Jeremiah 45:14

[Reformed Biblical] The manner of swearing is twofold: 1st. That which positively expresseth and engageth what is sworn by; and, 2dly. That wherein an imprecation or execration is implied or expressed. The first the Latins express by per,—"per Deum;" the Greeks by μά and νή, to the same purpose; the Hebrews prepose the letter ב unto the thing sworn by. So here, בִּי; that is, "by myself." Sometimes there is no expression to that purpose, only God affirms that he hath sworn; for he is every way his own witness: 1 Samuel 3:14, "I have sworn unto the house of Eli." So Psalms 132:11; Isaiah 14:24. Sometimes he expresseth some of the properties of his nature; as Psalms 89:36, נִשְׁבַּעתִּי בְקָדְשִׁי, "Juravi per sanctitatem meam;"—"I have sworn by my holiness." So Amos 4:2. "By myself," Isaiah 45:23, Jeremiah 22:5, 49:13; "By his right hand, and the arm of his strength," Isaiah 62:8; "By his great name," Jeremiah 44:26; "By his soul," Jeremiah 51:14; and "By the excellency of Jacob," Amos 8:7;—that is himself only; for all the holy properties of God are the same with his nature and being. For that form of an oath wherein an imprecation is used, the expression of it is always elliptical in the Hebrew tongue, whereas other languages abound with cursed and profane imprecations

. John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Jeremiah 45:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 45 This chapter contains a prophecy, delivered to Baruch for his personal use. The time of it is expressed, Jeremiah 45:1; a reproof is given him for his immoderate grief and sorrow, Jeremiah 45:2; the destruction of the land of Judea is prophesied of; and therefore it was wrong in him to seek great things for himself at such a time; however, he is assured of his own safety, Jeremiah 45:4. Ver. 1. The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah,....

[Bible] 44:29. And this shall be a sign to you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place: that you may know that my words shall be accomplished indeed against you for evil. 44:30. Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will deliver Pharao Nechao king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life: as I delivered Sedecias king of Juda into the land of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon his enemy, and that sought his life. Jeremias Chapter 45 The prophet comforts Baruch in his affliction. 45:1. The word that Jeremias the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Nerias, when he had written these words in a book, out of the mouth of Jeremias, in the fourth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, saying: 45:2. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel to thee, Baruch: 45:3. Thou hast said: Woe is me, wretch that I am, for the Lord hath added sorrow to my sorrow: I am wearied with my groans, and I find no rest. 45:4. Thus saith the Lord: Thus shalt thou say to him: Behold, them whom I have built, I do destroy: and them whom I have planted, I do pluck up, and all this land. 45:5. And dost thou seek great things for thyself? Seek not: for behold I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord! but I will give thee thy life, and save thee in all places whithersoever thou shalt go. Jeremias Chapter 46 A prophecy against Egypt. The Jews shall return from captivity. 46:1. The word of the Lord that came to Jeremias the prophet against the Gentiles, 46:2. Against Egypt, against the army of Pharao Nechao king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Charcamis, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon defeated, in the fourth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda. 46:3. Prepare ye the shield and buckler, and go forth to battle. 46:4. Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen: stand forth with helmets, furbish the spears, put on coats of mail.

It is remarkable that, in 2 Chronicles 21:16 , Ethiopians are classed with Arabians, but otherwise with African peoples, and in particular Egypt ( Psalm 68:31 ; Isaiah 20:3, 4 ; Isaiah 43:3 ; Isaiah 45:14 ; Jeremiah 46:9 ; Ezekiel 30:5 ; Ezekiel 38:5 ). They were many-tribed, and the Sabaeans were a leading tribe of them. It is evident that Shishak could draw from a large and varied dominion subject to his dynasty at this time. 2 Chronicles 12:3

1. That the evangelists who mention Bartholomew say nothing of Nathanael; and that St. John, who speaks of Nathanael, says nothing of Bartholomew. 2. No notice is taken any where of Bartholomew's vocation, unless his and that of Nathanael mentioned here be the same. 3. The name of Bartholomew is not a proper name; it signifies the son of Ptolomy; and Nathanael might have been his own name. 4. St. John seems to rank Nathanael with the apostles, when he says that Peter and Thomas, the two sons of Zebedee, Nathanael, and two other disciples, being gone a fishing, Jesus showed himself to them, John 21:2-4. Moses in the law - See Genesis 3:16; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 49:10; Deu 18:18. And the prophets - See Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:5; Isaiah 40:10; Isaiah 53:1, etc.; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:14, Jeremiah 33:15; Ezekiel 34:23; Ezekiel 37:24; Daniel 9:24; Micah 5:2; Zac 6:12; Zac 9:9; Zac 12:10. JOHN 1: 46 Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” 1. Christ may be understood by this saying to mean, that a clear and abundant revelation of God's will should be now made unto men; that heaven itself should be laid as it were open, and all the mysteries which had been shut up and hidden in it from eternity, relative to the salvation and glorification of man; should be now fully revealed.

[Reformed Biblical] . The word is often put for defence in general. Compare Numbers 14:9; Isaiah 30:2; Jeremiah 48:45.—James Anderson. Verses 5-8. How large a writ or patent of protection is granted here! No time shall be hurtful, neither "day nor night, "which includes all times. Nothing shall hurt, neither sun nor moon, nor heat nor cold. These should include all annoyances. Nothing shall be hurt. "Thy soul shall be preserved, thy outgoings and thy comings in shall be preserved." These include the whole person of man, and him in all his just affairs and actions. Nothing of man is safe without a guard, and nothing of man can be unsafe which is thus guarded. They should be kept who can say, "The Lord is our keeper"; and they cannot be kept, no, not by legions of angels, who have not the Lord for their keeper. None can keep us but he, and he hath promised to keep us "for evermore."—Joseph Caryl. Verse 6. The sun shall not smite thee. hrh of the sun signifies to smite injuriously (Isaiah 49:10), plants, so that they wither (Psalms 102:5), and the head (John 4:8), so that symptoms of sunstroke (2 Kings 4:19; Jude 8:2 seq.) appear. The transferring of the word to the word is not zeugmatic. Even the moon's rays may become insupportable, may affect the eyes injuriously, and (more particularly in the equatorial regions) produce fatal inflammation of the brain. From the hurtful influences of nature that are round about him the promise extends in verses 7,8 in every direction.

Mh lupeite to pneuma, &c. Ne contristetis spiritum, &c. Et dixit verbo suo, se confracturum potentiam eorum secundum voluntatem suam. ## So Judges 10:15 , "And his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel," that is, as the Chaldee renders it, [he grieved, or his soul was affected with anguish;] by which grief the commiseration and compassion of God, for the afflictions and calamities of Israel is noted. The like phrase of the indignation and averseness of God is used, Ecclesiastes 11:8. The word broken when ascribed to God is also of the same sense, as Ezekiel 6:9 , "I am broken with their whorish heart which hath departed from me," that is, I am affected with grief, and as it were compelled to decree their punishment, as verse the 10th. ## [39] Or shortened, so it is in the Hebrew. Repentance is ascribed to God, by which likewise his divine displeasure against man's iniquities, and the infliction of punishment is noted, Genesis 6:6; 1 Samuel 15:35; Jeremiah 18:10 . Sometimes (if the speech be with reference to men that by serious repentance are converted to God) it denotes divine commiseration, and a taking away of punishment Exodus 32:12,14; 2 Samuel 24:16; Psalms 106:45; Jeremiah 18:8 , and Jeremiah 27:3; Hosea 11:8; Joel 2:13-14 . Upon which place Tarnovius thus expresses himself, "The condition of men being changed, the immutable God is not changed, but the thing itself; for he willeth always, that it should go ill with the obstinate, and that

## From man as 1. His parts and members . 2. His affections . 3. His actions . 4. His adjuncts . Of which in order. The Parts and Members of a Man attributed to God. A soul is attributed to God, by which his life, essence, and will, and therefore himself, is understood: for as man lives and operates by the soul, so God in himself is essential life, and a most pure act---"My soul shall not abhor you," Leviticus 26:11 , "The wicked his soul hateth," Psalms 11:5. See Isaiah 1:14 , and Isaiah 42:1; Jeremiah 5:9,29; Matthew 12:8; Hebrews 10:38 . Hence the Lord is said to swear by his soul, Jeremiah 51:14; Amos 6:8 , that is, by himself, as our translation renders it, and agreeable to Isaiah 45:23; Jeremiah 22:5; Hebrews 6:13 , where it is expounded. A body , by reason of his incorporeal essence, is no where attributed to God , but it is ascribed to our Saviour Christ in a twofold respect. ## 1. As opposed to the shadows, figures, and types in the Old Testament, the truth, complement, or fulfilling of the things prefigured by these shadows, being held forth in him, Colossians 2:17 , "Which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ," that is, the truth and complement is in Christ. And Colossians 2:9 , it is said, "That in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead, swmatikwv, bodily," that is, most really, perfectly, and solidly, and not in a typical or shadowy manner, as God manifested himself in the Old Testament.

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Secondly, Go4's Intcrcfi in his People, a-nd p eth that God would remember chat : T/v i rebuke thee, O Satan ; the l^rd that bath ch Jcrufalem, rebuki thee. True, the Church, Saints are difpicable iii the World, wherefore I do think to tread them down: The Saints alfo weak in Grace, but have Corruptions are ftrong, and therefore Satan, the God of World, doth think to tread them down ; but Saints have a God, the. Living, the Eternal C and therefore (hall net be trodden down, yea,' /hail he holden up, for God is able to muk? t Jiand, Rom. 14. 4. It was Haman\ Mifhap to be engag'd aga the duecn, and the Kindred of the Queen, 't that made him be could not profper, that broi him rp Contempt and the Gallows ; had be foi: to ruin another People, probably he might h brought bis Deftgn to a defir'd Conclufion, his compajjing the Death of the Queen fpoiPd 5^rfln aJfo, when he fighteth againft the Chu: >tf l^ litre fo come to ihc yio\ft^ fot Goi. ^ ofjcfus Chrift. 5 i