Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 32:33
Verse Jeremiah 32:33. Though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them] From the frequent reference to this, we may naturally conclude that morning preaching prevailed much in Judea.
Verse Jeremiah 32:33. Though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them] From the frequent reference to this, we may naturally conclude that morning preaching prevailed much in Judea.
The answer is divided into two parts; (a) Jeremiah 32:26, the sins of Judah are shown to be the cause of her punishment: (b) Jeremiah 32:36, this punishment was not for Judah’s destruction, but for h...
CHAPTER 32 Jeremiah in Prison _ 1. Shut up in the court of the prison (Jeremiah 32:1) _ 2. The revelation of the Lord concerning Hanameel (Jeremiah 32:6) 3. The prophet's prayer (Jeremiah 32
Yahweh answers the prophet by declaring the issue and cause of the present distress, and by promising (Jeremiah 32:36 ff.) the future restoration of the people to Palestine, where they shall dwell in...
RISING UP EARLY, &C. See note on Jeremiah 7:13....
See introd. summary to the section. The _vv_. after 27, purporting to give the Lord's reply to Jeremiah's question as to the fitness of his action in purchasing the field, bear fully the marks of a la...
These _vv_. are akin to Jeremiah 2:26 f., Jeremiah 7:13; Jeremiah 7:25; Jeremiah 11:17;...
_though I taught them, etc_.] This verb and the two participles following are infinitives in the Heb. (as in ch. Jeremiah 7:9, where see note), _and there was a teaching of them_, etc....
2. _God's plan for the present_ (Jeremiah 32:28-35) TRANSLATION (28) Therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I am about to give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, even into the hand of Nebuchadn...
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction. THEY HAVE TURNED UNTO ME THE B...
This chapter forms the introduction to the most continuously historical part of the book, which describes incidents in the two years preceding the final destruction of Jerusalem, viz. chs. 34-43. The...
THEY HAVE TURNED UNTO ME THE BACK... — It will be remembered that this image was more or less a favourite one with the prophet. (See Notes on Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 7:24.) The same holds good of the...
וַ יִּפְנ֥וּ אֵלַ֛י עֹ֖רֶף וְ לֹ֣א פָנִ֑ים
CHAPTER XXX RESTORATION I THE SYMBOL Jeremiah 32:1 "And I bought the field of Hanameel."- Jeremiah 32:9 WHEN Jeremiah was first called to his prophetic mission, after the charge "to pluck up and t...
The next of the prophecies of hope consists of the account of Jeremiah's purchase of a field in Anathoth, with the interpretation of the suggestiveness of the action. While he was still in prison thro...
And they have turned to me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, (o) rising early and teaching [them], yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction. (o) (2 Chronicles 36:15; Isaiah 6...
We have here the Lord's gracious answer to the Prophet's prayer, Isaiah 65:24. I think it not altogether improbable, but, as the Lord had directed Jeremiah to buy the field in Anathoth, even in the pr...
Here the Prophet expresses more clearly the perverseness of the people, as though he had said, that they had deliberately rejected every instruction, and had shewn no regard for God; for he who turns...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 31 AND 32. But it would not be Judah only, to whom the prophecies of Jeremiah were addressed, that should be restored-all the families of Israel should enjoy...
AND THEY HAVE TURNED UNTO ME THE BACK, AND NOT THE FACE,.... When he reproved them for their sins; called them to repentance; instructed them in their duty; and warned them of the dangers they exposed...
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching [them], yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction. Ver. 33. _And they have turned...
_Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah_ To this difficulty of Jeremiah, between what was commanded him, and the prospect of its being, not only useless, but disadvantageous to him, the Lord ans...
And they have turned unto Me the back and not the face, a complaint which the Lord had repeatedly voiced, Jeremiah 2:27, THOUGH I TAUGHT THEM, RISING UP EARLY AND TEACHING THEM, with eager and mercifu...
Jeremiah's Prayer and Jehovah's Answer...
BACK: _ Heb._ neck...
26-44 God's answer discovers the purposes of his wrath against that generation of the Jews, and the purposes of his grace concerning future generations. It is sin, and nothing else, that ruins them....
They have behaved themselves against me contemptuously, like men who, when they are spoken to, admonished, or instructed, instead of looking towards those who instruct or admonish them, turn their bac...
Jeremiah 32:33 turned H6437 (H8799) back H6203 face H6440 taught H3925 (H8763) early H7925 (H8687) teaching...
SUB-PART A. AFTER ITS DESTRUCTION JERUSALEM WILL ONE DAY BE RESTORED, SOMETHING GUARANTEED TO JEREMIAH IN A SYMBOLIC ACT OF PURCHASING FAMILY LAND (JEREMIAH 32:1). Jeremiah is commanded to buy an here...
JERUSALEM WILL BE DESTROYED BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE'S GROSS SINFULNESS (JEREMIAH 32:28). Jeremiah 32:28 “Therefore thus says YHWH, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and int...
YHWH'S ANSWER IS UNEQUIVOCAL. IT IS TRUE THAT NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR HIM, BUT THAT MUST BE SEEN AS PRECISELY THE REASON WHY HE WAS DELIVERING THE CITY INTO THE HANDS OF THE CHALDEANS. FOR HE WILL ALS...
Jeremiah 32:30. _For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their h...
Jeremiah 32:6. _And Jeremiah, said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for...
CONTENTS: Sign of the field of Hanameel. Jeremiah's second persecution, his prayer and Jehovah's answer. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Zedekiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Hanameel, Baruch. CONCLUSION: When we are...
Jeremiah 32:1. _The eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar._ This name, which in Hebrew signifies groaning and complaint, aptly describes the miseries he inflicted on the nations. Like an inundation he rav...
_They have turned unto Me the back, and not the face _ HUMAN WICKEDNESS I_._ As condemning Divine authority. To turn the back upon any one, not only indicates an utter lack of interest in him, but...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—“Tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, and eighteenth of Nebuchadnezzar” (Jeremiah 32:1). _Cf_. note on chronology of chap. 25: “this eight...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah was far from wishing to depress his fellow countrymen to the point of disbelieving in the inalienable promises of God to Israel, He fully recognized an element of truth in the prea...
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar (Jeremiah 32:1). Now in the eleventh year of Zedekiah is when...
2 Chronicles 36:15; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Ezekiel 8:16; Hosea 11:2;...