I will prepare destroyers. — The verb, as in Jeremiah 6:4, implies the idea of a solemn appointment or consecration.
They shall cut down thy choice cedars. — The metaphor of the preceding verse is carried further, and the “choice cedars” are the princes of the royal house of Judah, and the chief counsellors and generals, as well as the actual columns of cedar-wood.
Verse Jeremiah 22:7. _THEY SHALL CUT DOWN THY CHOICE CEDARS_] The destruction of the country is expressed under the symbol of the destruction of a _fine forest_; a multitude of fellers come against i...
PREPARE - i. e., consecrate, see Jeremiah 6:4 note. THY CHOICE CEDARS - The chief members of the royal lineage and the leading officers of state....
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...
PREPARE. set apart. Compare Jeremiah 6:4; Jeremiah 51:27; Jeremiah 51:28. CEDARS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the houses built of cedar....
See introd. summary to section. We may take Jeremiah 22:6 (which are in Ḳinah metre) to be in the main genuine, although (Co.) the statement that they concern the palace is somewhat inconsistent with...
_prepare_ lit. as mg. _sanctify_. See on Jeremiah 6:4, and cp. Isaiah 13:3. _thy choice cedars_ the chief men of the State....
B. General Remarks Regarding the Royal House Jeremiah 22:1-9 TRANSLATION (1) Thus says the LORD: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak there this word, (2) And say, Hear the word of th...
And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. I WILL PREPARE DESTROYERS - the Hebrew for "prepare...
22:7 prepare (a-4) Lit. 'consecrated,' 'hallow,' as ch 6.4....
PREPARE] see on Jeremiah 6:4. THY CHOICE CEDARS] either the house of the forest of Lebanon (see on Jeremiah 22:6), or figuratively for the chief men of the state. 10-12. Lament for the fate of Jehoah...
1-9. Call to amendment of life....
וְ קִדַּשְׁתִּ֥י עָלֶ֛יךָ מַשְׁחִתִ֖ים אִ֣ישׁ וְ...
CHAPTER XXIX RUIN Jeremiah 22:1; Jeremiah 26:14 "The sword, the pestilence, and the famine,"- Jeremiah 21:9 and passim. "Terror on every side."-...
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...
And I will (d) prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice (e) cedars, and cast [them] into the fire. (d) The Hebrew word signifies to sanctify beca...
_Prepare. Literally, sanctify; (Challoner) as various religious ceremonies were used before the declaration of war, and to know what would be the success. (Calmet) --- The Chaldeans were destined to e...
Nothing can be more tender and endearing on the part of God, to show his reluctancy to punish. Comparing his city, and his people, to Gilead and Lebanon, are striking expressions. Gilead and Lebanon w...
He expresses the manner, for he had only said before, that the ruin of the city Jerusalem was nigh at hand; he adds, that _destroyers _would come and those well armed with _warlike instruments, _who w...
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...
AND I WILL PREPARE DESTROYERS AGAINST THEE,.... The Chaldeans, men of savage dispositions, bent upon the destruction of their neighbours; and who had already destroyed many nations, and so fit instrum...
And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast [them] into the fire. Ver. 7. _And I will prepare destroyers._] Heb., Sanct...
_For thus saith the Lord unto_, or, _concerning, the king's house: Thou art Gilead unto me, &c.; yet surely_, &c. “Though thou wert never so precious in my sight, as valuable for riches and plenty as...
WARNING AGAINST UNRIGHTEOUSNESS AND OPPRESSION...
And I will prepare destroyers against thee, consecrated, as it were, to perform His will in bringing destruction upon Jerusalem and the palace of the king, EVERY ONE WITH HIS WEAPONS; AND THEY SHALL C...
1-9 The king of Judah is spoken to, as sitting upon the throne of David, the man after God's own heart. Let him follow his example, that he may have the benefit of the promises made to him. The way t...
They shall not only be edged with their own lusts and malice; but commissioned and influenced by me, and shall come sufficiently prepared for their work. And they shall cut down and burn thy buildings...
Jeremiah 22:7 prepare H6942 (H8765) destroyers H7843 (H8688) Everyone H376 weapons H3627 down H3772 (H8804) choice
THE ONE WHO SITS ON THE THRONE OF DAVID IS CALLED ON TO ENSURE JUSTICE AND FREEDOM FROM OPPRESSION FOR HIS PEOPLE, SOMETHING WHICH IF ACCOMPLISHED WILL RESULT IN HIS TRIUMPH, BUT ACCOMPANIED BY THE WA...
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._...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 22:7 DESTROYERS... SHALL CUT DOWN YOUR CHOICEST CEDARS. Like the temple (Psalms 74:4), David’s lineage will be cut down ...
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...
Ezekiel 9:1; Isaiah 10:33; Isaiah 10:34; Isaiah 10:3; Isaiah 13:3;...