Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 2:10
For pass over the isles of (o) Chittim, and see; and send to (p) Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there is such a thing.
(o) Meaning, the Grecians and Italians.
(p) To Arabia.
For pass over the isles of (o) Chittim, and see; and send to (p) Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there is such a thing.
(o) Meaning, the Grecians and Italians.
(p) To Arabia.
Verse Jeremiah 2:10. _THE ISLES OF CHITTIM_] This is the island of _Cyprus_, according to Josephus. In 1 Maccabees, _1Mac 8:5_, it is taken for Macedonia. _Besides this, how they_ (the Romans) _had d...
Kedar signifies the whole East, and the isles of Chittim (Isaiah 23:12 note) the West. If then you traverse all lands from west to east, it will be impossible to find any nation guilty of such apostas...
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ISLES. coastlands, or maritime countries. CHITTIM. See note on Numbers 24:24. KEDAR. In Arabia. Two names used to represent west and east outlanders....
_the isles of Kittim_ The Kittim are mentioned as descendants of Javan in Genesis 10:4. Josephus (_Ant_. I. vi. 1) identifies the original seat of the tribe with the town of Citium (Larnaka) in Cyprus...
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For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. PASS OVER THE ISLES - rather, 'cross over to the isles.' CHITTIM ... K...
CHITTIM] probably Citium in Cyprus. KEDAR] As Chittim represented the parts to the westward of Palestine, so did Kedar (the NW. of Arabia) those to the Oast....
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PASS OVER THE ISLES... — Chittim is named as being, from the prophet’s point of view, the furthest country in the west (Genesis 10:4; Numbers 24:24), Kedar (Genesis 25:13;...
כִּ֣י עִבְר֞וּ אִיֵּ֤י כִתִּיִּים֙ וּ רְא֔וּ...
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_Cethim; Macedon. It here denotes the western nations, as Cedar does those of the east._...
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FOR PASS OVER THE ISLES OF CHITTIM, AND SEE,.... Or, "to the isles of Chittim" z; so called from Kittim the son of Javan, Genesis 10:4 who, as Josephus says a, possessed the island of Chethima, now ca...
For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. Ver. 10. _For pass over the isles of Chittim._] The western parts of the w...
_For pass over the isles of Chittim_ The neighbouring isles and peninsulas, which lay west of Judea, meaning especially the countries of Greece and Macedonia, and the islands and continents of Europe...
ISRAEL'S LACK OF FAITHFULNESS...
For pass over the isles of Chittim, applied first of all to the island of Cyprus, but later to the entire coast of the Mediterranean, especially to Greece, AND SEE, AND SEND UNTO KEDAR, the descendant...
OVER: Or, over to...
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THE ISLES OF CHITTIM; a synecdochical expression, extending to all isles in the Mediterranean Sea, or any other the neighbouring coasts; for the Hebrews call all people that are separated from them by...
Jeremiah 2:10 beyond H5674 (H8798) coasts H339 Cyprus H3794 see H7200 (H8798) Send H7971 (H8798) Kedar...
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1 Chronicles 1:7; 1 Chronicles 23:1; 1 Chronicles 23:12; 1 Corinthians 5:1;...
Of Chittim — All the isles in the Mediterranean sea, with the neighbouring coasts; for the Hebrews call all people, that separated from them by the sea, islanders, because they came to them by shippin...