Jeremiah 20:19

He was smitten and put in the stocks by Pashur the priest, who released him the next day, Jeremiah 20:1; upon which he prophesies again of the delivery of the city of Jerusalem, with all its riches, and of the whole land, to the Chaldeans; and particularly that Pashur should be a terror to himself and all his friends; and that both he and they should be carried captive into Babylon, and die, and be buried there, Jeremiah 20:4; and then he complains of his being mocked at by the people for the word of the Lord; which he therefore determined to make no more mention of, but was obliged to it; and of the defamations of him, and snares that were laid for him, Jeremiah 20:7; under which he is supported with the consideration of the Lord's being with him, and that his enemies should not prevail, but be confounded; and appeals to him, and calls for vengeance from him on them; and, in the view of deliverance, not only praises the Lord himself, but calls upon others to join with him in it, Jeremiah 20:11; and yet, after all, the chapter is concluded with his cursing the day of his birth, and the man that brought his father the news of it, Jeremiah 20:14. Ver. 1. Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest,....

Verse 19. - (Cf. Jeremiah 13:11 ; Jeremiah 33:9 ; Zephaniah 3:19, 20 .) An holy people (cf. Exodus 19:5, 6 ). "The sanctification of Israel was the design and end of its election of God, and would be accomplished in the glory to which the people of God were to be exalted" (Keil). Deuteronomy 26:19

Verse 16. - And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord. This is a phrase of warning very common in the mouth of the prophets, when they are about to deliver a rebuke or solemn condemnation (comp. 1 Kings 22:19 ; 2 Chronicles 18:18 ; Isaiah 1:10 ; Isaiah 28:14 ; Jeremiah 7:2 ; Jeremiah 9:20 ; Jeremiah 10:1 ; Jeremiah 19:3 , etc.; Ezekiel 15:35; 34:9; Hosea 4:1 ; Amos 3:1 , etc.). 2 Kings 20:16

M AURER , "I will recompense their former iniquities (those long ago committed by their fathers) and their (own) repeated sins" (Jeremiah 16:11, 12). English Version gives a good sense, " First (before 'I bring them again into their land'), I will doubly (that is, fully and amply, Jeremiah 17:18; Isaiah 40:2) recompense." carcasses —not sweet-smelling sacrifices acceptable to God, but "carcasses" offered to idols, an offensive odor to God: human victims (Jeremiah 19:5; Ezekiel 16:20), and unclean animals (Isaiah 65:4; 66:17). M AURER explains it, "the carcasses" of the idols: their images void of sense and life. Compare Jeremiah 16:19, 20. Leviticus 26:30 favors this. 19, 20. The result of God's judgments on the Jews will be that both the Jews when restored, and the Gentiles who have witnessed those judgments, shall renounce idolatry for the worship of Jehovah. Fulfilled partly at the return from Babylon, after which the Jews entirely renounced idols, and many proselytes were gathered in from the Gentiles, but not to be realized in its fulness till the final restoration of Israel (Isaiah 2:1-17). 20. indignant protest of Jeremiah against idols. and they (are) no gods —(Jeremiah 2:11; Isaiah 37:19; Galatians 4:8). "They" refers to the idols. A man (a creature himself) making God is a contradiction in terms. Vulgate takes "they" thus: "Shall man make gods, though men themselves are not gods?" 21.

trodden … virgin … in a wine-press —hath forced her blood to burst forth, as the red wine from the grapes trodden in the press (Isaiah 63:3; Revelation 14:19, 20; 19:15). Ain. 16. (Jeremiah 13:17; 14:17). Jerusalem is the speaker. mine eye, mine eye —so Lamentations 4:18, "our end … our end"; repetition for emphasis. Pe. 17. Like a woman in labor-throes (Jeremiah 4:31). menstruous woman —held unclean, and shunned by all; separated from her husband and from the temple (compare Lamentations 1:8; Leviticus 14:19, &c.). Tzaddi. 18. The sure sign of repentance; justifying God, condemning herself (Nehemiah 9:33; Psalms 51:4; Daniel 9:7-14). his commandment —literally, "mouth"; His word in the mouth of the prophets. Koph. 19. lovers —(Lamentations 1:2; Jeremiah 30:14). elders —in dignity, not merely age. sought … meat —Their dignity did not exempt them from having to go and seek bread (Lamentations 1:11). Resh. 20. bowels … troubled —(Job 30:27; Isaiah 16:11; Jeremiah 4:19; 31:20). Extreme mental distress affects the bowels and the whole internal frame. heart … turned —(Hosea 11:8); is agitated or fluttered. abroad … sword … at home … as death —(Deuteronomy 32:25; Ezekiel 7:15). The "as" does not modify, but intensifies. "Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home as it were death itself " (personified), in the form of famine and pestilence (2 Kings 25:3; Jeremiah 14:18; 52:6). So Habakkuk 2:5, "as death" [M ICHAELIS ]. Schin. 21.

11 . The earthquake. This, the most terrible visitation, is reserved for the last. The earthquake is not only the most unfamiliar and the most mysterious of all the judgements enumerated; it is also the most sudden and startling, as well as the most formidable: it is as instantaneous in its operation as it is irresistible: the destruction which it works can never be guarded against, and seldom escaped. as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah ] See Genesis 19:24-25 ; Genesis 19:28 . The same stereotyped expression recurs Deuteronomy 29:23 , Isaiah 13:19 , Jeremiah 49:18 ; Jeremiah 50:40 , to describe a disaster ending in a state of ruin and barren desolation. The word mahpçkhâh , ‘overturning,’ ‘overthrowing,’ is always used with reference to the Cities of the Plain, either directly, as here and in the passages quoted, or allusively ( Isaiah 1:7 ): cf. hăphçkhâh , Genesis 19:29 . The verb rendered ‘overthrow’ ( hâphakh ) is cognate: see Genesis 19:21 ; Genesis 19:25 ; Genesis 19:29 ; and cf. Jeremiah 20:16 , Lamentations 4:6 .

dwelling-houses, for they having flat roofs, had upon them, though not burnt children in sacrifice to idols, yet poured out drink-offerings to the sun, moon, and stars, and to other idols. Jeremiah 19:14 Jeremiah had now despatched the errand upon which God had sent him to Tophet; coming back by God’s direction, he stands in the court, which was common to all people, where the most might hear. Jeremiah 19:15 He assureth the people from God that he would most certainly justify all his words, and bring to pass all his threats against that city. and that they must thank themselves for it, for hardening their heart, so as all that he had said made no impression upon them, nor found any place with them. ## Jeremiah 20:1 JEREMIAH CHAPTER 20 Pashur, smiting Jeremiah.for this prophecy, receiveth a new name, and a fearful doom, Jer_20:1-6. Jeremiah’s impatience under their treachery and contempt, Jer_20:7-10. He rejoiceth in hope of vengeance, Jer_20:11-13. Curseth his birth, Jer_20:14-18. The course of Immer was the sixteenth course of the priests, as we read in 1Ch_24:14. ## Pashur was his son, that is, descended from him through many generations.

Be cut off - The word used here (כרת kârath) means, properly, to cut, to cut off, as a part of a garment, 1 Samuel 24:5 (6), 11 (12); a branch of a tree, Numbers 13:23; the prepuce, Exodus 4:25; the head, 1 Samuel 17:51; 1 Samuel 5:4; to cut down trees, Deuteronomy 19:5; Isaiah 14:8; Isaiah 44:14; Jeremiah 10:3; Jeremiah 22:7. Then it means to cut off persons, to destroy, Deuteronomy 20:20; Jeremiah 11:19; Genesis 9:11; Psalm 37:9; Proverbs 2:22; Proverbs 10:31, et al. scepe. The phrase, "that soul shall be cut off from his people," "from the midst of the people," "from Israel," "from the congregation," etc., occurs frequently in the Scriptures (compare Genesis 17:14; Leviticus 7:20-21; Numbers 15:30; Numbers 19:13, Numbers 19:20; Exodus 12:19, et al.), and denotes the punishment of death in general, without defining the manner. "It is never the punishment of exile." - Gesenius, Lexicon The proper notion or meaning here is, undoubtedly, that of being cut off by death, and would suggest the idea of a "violent" death, or a death by the agency of others. It would apply to one who was assassinated, or murdered by a mob, or who was appointed to death by a judicial decree; or it might be applied to one who was cut down in battle, or by the pestilence, or by lightning, or by shipwreck, but it would not naturally or properly be applied to one who had lived out his days, and died a peaceful death.

8 . The period since the decree of Cyrus a divinely appointed respite of probation. And now for a little space ] R.V. And now for a little moment. ‘For a little moment’, as in Isaiah 26:20 ‘Hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast’. Ezra means that as compared with the long periods of Israel’s disobedience ( Ezra 9:7 ), and Israel’s punishment, the interval of eighty years since Zerubbabel’s return was but a short chapter in the people’s history. grace ] The word in the Hebrew is practically always elsewhere in the O.T. rendered ‘supplication’ (e.g. 1 Kings 8:30 ; 1 Kings 8:38 ; 1 Kings 8:52 ; 1 Kings 9:3 ; Psalm 6:9 ; Psalm 55:1 ; Psalm 119:170 ; Jeremiah 36:7 ; Jeremiah 37:20 ; Jeremiah 38:26 ; Jeremiah 42:9 ; Daniel 9:20 ; 2 Chronicles 6:19 ; 2 Chronicles 6:29 ; 2 Chronicles 6:35 ; 2 Chronicles 6:39 ; 2 Chronicles 33:13 ). The only possible exception is Joshua 11:20 ‘That they might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favour ’ (marg. Or, might not sue for favour ).