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Verse Jeremiah 2:8. _THEY THAT HANDLE THE LAW_] ותפשי _vethophe
shey, they_ _that draw out the law_; they whose office it is to
_explain_ it, _draw_ _out_ its spiritual meanings, and show to what
its...
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The guilt of this idolatry is ascribed to the four ruling classes:
(a) The accusation brought against the priests is indifference.
(b) “They that handle the law” belonged also to the priestly class
D...
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CHAPTER S 2:1-3:5
Expostulation and Impeachment
_ 1. His love and kindness to Jerusalem (Jeremiah 2:1) _
2. The unfaithful people (Jeremiah 2:4)
3. The two evils and the results (Jeremiah 2:12)...
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YAHWEH'S REPROACHES. Yahweh asks why His redeeming acts are forgotten
and His (true) worship abandoned; other nations do not abandon their
gods, though these are worthless, but Yahweh's people have fo...
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THEY THAT HANDLE THE LAW. The law therefore well known, and the
priests known as the custodians of it. Reference to Pentateuch
(Leviticus 10:11.Deuteronomy 17:11; Deuteronomy 33:10).
PASTORS. shep
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The wickedness of the people is matched and encouraged by that of the
chief men both in Church and State.
For the denunciation of priests and false prophets on the part of
Jeremiah, cp. Hosea and Mic...
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THE PRIESTS SAID NOT, WHERE IS THE LORD?— The _priests,_ or scribes,
whose office it was to instruct others in their duty, were ignorant or
regardless of it themselves; and this was the principal caus...
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B. Present Apostasy Jeremiah 2:4-8
TRANSLATION
(4) Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob and all the families
of the house of Israel. (5) This is what the LORD has said: What fault
did your fat...
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The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law
knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the
prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not
p...
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2:8 transgressed (b-20) Or 'rebelled.' so ver. 29; chs. 3.13; 33.8.
see Isaiah 1:2 ....
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The priests, the pastors (i.e. rulers) and the prophets were all alike
in sympathy with the degraded worship of Jehovah, at the high places,
mingled as it was with the worship of the Baalim. The pries...
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JEREMIAH'S SECOND PROPHECY (2:1-3:5)
The prophet expostulates with Israel because of their unfaithfulness
to Jehovah.
1-13. Under the figure of the marriage relation Jehovah reminds the
people of Hi...
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THE PRIESTS SAID NOT... — As throughout the work of Jeremiah and
most of the prophets of the Old Testament, that which weighed most
heavily on their souls was that those who were called to be guides o...
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הַ כֹּהֲנִ֗ים לֹ֤א אָֽמְרוּ֙ אַיֵּ֣ה
יְהוָ֔ה...
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CHAPTER II
THE TRUST IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPT
Jeremiah 2:1; Jeremiah 3:1
THE first of the prophet's public addresses is, in fact, a sermon
which proceeds from an exposure of national sin to the menace...
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UNGRATEFUL FORGETFULNESS
Jeremiah 2:1-8; Jeremiah 26:1-24; Jeremiah 27:1-22; Jeremiah 28:1-17;
Jeremiah 29:1-32; Jeremiah 30:1-24; Jeremiah 31:1-40; Jeremiah 32:1-44
God regarded
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The first movement in commissioning the called man now commences. He
was commanded to utter a great impeachment in the ears of Jerusalem.
This impeachment was threefold. It first declared how Israel h...
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_Priests were silent, or abandoned themselves. --- Pastors; "princes."
(Chaldean) Manasses, Amon, &c. --- In Baal, promoting his worship.
(Haydock) --- The land was full of false prophets, and none st...
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Having put his people in mind of what had passed; and given them to
understand that the Lord had not forgotten the smallest tendencies of
their affection towards him; he now begins to remonstrate with...
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God assails here especially the teachers and those to whom was
committed the power of ruling the people. It often happens that the
common people fall away, while yet some integrity remains in the
rule...
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Chapter 2 contains a most touching appeal to the people at Jerusalem.
It requires no explanation, but deserves the heart's serious
attention. It testifies in the most striking manner to the kindness
a...
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THE PRIESTS SAID NOT, WHERE IS THE LORD?.... Whose business it was to
draw nigh to God, and offer the sacrifices of the people, and inquire
of God for them; whose lips should keep knowledge, and at wh...
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The priests said not, Where [is] the LORD? and they that handle the
law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the
prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after [things that] do no...
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_And I brought you into a plentiful country_ Hebrew, _into the land of
Carmel._ Carmel was so fertile a part of Judea, that the word from
thence came to be used to express a fruitful place in general....
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ISRAEL'S LACK OF FAITHFULNESS...
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1-8 Those who begin well, but do not persevere, will justly be
upbraided with their hopeful and promising beginnings. Those who
desert religion, commonly oppose it more than those who never knew it....
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THEY THAT HANDLE THE LAW KNEW ME NOT: q.d. They that should have
taught others knew as little as they, or regarded as little to know,
HOSEA 4:6, who are said here to handle or teach the law, viz. the...
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Jeremiah 2:8 priests H3548 say H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 handle H8610
(H8802) law H8451 know H3045 ...
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YHWH REMINDS THEM OF THEIR SALVATION HISTORY AND BRINGS OUT THE
INGRATITUDE OF THEIR RESPONSE (JEREMIAH 2:4).
YHWH's initial complaint is that in spite of all that He has done for
them in delivering t...
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Jeremiah 2:6
There are three shameful possibilities in life.
I. The possibility of dishonouring the great memories of life. The
great memories of life are dishonoured (1) when the vividness of their...
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Jeremiah 2:1. Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and
cry in the ears of Jerusalem saying, Thus saith the LORD: I remember
thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals...
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Jeremiah 2:1. Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and
cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I remember
thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousal...
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CONTENTS: First message to backslidden Judah concerning their
ingratitude to God and wickedness against Him.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: It is a great affront to God to neglect Him and for...
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Jeremiah 2:2. _I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth._ God now
addressed them, that he might do the same to the children as he had
done to the fathers, and rejoice over them as the bridegroom rej...
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_What iniquity have your fathers found in Me._
THE EVIL NATURE OF SIN COMMITTED AFTER CONVERSION
I. Violation of solemn vows and covenant engagements. At that time we
took Christ’s cause for our cau...
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JEREMIAH 2:1 Israel’s Covenantal Adultery. These five related
messages were probably delivered during Josiah’s reign (Jeremiah
3:6). Jeremiah declares that God’s chosen people commit spiritual
adulter...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 2:8 Three groups (PRIESTS, SHEPHERDS, and
PROPHETS) bear heavy responsibility for this unfaithfulness. The
priests HANDLE THE LAW
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY. Most probably in
thirteenth Josiah, quickly after his call. Dr. Dahler (Stratsbourg)
would interpose Chapter s 4, 5, 6; deferring this chapter till after...
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EXPOSITION
The second chapter forms the introduction of a group of discourses
(Jeremiah 2-6), which should be read together. It is called By Ewald
(and the position of the prophecy favors this view) t...
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Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and cry in the
ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD (Jeremiah 2:1-2);
Now this is the first message that he has to deliver. As God is
cal...
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1 Kings 18:22; 1 Kings 18:29; 1 Kings 18:40; 1 Samuel 12:21; 1
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They — They that should have taught others, knew as little as they,
or regarded as little, who are said here to handle the law, the
priests and Levites, who were the ordinary teachers of the law.
Past...