Swelling] RV 'pride,' referring to the luxuriant vegetation on the banks, which formed a source of danger, as a covert for wild beasts.
7-13, A lament over the desolate land. Some scholars think that this passage belongs to the time after the first siege and capture of Jerusalem, where Jehoiachin was led into captivity.
Verse Jeremiah 12:5. _IF THOU HAST RUN WITH THE FOOTMEN_] If the smallest evils to which thou art exposed cause thee to make so many bitter complaints, how wilt thou feel when, in the course of thy p...
Yahweh rebukes Jeremiah’s impatience, showing him by two proverbial sayings, that there were still greater trials of faith in store for him. Prosperous wickedness is after all a mere ordinary trial, a...
CHAPTER 12 The Prophet's Prayer and the House Forsaken, Yet Compassion _ 1. The prophet's prayer (Jeremiah 12:1) 2. The house forsaken, yet compassion (Jeremiah 12:7) _ Jeremiah 12:1. In his outburs...
THE PROBLEM OF UNRIGHTEOUS PROSPERITY. Jeremiah raises (for the first time in Hebrew literature) the problem of the prosperity of the unrighteous, apparently in connexion with his experiences at Anath...
TRUSTEDST. confidedst. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69. SWELLING. Hebrew pride. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for proud beasts in the undergrowth on the banks of the Jordan. See Jeremiah 49...
Jeremiah 12:1. See summary at commencement of section. Pe. points out that this passage is very important in religious history, since it is probably the first expression we have in Hebrew literature o...
_pride_ mg. _swelling_, but the text agrees better with Zechariah 11:3 ("the pride of Jordan is spoiled"). The luxuriant vegetation or jungle is meant, the haunt of lions. Cp. Jeremiah 49:19; Jeremiah...
The Divine answer. God does not solve the difficulty, but warns the prophet that he will need still more patience in the future....
IN THE SWELLING OF JORDAN— Houbigant thinks that these are the words of Jeremiah to his fellow-citizens, and to the king and the leaders of the army, whom he addresses in the next verse. He compares t...
D. The Answer of God Jeremiah 12:5-6 TRANSLATION (5) If with foot racers You have run and they have made you weary, then how shall you hotly contend (in a race) with horses? And if you are trusting i...
If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do i...
12:5 security, (b-30) Or 'if thou confidest in a land of peace.'...
IF THOU HAST RUN WITH THE FOOTMEN. — The prophet is compelled to make answer to himself, and the voice of Jehovah is heard in his inmost soul rebuking his impatience. What are the petty troubles that...
כִּ֣י אֶת ־רַגְלִ֥ים ׀ רַ֨צְתָּה֙ וַ יַּלְא֔וּךָ...
CHAPTER VII THE BROKEN COVENANT Jeremiah 11:1 and Jeremiah 12:1 THERE is no visible break between these two Chapter s. They seem to summarise the history of a particular episode in the prophet's car...
Now we hear the prophet as he appealed to Jehovah to be his Defender, and. finally, we hear the divine determination. concerning his evil neighbors. This peril was revealed to him by Jehovah. It was...
If thou hast run with the (f) footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and [if] in the land of peace, [in which] thou didst trust, [they wearied thee], then how wi...
_Horses. If thou hast been terrified at the threats of thy fellow-citizens, how wilt thou withstand those of Jerusalem? (Menochius) or he speaks to Juda, who would not be able to resist the Chaldeans,...
I venture to look far beyond Jeremiah and all his personal troubles, in what is here said. Who indeed, but must eye Jesus, in what is here said of his brethren. John 7:3. And with respect to Jesus, wh...
Many think that God here checks the boldness of Jeremiah, as though he had exceeded the limits of moderation when he contended with God, as we have seen, because he patiently endured the reprobate and...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12. Chapter 11 suggests some observations. God addresses Himself again to Israel on the ground of their responsibility, reminding them of the call to o...
IF THOU HAST RUN WITH THE FOOTMEN, AND THEY HAVE WEARIED THEE,.... The Targum introduces the words thus, "this is the answer which was made to Jeremiah the prophet, concerning his question; a prophet...
If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and [if] in the land of peace, [wherein] thou trustedst, [they wearied thee], then how wilt thou...
_If thou hast run with the footmen_ Here God speaks, and applies a proverbial expression to the prophet's circumstances, the import of which is, that if men find themselves unable to contend with a le...
THE CONSPIRACY IN THE PROPHET'S OWN FAMILY...
If thou hast run with the footmen and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? If he could not endure the comparatively little trouble which had come upon him till now, he woul...
1-6 When we are most in the dark concerning God's dispensations, we must keep up right thoughts of God, believing that he never did the least wrong to any of his creatures. When we find it hard to un...
That these are the answer of God to the prophet is reasonably well agreed by the best interpreters, as also that this is a proverbial expression; but as to the application of it in this place, there i...
Jeremiah 12:5 run H7323 (H8804) footmen H7273 wearied H3811 (H8686) contend H8474 (H8807) horses H5483 land...
YHWH RESPONDS WITH A WARNING TO JEREMIAH THAT HE WILL YET FACE WORSE THINGS THAN THIS (JEREMIAH 12:5). YHWH calls on Jeremiah to recognise that what he has endured up to now is as nothing compared wit...
SWELLING OF JORDAN That is, Under such a test as in (Jeremiah 49:19); (Jeremiah 50:44); (Joshua 3:15); (1 Chronicles
Jeremiah 12:5 The difficulty implied by this proverb appears I. In this, that man is less a match for Satan now than when Satan proved himself more than a match for man. Beaten in Eden, where else ca...
CONTENTS: Message on the broken covenant, concluded. Jeremiah's complaint to God and God's rebuke. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: When we find it hard to understand God's providences toward w...
Jeremiah 12:4. _He shall not see our last end._ This is sadducean language, as Psalms 104:5. “The Lord will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard.” This species of atheism blunts the edge of t...
_If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses?_ THE HEROISM OF ENDURANCE Jeremiah had to pay the price of singularity. He had to learn not on...
_Righteous art Thou, O Lord, when I plead with Thee._ COMMUNION WITH GOD IN AFFLICTION I. Why God sees fit to afflict His children by the dispensations of His providence. 1. God sometimes afflicts...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:5 God responds with a rebuke and a caution. Jeremiah must prepare for worse times. He cannot trust even family and friends. ⇐...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. See on chap. 11, Bleek’s theory; for which there is a weight of argument. All commentators agree to connect Jeremiah 12:1 with the conclusi...
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 12:1 Painfully exercised by the mysteries of the Divine government, the prophet opens his grief to Jehovah. Righteous art thou, etc.; rather, _Righteous wouldest thou be_,_ O Jeho...
Now Jeremiah goes on and he is talking now about the situation, the wicked man Jehoahaz that is in power. And he begins by saying, Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee (Jeremiah 12:1):...
1 Chronicles 12:15; 1 Peter 4:12; Hebrews 12:3; Hebrews 12:4;...
If — If thou art not able to encounter lesser dangers, how wilt thou be able to overcome greater? I have greater dangers for thee to encounter than those at Anathoth; if thou art so disturbed with the...