Jeremiah 46:28

But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. FEAR NOT THOU, O MY SERVANT JACOB ... FOR BEHOLD I WILL SAVE THEE FROM AFAR ... - repeated from Jeremiah 30:10. When the church (and literal Israel) might seem utterly consumed, there still remains hidden hope, because God as it were raises his people from the dead (). Whereas the godless "nations" are consumed even though they survive, as the Egyptians after their overthrow; because they are radically accursed and doomed (Calvin). Remarks: (1) When God is against a people because of their wickedness, as...

He repeats the same thing, and no wonder, for under circumstances so hopeless it was not easy to raise up and sustain the minds of the people, so that they might patiently wait for the time of their redemption. He had to raise them to light as it were from the lowest depths, for captivity was little short of death, according to what Ezekiel says, (Ezekiel 37:0) who shews that the common saying among them was, “Can God raise the dead from their graves?” Whenever the Prophets promised that God would become their Redeemer, they said, “Oh, will God raise us up again? It is all a fable.” For this reason God commanded dead and dry bones to rise and to assume their own skin and flesh, at least this was shewn to the Prophet in a vision. We now then understand why the Prophet repeated twice what was in itself sufficiently clear, _Fear not, my servant Jacob, _even because they could not apprehen...

13-28 Those who encroached on others, shall now be themselves encroached on. Egypt is now like a very fair heifer, not accustomed to the yoke of subjection; but destruction comes out of the north: the Chaldeans shall come. Comfort and peace are spoken to the Israel of God, designed to encourage them when the judgments of God were abroad among the nations. He will be with them, and only correct them in measure; and will not punish them with everlasting destruction from his presence....

Verse Jeremiah 46:28. _I WILL MAKE A FULL END OF ALL THE NATIONS WHITHER I_ _HAVE DRIVEN THEE; BUT I WILL NOT MAKE A FULL END OF THEE_] The Jews still remain as a _distinct people_, while the _Assyrians, Chaldeans,_ _Egyptians_, c., are no more! ON this subject, I cannot withhold from my readers the following very judicious remarks of Bp. _Newton_, in his Dissertations on the Prophecies. "The preservation of the Jews through so many ages, and the total destruction of their enemies, are wonderful events and are made still more wonderful by being signified beforehand by the spirit of prophecy, as particularly in the passage before us. Their preservation is really one of the most illustrious acts of Divine Providence. They are dispersed among all nations, yet not confounded with any. The drops of rain which fall,

These two verses are a repetition of Jeremiah 30:10, with those slight variations which Jeremiah always makes when quoting himself. Egypt’s fall and restoration have been foretold; but the prophet closes with a word of exhortation to the many erring Jews who dwelt there. Why should they flee from their country, and trust in a pagan power, instead of endeavoring to live in a manner worthy of the noble destiny which was their true glory and ground of confidence?...

EXPOSITION This chapter, the first of a series, consists of two prophecies united, though it is probable enough that the latter was intended to supplement the former, for Jeremiah 46:2 are clearly incomplete (from the point of view of this group of prophecies) without a distinct and unmistakable prediction of the conquest of Egypt. The earlier prophecy is, in fact, not itself a prediction, but a triumphal ode, analogous to such as we find in the Becks of Isaiah and Ezekiel. It falls into three stanzas: (1) verses 3-6; (2) verses 7-9; (3) verses 10-12. In the first two the great event is described with poetical imagery; in the third, its cause is declared, and the irremediable completeness of its effects. The point of time assumed is immediately before the battle of Carehemish. The Egyptian army h

FEAR THOU NOT, O JACOB, MY SERVANT, SAITH THE LORD, FOR I [AM] WITH THEE,.... Though afar off, in foreign lands, and in captivity: this exhortation is repeated, to strengthen their consolation, and them, against their fears of being cast off by the Lord: FOR I WILL MAKE A FULL END OF ALL THE NATIONS WHITHER I HAVE DRIVEN THEE; the Babylonians and Chaldeans are no more: BUT I WILL NOT MAKE A FULL END OF THEE; the Jews to this day remain a people, and distinct from others, though scattered about in the world: BUT CORRECT THEE IN MEASURE; with judgment, and in mercy: YET WILL I NOT LEAVE THEE WHOLLY UNPUNISHED; Jeremiah 30:11....

IV. THE PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE GENTILE NATIONS CHAPTER 46 Concerning Egypt _ 1. Prophecy about Pharaoh-Necho (Jeremiah 46:1) _ 2. Nebuchadnezzar's invasion of Egypt (Jeremiah 46:13) 3. A message of comfort (Jeremiah 46:27) Jeremiah 46:1. This Pharaoh made an attempt to invade the territory of the king of Babylon, but was defeated by Nebuchadrezzar in a battle on the river Euphrates at Carchemish. This prophecy was given about eighteen years before the fall of Jerusalem. All was literally fulfilled....

JEREMIAH 46-51. THE FOREIGN PROPHECIES. These form the third principal division of the Book of Jeremiah. As already seen (Jeremiah 1:5; Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 25:15), Jeremiah's prophetic horizon naturally included the surrounding nations; how far the prophecies that follow are his can be decided only by detailed criticism in each case. They refer, though in somewhat different order, to the several nations enumerated in Jeremiah 25:19 (which may be regarded as an introduction to them), except that an oracle on Damascus here replaces the reference to Tyre, Sidon, and the Mediterranean. (The LXX, which places this group of prophe

FEAR THOU NOT. Compare Jeremiah 30:10; Jeremiah 30:11. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 26:24. Compare Deuteronomy 31:8). App-92. A FULL END. Compare Jeremiah 10:24; Jeremiah 30:11. NOT LEAVE THEE WHOLLY UNPUNISHED. not hold thee guiltless. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:7;...