Jeremiah 21:16

3 And it happened the day after, that Pashur brought out Jeremiah from prison; and Jeremiah said to him, — Not Pashur has Jehovah called thy name, But terror on every side: 4 For thus saith Jehovah, — Behold, I will make thee a terror To thyself and to all thy friends; And fall shall they by the sword of thine enemies, While thine eyes are looking on; And all Judah will I deliver Into the hand of the king of Babylon; And he shall carry them into Babylon, And shall smite them with the sword: 5 And I will give up all the strength of this city, And all its labor and its every precious thing; And all the treasures of the kings of Judah Will I give up into the hands of their enemies; And they shall spoil them and take them away, And they shall lead them into Babylon. 6 And thou, Pashur, and all the inhabitants of thy house, Go shall ye into captivity; Thou shalt come to Babylon, and there die, And there shalt thou be buried and thy friends, To whom thou hast falsely prophesied.

18 Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah the king of Judea, They shall not bewail him, — "Ah, my brother! Ah, sister!" They shall not bewail him, — "Ah, Lord! Ah, his glory!" 19 With the burial of an ass shall he be buried, Drawn out and cast forth Beyond the gates of Jerusalem. 20 Ascend into Lebanon and cry, And on Bashan lift up thy voice, And cry all around, For destroyed are all thy lovers. 21 I spake to thee in thy tranquillity, Thou saidst, "I will not hear:" It has been thy manner from thy youth That thou didst not hear my voice. 22 Thy pastors shall the wind consume, And thy lovers, into exile shall they go: Surely ashamed shalt thou then be, And blush for all thy wickedness. 23 Thou hast set thy seat on Lebanon, Thou hast made thy nest among the cedars: How gracious wilt thou be When come on thee shall sorrows, The pain as of one in travail! 24 Live do I, saith Jehovah; Were Coniah the son of Jehoiakim the king of Judah A sealing ring on my right hand, I would thence pluck thee off: 25 And I will deliver thee Into the hand of those who seek thy life, And into the hand of those whose face thou dreadest, Even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar The king of Babylon, And into the hand of the Chaldeans: 26 And I will cast thee and thy mother who bare thee Into a foreign land where ye were not born, And there shall ye die; 27 And into the land they set their mind to return, Thither they shall not return. 28 Is this man Coniah a despised and broken statue?

There is a gradation in the three last lines, — It shall not be thought of, much less mentioned or named, as given by the Septuagint, — still less be visited, — and much less still, be made. This gradation is destroyed by Blayney by rendering the first line, Nor shall it be the delight of their heart; literally it is, "And it shall not ascend on the heart." The "heart" means often in Hebrew the mind; and "to come to mind" is the idea; it would not be thought of. The phrase occurs in this book in two other places, Jeremiah 7:31; Jeremiah 44:21; and, not to think, or, not to come to mind, is the most suitable meaning, as it is given in our version. The purpose of this kind of gradation is to render the thing more certain and indisputable, so that there might be no room for doubt. — Ed. This seems to be the best rendering. Blayney leaves out the word "Jerusalem;" but for no sufficient reason. The whole verse is as follows: — In that day call shall they Jerusalem, "The throne of Jehovah;" And gathered into it shall be all the nations, For the name of Jehovah, even to Jerusalem; And they shall no more walk after the resolutions of their wicked heart. — Ed. "Evil" is connected with "hardness;" but it belongs properly to "their heart." The word rendered "hardness" is srrvt a plural noun, found eight times in Jeremiah; here, and in Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 9:14; Jeremiah 11:8; Jeremiah 13:10; Jeremiah 16:12; Jeremiah 18:12; Jeremiah 23:17; and twice elsewhere, Deuteronomy 29:19; Psalms 81:12.

Jeremiah 20:15 Ver. 15. Cursed [be] the man who brought tidings to my father,.... The word signifies commonly good tidings, as the news of a child born, and especially a man child, is to its parent. The Septuagint use the same word the angel did, when he brought the tidings of the birth of Christ, Luke 2:10. This was still more foolish and sinful, to curse the man that carried the tidings of his birth to his father; who did a right thing, and what was acceptable, and perhaps might be a good man. Kimchi observes, that there are some that say, it was known to Jeremiah that this man was Pashur, the son of Immer, and therefore he cursed him; but this is without any foundation; saying, a man child is born unto thee, making him very glad; as the birth of a man child usually makes glad its parent, whether father or mother; see John 16:21. Jeremiah 20:16 Ver. 16. And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew,.... In his fury, as the Targum and Septuagint add.

" Israel " was not, save in a very limited sense, "gathered from all the lands" at the return from Babylon (see on Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 30:3; Jeremiah 32:15). 16. send for —translate, "I will send many"; "I will give the commission to many" (2 Chronicles 17:7). fishers … hunters —successive invaders of Judea (Amos 4:2; Habakkuk 1:14, 15). So "net" (Ezekiel 12:13). As to "hunters," see Genesis 10:9; Micah 7:2. The Chaldees were famous in hunting, as the Egyptians, the other enemy of Judea, were in fishing. "Fishers" expresses the ease of their victory over the Jews as that of the angler over fishes; "hunters," the keenness of their pursuit of them into every cave ## and nook. It is remarkable, the same image is used in a good sense of the Jews' restoration, implying that just as their enemies were employed by God to take them in hand for destruction, so the same shall be employed for their restoration (Ezekiel 47:9, 10). So spiritually, those once enemies by nature ( fishermen many of them literally) were employed by God to be heralds of salvation, "catching men" for life (Matthew 4:19; Luke 5:10; Acts 2:41; 4:4); compare here Jeremiah 16:19, "the Gentiles shall come unto thee" (2 Corinthians 12:16). 17. (Jeremiah 32:19; Proverbs 5:21; 15:3). their iniquity —the cause of God's judgments on them. 18. first … double —H ORSLEY translates, "I will recompense … once and again "; literally, "the first time repeated": alluding to the two captivities—the Babylonian and the Roman.

[Bible] 20:13. Sing ye to the Lord, praise the Lord: because he hath delivered the soul of the poor out of the hand of the wicked. 20:14. Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day in which my mother bore me, be blessed. Cursed be the day, etc... In these, and the following words of the prophet, there is a certain figure of speech to express with more energy the greatness of the evils to which his birth had exposed him. 20:15. Cursed be the man that brought the tidings to my father, saying: A man child is born to thee: and made him greatly rejoice. 20:16. Let that man be as the cities which the Lord hath overthrown, and hath not repented: let him hear a cry in the morning, and howling at noontide: 20:17. Who slew me not from the womb, that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb an everlasting conception. 20:18. Why came I out of the womb, to see labour and sorrow, and that my days should be spent in confusion? Jeremias Chapter 21 The prophet's answer to the messengers of Sedecias, when Jerusalem was besieged. 21:1. The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, when king Sedecias sent unto him Phassur, the son of Melchias, and Sophonias, the son of Maasias the priest, saying: 21:2. Inquire of the Lord for us, for Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon maketh war against us: if so be the Lord will deal with us according to all his wonderful works, that he may depart from us. 21:3. And Jeremias said to them: Thus shall you say to Sedecias: 21:4. Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, and with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and the Chaldeans, that besiege you round about the walls: and I will gather them together in the midst of this city. 21:5. And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand, and with a strong arm, and in fury, and in indignation, and in great wrath. 21:6. And I will strike the inhabitants of this city, men and beasts shall die of a great pestilence.

ls aforehand to bewail their fate; for the days were now come when they should be slain and scattered. And he tells them their fall should be like the fall of a crystal glass, or some delicate tender vessel, which when it falleth breaketh in pieces, and cannot again be set together. Jeremiah 25:35 In ordinary dispensations of judgment, there is some way left to escape, and if there be any way of escape, great men are likeliest to find it; but he telleth them that the greatest men should find no way to flee from or escape this terrible dispensation of God. Jeremiah 25:36 That is, there shall be heard a great outcry of the princes and rulers, when they shall see how the Lord hath spoiled the cities in which, and their people upon which, they have lived, and amongst whom they were wont to feed securely. Jeremiah 25:37 That is, the places where these great men were wont to live splendidly, and dwell peaceably and securely, shall be as surely de stroyed, through the Lord’s anger, as if it were already done. Jeremiah 25:38 God had before compared himself to a lion, Jer_25:30; here he declares himself to be about to move like a lion, who when he goeth out to seek his prey, leaveth his covert: see Jer_50:44. The effects of this rising up of God out of his covert is the desolation of the land through the f ierceness of the enemy, caused from the fierce anger of God now ready to be poured out upon this people. ## Jeremiah 26:1 JEREMIAH CHAPTER 26 Th

21 . separate ] See on Deuteronomy 4:41 . Unto evil , Jeremiah 21:10 ; Jeremiah 29:11 ; Jeremiah 38:4 ; Jeremiah 39:16 ; Jeremiah 44:11 ; Jeremiah 44:27 ; Jeremiah 44:29 ; but also in Amos 9:4 , Jdg 2:15 (deuteronomic). this book of the law ] See Deuteronomy 28:61 . 22–28 illustrate the last clause of 19 and predict how the whole land and people shall suffer for the sins of the idolaters. Deuteronomy 29:21

## What concerns site or local motion, as to go or walk, is put for the life, manners, and actions of men, Genesis 17:1; Psalms 1:1; 119:1,3,9 , (&c.,) Romans 8:1; Ephesians 2:2,10 , (&c.,) 2 Corinthians 12:18 . Hence "a way" is put for the course of life or conduct of men, Genesis 18:19; 31:35; Proverbs 28:6; Jeremiah 6:16; Matthew 21:32; Acts 14:16 , (&c.) To go signifies to die, Genesis 15:2; Joshua 23:14; Luke 22:22 , (&c.) To stay or tarry signifies to live, John 21:22; Philippians 1:25 . To follow signifies imitation and conformity in life and actions, 1 Kings 18:21; Matthew 16:24; John 8:12; 1 Peter 2:21; 2 Peter 1:16 . To run betokens diligence, Psalms 119:32; Song of Solomon 1:4; Jeremiah 12:5; Romans 9:16; 1 Corinthians 9:26; Galatians 5:7; Philippians 2:16; 2 Timothy 4:7; Hebrews 12:1 . The word of God is said to run, when it is largely propagated, 2 Thessalonians 3:1 , and when the will of God is fulfilled, Psalms 147:15. To hasten signifies temerity, rashness, precipitancy, and folly, Job 5:13; Isaiah 35:4 . To stand signifies to be happy, or in a good condition, 1 Samuel 24:21; Psalms 30:7-8; Daniel 11:2; Romans 14:4 ; to believe firmly and persevere, Exodus 14:13; Romans 5:2; 11:20; 1 Corinthians 10:12; 16:13; 2 Corinthians 1:24; Philippians 4:1 . It denotes perseverance in sin, Psalms 1:1; Ecclesiastes 8:3; Hosea 10:9

Private prayer is a city of refuge that no power nor policy, no craft nor cruelty, no violence nor force, is ever able to take by surprise. Though the joint prayers of the people of God together were often obstructed and hindered in the times of the ten persecutions—yet they were never able to obstruct or hinder secret prayer, private prayer. When men and devils have done their worst, every Christian will be able to maintain his private prayer with heaven. Private prayer will shelter a Christian against all the national, domestic, and personal storms and tempests that may threaten him. When a man is lying upon a sickbed alone, or when a man is in prison alone, or when a man is with Job left upon the ash-heap alone, or when a man is with John banished for the testimony of Jesus into this or that island alone—oh then private prayer will be his food and drink, his shelter, his hiding-place, his heaven. When all other trades fail, this trade of private prayer will hold good. But,Fourteenthly, Consider that God is omnipresent. [Jeremiah 16:17; Job 34:21; Proverbs 5:21; Jeremiah 32:19; Revelation 2:23; Lamentations 3:66] We cannot get into any blind hole, or dark corner, or secret place—but the Lord has an eye there, the Lord will keep us company there: Matthew 6:6, And your Father, who sees in secret, shall reward you openly." So Matthew 6:18. There is not the darkest, dirtiest hole in the world into which a saint creeps—but God has a favorable eye there