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The People's Insolent Reply. (b. c. 587.)
THE PEOPLE'S INSOLENT REPLY. (B. C. 587.) We have here the people's obstinate refusal to submit to the power of the word of God in the mouth of Jeremiah. We have scarcely such an instance of downright daring contradicti…
Jeremiah's Continued Remonstrance. (b. c. 587.)
JEREMIAH'S CONTINUED REMONSTRANCE. (B. C. 587.) Daring sinners may speak many a bold word and many a big word, but, after all, God will have the last word; for he will be justified when he speaks, and all flesh, even th…
Jeremiah's Address to Baruch. (b. c. 607.)
JEREMIAH'S ADDRESS TO BARUCH. (B. C. 607.) How Baruch was employed in writing Jeremiah's prophecies, and reading them, we had an account Jeremiah 36:1-32, and how he was threatened for it by the king, warrants being out…
The Judgment of Egypt. (b. c. 608.)
THE JUDGMENT OF EGYPT. (B. C. 608.) The first verse is the title of that part of this book, which relates to the neighbouring nations, and follows here. It is the word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah against the Gent…
The Judgment of Egypt. (b. c. 608.)
THE JUDGMENT OF EGYPT. (B. C. 608.) In these verses we have, I. Confusion and terror spoken to Egypt. The accomplishment of the prediction in the former part of the chapter disabled the Egyptians from making any attempt…
The Judgment of the Philistines. (b. c. 588.)
THE JUDGMENT OF THE PHILISTINES. (B. C. 588.) As the Egyptians had often proved false friends, so the Philistines had always been sworn enemies, to the Israel of God, and the more dangerous and vexatious for their being…
The Judgment of Moab. (b. c. 605.)
THE JUDGMENT OF MOAB. (B. C. 605.) We may observe in these verses, I. The author of Moab's destruction; it is the Lord of hosts, that has armies, all armies, at his command, and the God of Israel (Jeremiah 48:1), who wi…
The Judgment of Moab. (b. c. 605.)
THE JUDGMENT OF MOAB. (B. C. 605.) The destruction is here further prophesied of very largely and with a great copiousness and variety of expression, and very pathetically and in moving language, designed not only to aw…
The Judgment of Ammonites. (b. c. 595.)
THE JUDGMENT OF AMMONITES. (B. C. 595.) The Ammonites were next, both in kindred and neighbourhood, to the Moabites, and therefore are next set to the bar. Their country joined to that of the two tribes and a half, on t…
The Judgment of Edom. (b. c. 595.)
THE JUDGMENT OF EDOM. (B. C. 595.) The Edomites come next to receive their doom from God, by the mouth of Jeremiah: they also were old enemies to the Israel of God; but their day will come to be reckoned with, and it is…
The Judgment of Damascus. (b. c. 595.)
THE JUDGMENT OF DAMASCUS. (B. C. 595.) The kingdom of Syria lay north of Canaan, as that of Edom lay south, and thither we must now remove and take a view of the approaching fate of that kingdom, which had been often ve…
The Judgment of Kedar. (b. c. 595.)
THE JUDGMENT OF KEDAR. (B. C. 595.) These verses foretell the desolation that Nebuchadnezzar and his forces should make among the people of Kedar (who descended from Kedar the son of Ishmael, and inhabited a part of Ara…
The Judgment of Elam. (b. c. 595.)
THE JUDGMENT OF ELAM. (B. C. 595.) This prophecy is dated in the beginning of Zedekiah's reign; it is probable that the other prophecies against the Gentiles, going before, were at the same time. The Elamites were the P…
The Judgment of Babylon. (b. c. 595.)
THE JUDGMENT OF BABYLON. (B. C. 595.) I. Here is a word spoken against Babylon by him whose works all agree with his word and none of whose words fall to the ground. The king of Babylon had been very kind of Jeremiah, a…
The Judgment of Babylon. (b. c. 595.)
THE JUDGMENT OF BABYLON. (B. C. 595.) God is here by his prophet, as afterwards in his providence, proceeding in his controversy with Babylon. Observe, I. The commission and charge given to the instruments that were to…
The Judgment of Babylon. (b. c. 595.)
THE JUDGMENT OF BABYLON. (B. C. 595.) Here, 1. The forces are mustered and commissioned to destroy Babylon, and every thing is got ready for a descent upon that potent kingdom: Go up against that land by Merathaim, the…
The Judgment of Babylon. (b. c. 595.)
THE JUDGMENT OF BABYLON. (B. C. 595.) We have in these verses, I. Israel's sufferings, and their deliverance out of those sufferings. God takes notice of the bondage of his people in Babylon, as he did of their bondage…
The Judgment of Babylon. (b. c. 595.)
THE JUDGMENT OF BABYLON. (B. C. 595.) The particulars of this copious prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to so often that it could not well be divided into parts, but we must en…
The Prophecy Sent to the People. (b. c. 595.)
THE PROPHECY SENT TO THE PEOPLE. (B. C. 595.) We have been long attending the judgment of Babylon in this and the foregoing chapter; now here we have the conclusion of that whole matter. 1. A copy is taken of this proph…
Jerusalem Taken by Nebuchadnezzar. (b. c. 588.)
JERUSALEM TAKEN BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR. (B. C. 588.) This narrative begins no higher than the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, though there were two captivities before, one in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the other in th…
The Babylonish Captivity. (b. c. 588.)
THE BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY. (B. C. 588.) We have here an account of the woeful havoc that was made by the Chaldean army, a month after the city was taken, under the command of Nebuzaradan, who was captain of the guard, or…
The Babylonish Captivity. (b. c. 588.)
THE BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY. (B. C. 588.) We have here a very melancholy account, 1. Of the slaughter of some great men, in cold blood, at Riblah, seventy-two in number (according to the number of the elders of Israel, Num…
Jehoiachin Favoured by Evil-merodach. (b. c. 588.)
JEHOIACHIN FAVOURED BY EVIL-MERODACH. (B. C. 588.) This passage of story concerning the reviving which king Jehoiachin had in his bondage we had likewise before (2 Kings 25:27-30), only there it is said to be done on th…
The Miseries of Jerusalem; Grief for the Loss of Ordinances. (b. c. 588.)
THE MISERIES OF JERUSALEM; GRIEF FOR THE LOSS OF ORDINANCES. (B. C. 588.) Those that have any disposition to weep with those that weep, one would think, should scarcely be able to refrain from tears at the reading of th…