not for the dead,_ as you have wept bitterly for king Josiah, but weep for him who goes into captivity, for he shall return no more. Jeremiah 22:11. _Shallum the son of Josiah._...
_O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars._ THE NEST IN THE CEDARS The inhabitant of Lebanon, that maketh his nest in the cedars, is an illustration of all those who, in the pride...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Early in Jehoiakim’s reign; contemporary with chap. 22. See Notes. Dr. _Payne Smith_ places this prophecy prior to Jehoiakim’s manifestatio...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah 22:1 and Jeremiah 23:1, are connected together by similarity of subject. The temporal and spiritual leaders of the people, who are mainly responsible for the national catastrophe,...
Now the Lord commanded Jeremiah to go down to the king's house and speak there at the king's house this word. The other, it was a message sent back to the king. Now go on down to his house and speak t...
Amos 9:2; Habakkuk 2:9; Hosea 5:15; Hosea 6:1; Hosea 7:14;...
Lebanon — Jerusalem is called an inhabitant of Lebanon, because their houses were built of wood cut down out of the forest of Lebanon. Cedars — Their houses were built of the Cedars of Lebanon. How gr...