_JEREMIAH EXPRESSETH THE DESOLATION OF JUDAH FOR THEIR IDOLATRY. HE PROPHESIETH THEIR DESTRUCTION WHO COMMIT IDOLATRY IN EGYPT. THE OBSTINACY OF THE JEWS: JEREMIAH THREATENETH THEM FOR THE SAME; AND FOR A SIGN, PROPHESIETH THE DESTRUCTION OF EGYPT._ _Before Christ 587._... [ Continue Reading ]
AT TAHPANHES, &C.— That is to say, _At Daphne, and at Memphis, and in the country of Thebais. Migdol was_ also called _Magdolus._ Migdol is mentioned Exodus 14:2 as situate near the Red Sea. But I do not take this to be the place here intended. מגדל _Migdol_ properly signifies _a tower,_ and may, in... [ Continue Reading ]
TO CUT OFF FROM YOU MAN AND WOMAN— It was the design or will of God, that this remnant should have kept possession of Judaea; but by going into Egypt, and defiling themselves with the idolatry of that nation, they provoked him to destroy them utterly.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO THAT NONE, &C.— Houbigant renders the last clause, _Nor shall they return, except a few who shall escape._ It is evident from Jeremiah 44:28 that some Jews were to escape the general destruction in Egypt, and to return into their own country, although but a few; and the same thing is implied in t... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN WE BURNED INCENSE— _But if we burn incense, and pour forth libations to the queen of heaven, do we make cakes for her without our husbands, that we may pour out,_ &c.? Houbigant. See chap. Jeremiah 7:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE AND YOUR WIVES HAVE BOTH SPOKEN— _Your wives have spoken from your mouth, that which you have fulfilled with your hands, when you said, We,_ &c.—_They have accomplished your vows, they have performed what you vowed._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT MY NAME SHALL NO MORE BE NAMED, &C.— The Jews seem to have joined the worship of the true God with that of idols, as the Samaritans had done before them. Hence God declares, that he will not receive any such polluted worship at their hands, nor suffer his name to be any longer profaned by such... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL GIVE PHARAOH-HOPHRA— _Pharaoh,_ as we have often observed, was a name common to all the kings of Egypt. But several of them had some additional epithet to distinguish them from the rest. This prince was _Apries,_ (see the note on chap. Jeremiah 37:5.) whose subjects rebelling, he sent Amasis... [ Continue Reading ]