Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 14:8
O the hope of Israel, his saviour in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a (g) stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man [that] turneth aside to tarry for a night?
(g) That takes no care for us.
O the hope of Israel, his saviour in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a (g) stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man [that] turneth aside to tarry for a night?
(g) That takes no care for us.
Verse Jeremiah 14:8. _O THE HOPE OF ISRAEL_] O thou who art the only object of the _hope_ of this people. _THE SAVIOUR THEREOF IN TIME OF TROUBLE_] Who hast never yet abandoned them that seek thee....
II. THE PROPHET'S MINISTRY BEFORE THE FALL OF JERUSALEM, THE PROPHECIES OF JUDGMENT AND RESTORATION, THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF JEREMIAH, HIS FAITHFULNESS AND HIS SUFFERING CHAPTER 14 The Great Drought...
JEREMIAH 14:1 TO JEREMIAH 15:9. THE DROUGHT IN JUDAH, AND JEREMIAH'S CONSEQUENT INTERCESSION. The date of this disaster is unknown, but some year in the latter half of Jehoiakim's reign is most probab...
THE HOPE OF ISRAEL. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for Jehovah, Who was, or should have been, Israel's hope. See Jeremiah 17:13; Jeremiah 50:7. and compare Genesis 49:18;...
See summary at commencement of the section. Is the intercession (_a_) the prophet's own, or (_b_) put by him into the mouth of the people? Co. supports (_b_) as indicated by Jeremiah 14:10, where the...
_a sojourner in the land, etc_.] a passing traveller, with no interest in the country or in the people. _turneth aside_ mg., less well, _spreadeth_his tent....
DISCOURSE: 1052 A PATTERN FOR NATIONAL HUMILIATION [Note: For a Fast-Day—Drought, &c.] Jeremiah 14:7. O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslid...
AS A STRANGER IN THE LAND— _Strangers_ are supposed to ransack and plunder a land of its riches; and a _wayfaring-man,_ or _traveller,_ to have little or no regard for it. The prophet's meaning theref...
B. The Prophet's Intercession Rejected Jeremiah 14:7-12 TRANSLATION (7) If our iniquities testified against us act, O LORD, for the sake of Your name; for our backsliding are many, against You we hav...
O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night? () (). HOPE OF ISRAEL...
AS A STRANGER, etc.] one who has no interest in the people. TURNETH ASIDE] RM 'spreadeth _his_ tent.'...
1-6. Description of the drought....
AS A WAYFARING MAN... — No image could paint more vividly the sense of abandonment which weighed on the prophet’s heart. Israel had looked to Jehovah as its help and stay, its watchful guardian. Now h...
מִקְוֵה֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֹֽושִׁיעֹ֖ו בְּ עֵ֣ת צָרָ֑ה...
CHAPTER IX THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?) VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...
We now come to the second division of the Book, that containing the account of the prophet's ministry. This falls into three sections: prophecies before the fall of Jerusalem (14-39), prophecies after...
_Lodge. The Fathers apply this to our Saviour, in a spiritual sense. (Calmet)_...
Nothing can be more beautiful and expressive, than this prayer of the Prophet. First, he confesses sin: Leviticus 26:1. Secondly, he takes hold of the best and only argument for forgiveness; God's cov...
I have said that the former verse is confirmed by these words; for since the Prophet mentions to God his own name, we must consider the cause of the confidence with which he was supported, which was e...
Chapter 14 refers to a famine which took place in the land. The desolation of Jerusalem by the sword and by famine is again declared. But observe here the touching intercession of Jeremiah 14:7-9; and...
O THE HOPE OF ISRAEL,.... The author, object, ground, and foundation of hope of all good things, both here and hereafter; in whom Israel had been used to hope in times past, and had great encouragemen...
O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man [that] turneth aside to tarry for a night? Ver. 8. _O the Hope of...
_O the hope of Israel_ That is, the object of Israel's hope; the Being in whom alone thy people Israel have been wont to hope, or in whom they have just reason to hope; _the Saviour thereof in time of...
O the Hope of Israel, He who was properly the One in whom all true children of Israel trusted, since His covenant with them stood secure, THE SAVIOR THEREOF IN TIME OF TROUBLE, as He had so often prov...
THE PROPHET INTERCEDES FOR THE FIRST TIME...
1-9 The people were in tears. But it was rather the cry of their trouble, and of their sin, than of their prayer. Let us be thankful for the mercy of water, that we may not be taught to value it by f...
O THE HOPE OF ISRAEL; that is, the object of Israel's hope, he in whom alone thy people Israel have been wont to hope, or he in whom alone Israel hath just reason to hope. The saviour thereof in time...
Jeremiah 14:8 Hope H4723 Israel H3478 Savior H3467 (H8688) time H6256 trouble H6869 stranger H1616 land H776 travel
THE LESSON OF THE GREAT DROUGHTS (JEREMIAH 14:1). As a preliminary warning of what is coming YHWH sends a great drought on Judah with the result that the cisterns are empty, the springs are dry, the p...
THE PEOPLE CRY TO YHWH IN THEIR DISTRESS (JEREMIAH 14:7). Things had come to such a pass with the effects of the droughts that the people began to visit the Temple in droves and call on YHWH. Of cours...
In some respects, Jeremiah is one of the greatest of the ancient prophets, for he had most sorrowful task to perform. He had not to deliver a message full of Evangelical comfort, like that of Isaiah;...
CONTENTS: Message on the drought. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Man's sins bring those judgments upon the earth which make even the inferior creatures to groan. There will come a time when...
Jeremiah 14:3. _They found no water._ The latter rain had been denied, as in Jeremiah 3:3; and as Moses had foretold. Deuteronomy 11:17;...
_O the Hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble._ GOD AND TROUBLED HUMANITY I. What God always is to troubled humanity. 1. The Hope. (1) The Inspirer of all true hope. (2) The Susta...
_O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do Thou it for Thy name’s sake._ THE PRAYER OF CONTRITE ISRAEL I. A mournful fact acknowledged. 1. Even in the case of God’s own people, sin does...
_They came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads._ THE DROUGHT OF NATURE, THE RAIN OF GRACE, AND THE LESSO...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 14:8 WE ARE CALLED BY YOUR NAME. God has been Israel’s deliverer in the past. Jeremiah wonders if God will help the nation for the sake of his reputation ...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY of the Chapter. This and chapter 15 form one prophecy (although Lange, Keil, and others connect Chapter s 14 to 17, regarding them as interwoven and synchr...
EXPOSITION This chapter must be read in connection with the following one. They describe chiefly Jeremiah's twofold attempt at intercession (see verses 7-9 and 19-22)—a tender and appealing attempt in...
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the deaRuth (Jeremiah 14:1). For a drought filled the land. Judah mourns, and the gates languish; they are black upon the ground; and the cry of...
1 Timothy 1:1; 2 Corinthians 1:4; 2 Corinthians 1:5; Acts 28:20;...