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Destruction Threatened for Sin; Despair of Sinners in Trouble; The Prophet's Lamentation. (b. c. 606.)
DESTRUCTION THREATENED FOR SIN; DESPAIR OF SINNERS IN TROUBLE; THE PROPHET'S LAMENTATION. (B. C. 606.) In these verses we have, I. God threatening the destruction of a sinful people. He has borne long with them, but the…
The Prophet's Lamentation; Wickedness of Judah. (b. c. 606.)
THE PROPHET'S LAMENTATION; WICKEDNESS OF JUDAH. (B. C. 606.) The prophet, being commissioned both to foretel the destruction coming upon Judah and Jerusalem and to point out the sin for which that destruction was brough…
Punishment Predicted. (b. c. 606.)
PUNISHMENT PREDICTED. (B. C. 606.) Two things the prophet designs, in these verses, with reference to the approaching destruction of Judah and Jerusalem:—1. To convince people of the justice of God in it, that they had…
Punishment Predicted. (b. c. 606.)
PUNISHMENT PREDICTED. (B. C. 606.) The prophet had been endeavouring to possess this people with a holy fear of God and his judgments, to convince them both of sin and wrath; but still they had recourse to some sorry su…
Solemn Charge to Israel; The Folly of Idolatry. (b. c. 606.)
SOLEMN CHARGE TO ISRAEL; THE FOLLY OF IDOLATRY. (B. C. 606.) The prophet Isaiah, when he prophesied of the captivity in Babylon, added warnings against idolatry and largely exposed the sottishness of idolaters, not only…
Lamentation of Judah; Sovereignty of Divine Providence; Prophetic Imprecations. (b. c. 606.)
LAMENTATION OF JUDAH; SOVEREIGNTY OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE; PROPHETIC IMPRECATIONS. (B. C. 606.) In these verses, I. The prophet threatens, in God's name, the approaching ruin of Judah and Jerusalem, Jeremiah 10:17-18. The…
Charges against Judah. (b. c. 606.)
CHARGES AGAINST JUDAH. (B. C. 606.) The prophet here, as prosecutor in God's name, draws up an indictment against the Jews for wilful disobedience to the commands of their rightful Sovereign. For the more solemn managem…
Deplorable Condition of Judah. (b. c. 606.)
DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF JUDAH. (B. C. 606.) This paragraph, which contains so much of God's wrath, might very well be expected to follow upon that which goes next before, which contained so much of his people's sin. Whe…
Conspiracy against Jeremiah; Destruction of the Men of Anathoth. (b. c. 606.)
CONSPIRACY AGAINST JEREMIAH; DESTRUCTION OF THE MEN OF ANATHOTH. (B. C. 606.) The prophet Jeremiah has much in his writings concerning himself, much more than Isaiah had, the times he lived in being very troublesome. He…
The Prophet's Appeal to God. (b. c. 606.)
THE PROPHET'S APPEAL TO GOD. (B. C. 606.) The prophet doubts not but it would be of use to others to know what had passed between God and his soul, what temptations he had been assaulted with and how he had got over the…
The State of Judah and Israel. (b. c. 606.)
THE STATE OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL. (B. C. 606.) The people of the Jews are here marked for ruin. I. God is here brought in falling out with them and leaving them desolate; and they could never have been undone if they had n…
Predictions of Mercy. (b. c. 606.)
PREDICTIONS OF MERCY. (B. C. 606.) The prophets sometimes, in God's name, delivered messages both of judgment and mercy to the nations that bordered on the land of Israel: but here is a message to all those in general w…
The Marred Girdle. (b. c. 606.)
THE MARRED GIRDLE. (B. C. 606.) Here is, I. A sign, the marring of a girdle, which the prophet had worn for some time, by hiding it in a hole of a rock near the river Euphrates. It was usual with the prophets to teach b…
The Bottles Filled with Wine; Punishment Predicted; A Call to Repentance. (b. c. 606.)
THE BOTTLES FILLED WITH WINE; PUNISHMENT PREDICTED; A CALL TO REPENTANCE. (B. C. 606.) Here is, I. A judgment threatened against this people that would quite intoxicate them. This doom is pronounced against them in a fi…
Punishment Predicted; Causes of Jerusalem's Ruin. (b. c. 606.)
PUNISHMENT PREDICTED; CAUSES OF JERUSALEM'S RUIN. (B. C. 606.) Here is, I. Ruin threatened as before, that the Jews shall go into captivity, and fall under all the miseries of beggary and bondage, shall be stripped of t…
Lamentation Caused by a Great Drought; Prayer for Mercy; Pleading with God. (b. c. 606.)
LAMENTATION CAUSED BY A GREAT DROUGHT; PRAYER FOR MERCY; PLEADING WITH GOD. (B. C. 606.) The first verse is the title of the whole chapter: it does indeed all concern the dearth, but much of it consists of the prophet's…
Divine Threatenings. (b. c. 606.)
DIVINE THREATENINGS. (B. C. 606.) The dispute between God and his prophet, in this chapter, seems to be like that between the owner and the dresser of the vineyard concerning the barren fig-tree, Luke 13:7. The justice…
The Prophet's Intercession. (b. c. 606.)
THE PROPHET'S INTERCESSION. (B. C. 606.) The present deplorable state of Judah and Jerusalem is here made the matter of the prophet's lamentation (Jeremiah 14:17-18) and the occasion of his prayer and intercession for t…
Sentence against Judah Confirmed; Destruction of Judah. (b. c. 606.)
SENTENCE AGAINST JUDAH CONFIRMED; DESTRUCTION OF JUDAH. (B. C. 606.) We scarcely find any where more pathetic expressions of divine wrath against a provoking people than we have here in these verses. The prophet had pra…
The Prophet's Complaint; The Prophet Assured of His Safety. (b. c. 606.)
THE PROPHET'S COMPLAINT; THE PROPHET ASSURED OF HIS SAFETY. (B. C. 606.) Jeremiah has now returned from his public work and retired into his closet; what passed between him and his God there we have an account of in the…
The Prophet's Humble Appeal to God; God's Answer to Jeremiah's Address. (b. c. 606.)
THE PROPHET'S HUMBLE APPEAL TO GOD; GOD'S ANSWER TO JEREMIAH'S ADDRESS. (B. C. 606.) Here, as before, we have, I. The prophet's humble address to God, containing a representation both of his integrity and of the hardshi…
Prohibitions Given to Jeremiah. (b. c. 605.)
PROHIBITIONS GIVEN TO JEREMIAH. (B. C. 605.) The prophet is here for a sign to the people. They would not regard what he said; let it be tried whether they will regard what he does. In general, he must conduct himself s…
Causes of Divine Judgments. (b. c. 605.)
CAUSES OF DIVINE JUDGMENTS. (B. C. 605.) Here is, 1. An enquiry made into the reasons why God would bring those judgments upon them (Jeremiah 16:10): When thou shalt show this people all these words, the words of this c…
Judgment and Mercy; Restoration of the Jews; Deliverance from Babylon. (b. c. 605.)
JUDGMENT AND MERCY; RESTORATION OF THE JEWS; DELIVERANCE FROM BABYLON. (B. C. 605.) There is a mixture of mercy and judgment in these verses, and it is hard to know to which to apply some of the passages here—they are s…