CHAPTER XXVI INTRODUCTORY "I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people."- Jeremiah 31:1 IN this third book an attempt is made to present a general view of Jeremiah's teaching on the subject with which he was most preoccupied-the political and religious fortunes of... [ Continue Reading ]
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."- Jeremiah 6:25; Jeremiah 20:10; Jeremiah 46:5; Jeremiah 49:29; also as proper name, MAGOR-MISSABIB, Jeremiah 20:3. [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY: JEHOAHAZ Jeremiah 22:10 "Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away for he shall return no more."- Jeremiah 22:10 AS the prophecies of Jeremiah are not arranged in the order in which they were delivered, there is no absolute chronol... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER VI THE JUDGMENT ON JEHOIAKIM Jeremiah 22:13; Jeremiah 36:30 "Jehoiakim slew him (Uriah) with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people."- Jeremiah 26:23 "Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim, He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn an... [ Continue Reading ]
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 devoured men."- Ezekiel 19:5 "Jehoiachin did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that... [ Continue Reading ]