Jeremiah 11:1--15:9
[A.M. 3406. B.C. 598.]
charged ....................................... commanded <06680> [I commanded.]
iron-smelting <01270> [iron.]
Obey <08085> [Obey.]
people <05971> [ye be.]
keep <06965> [perform.]
land <0776> [a land.]
Amen <0543> [So be it. Heb. Amen.]
Announce <07121> [Proclaim.]
Listen <08085> [Hear.]
solemnly warned ........ warned <05749> [I earnestly.]
day <03117> [in the.]
listen <08085> [obeyed.]
stubborn inclinations <08307> [imagination. or, stubbornness.]
brought <0935> [therefore.]
back <07725> [turned.]
evil ways <05771> [iniquities.]
nation ... Israel .... nation <03478 01004> [the house of Israel.]
bring <0935> [I will bring.]
able <03201> [which.]
escape <03318> [escape. Heb. go forth of. cry.]
Then <01980> [go.]
disaster <07451> [trouble. Heb. evil.]
fact ......... many ................ many <04557> [For according.]
set ..... altars <04196 07760> [up altars.]
disgusting <01322> [shameful thing. Heb. shame.]
pray <06419> [pray.]
people .......................... listen ............. disaster <05971 08085 07451> [for.]
disaster <07451> [trouble. Heb. evil.]
beloved <03039> [What, etc. Heb. What is to my beloved in my house?]
beloved <03039> [my.]
temple <01004> [to do.]
done <06213> [seeing.]
sacred offerings <06944> [the holy.]
evil <07451> [thou doest evil. or, thy evil is.]
thriving <07488> [A green.]
roar <06963> [with.]
planted <05193> [that.]
decree <01696> [pronounced.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
lamb <03532> [I was.]
know <03045> [and I.]
destroy <07843> [destroy.]
"Let us kill the prophet, and burn his prophecies." tree with the fruit. Heb. stalk with his bread. let us cut.
world <0776> [from.]
<08034> [that his.]
judge <08199> [judgest.]
examine <0974> [triest.]
see <07200> [let.]
vindicate <01540> [revealed.]
<01245> [that seek.]
prophesying <05012> [Prophesy.]
kill <04191> [thou.]
punish <06485> [punish. Heb. visit upon. young.]
survive <07611> [no.]
day <08141> [the year.]
fair <06662> [Righteous.]
speak <01696> [talk. or, reason the case.]
<01870> [Wherefore doth.]
<0899> [deal.]
plant <05193> [hast.]
<03212> [grow. Heb. go on. near.]
know <03045> [knowest.]
Drag ..... away <05423> [toward. or, with. pull.]
time <03117> [the day.]
land <0776> [long.]
grass <06212> [the herbs.]
animals <0929> [the beasts.]
see <07200> [He.]
raced <07323> [thou hast.]
compete <08474> [canst.]
thick undergrowth <01347> [swelling.]
brothers <0251> [thy brethren.]
plotted <07121> [yea.]
plotted <07121> [have called, etc. or, cried after thee fully. though.]
kind things <02896> [fair words. Heb. good things.]
abandon <05800> [have forsaken.]
turn <05414> [I have given.]
beloved <03033> [dearly beloved. Heb. love.]
roared <05414> [crieth out. or, yelleth. Heb. giveth out his voice.]
hate <08130> [therefore.]
people <05159> [Mine.]
Or rather, as the learned Bochart renders, "Is then my heritage (people) to me as a fierce hy‘na? Is there a wild beast all around upon her?" i.e., the land of Canaan. The hy‘na is a kind of wolf, a little bigger than a mastiff; colour grey, streaked with black: it is of a solitary and savage disposition.
birds of prey .... hyenas .... birds of prey <05861 06641> [speckled bird. or, a bird having talons. the birds.]
gather together ....... come <0857 03212 0622> [come ye.]
come <03212 0857> [come. or, cause them to come.]
rulers <07462> [pastors.]
land where I planted my people <03754> [my vineyard.]
trample all over <0947> [trodden.]
chosen land ...... beautiful land <02513 02532> [pleasant portion. Heb. portion of desire.]
lay ... waste ........................ pay <07760 08076> [made it.]
lie parched <056> [it mourneth.]
lay .......................... pay <07760> [layeth.]
destructive army <07703> [spoilers.]
against <02719> [the sword.]
one <01320> [no.]
sow <02232> [sown.]
work until .... exhausted <02470> [put.]
sow ......... work until .... exhausted ........... disappointed <02232 02470 0954> [they. or, ye.]
wicked <07451> [A.M. 3401. B.C. 603. against.]
who surround <05060> [that.]
have something ................................. uproot ..... those nations ... their lands ... I will free <05428> [I will.]
have something ................................. uproot ..... those nations ... their lands ... I will free <05428> [and pluck.]
after <0310> [after.]
lands <05159> [heritage.]
name <08034> [my name.]
learn .......... Once ... taught ..................................... things <03925> [as they.]
using ......... then <01129> [built.]
heed <08085> [if.]
uproot <05428> [pluck.]
Go <01980> [A.M. 3405. B.C. 599. Go.]
told <01697> [according.]
spoke <01697> [the word]
<03212> [go.]
Intending to point out, by this distant place, the country, Chaldea, into which they were to be carried captive.
Lord <03068> [as.]
<06965> [Arise.]
<06743> [it was.]
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ruin <07843> [After.]
exalted ......... pride <01347> [the pride.]
<07227> [the great.]
wicked <07451> [evil.]
follow ........... allegiance <01980 03212> [walk.]
stubborn inclinations <08307> [imagination. or, stubbornness.]
shorts <0232> [shall.]
cling ......... bound <01692> [I caused.]
fame <08034> [for a name.]
obey <08085> [but.]
tell ......... says ................ say <0559> [and they shall.]
fill <04390> [I will.]
smash <05310> [I will dash.]
one another <0251 0376> [one against another. Heb. a man against his brother. even.]
pity <02550> [I will not.]
destroying <07843> [but destroy. Heb. from destroying.]
attention <0238> [and.]
arrogant <01361> [be.]
Lord <03068> [for.]
Show <05414> [Give.]
darkness ........ stumble <02821 07272> [before.]
God ..................... stumble <0430 07272> [your.]
hope <06960> [while.]
darkness <06757> [the shadow.]
gloom of exile <06205> [gross.]
pay attention <08085> [if.]
<05315> [my soul.]
because <06440> [for.]
Lord's <03068> [because.]
king <04428> [unto.]
Surrender <08213> [Humble.]
thrones <03427> [sit.]
heads <04761> [principalities. or, head-tires.]
towns <05892> [cities.]
shut tight <05462> [shut.]
Judah <03063> [Judah.]
see <07200> [and.]
flock <05739> [where.]
say <0559> [wilt.]
appoints <06485> [punish. Heb. visit upon. for.]
anguish ... agony <02256> [shall not.]
ask <0559> [if.]
happened <07122> [Wherefore.]
much <07230> [the greatness.]
skirt <07757> [skirts.]
exposed <02554> [made bare. or, shall be violently taken away.]
Ethiopian <03569> [Ethiopian.]
accustomed <03928> [accustomed. Heb. taught.]
scatter <06327> [will.]
chaff <07179> [as.]
fate <01486> [thy lot.]
forgotten <07911> [because.]
trusted <0982> [trusted.]
adulterous <05004> [thine adulteries.]
disgusting acts <08251> [abominations.]
doomed <0188> [Woe.]
unclean <02891> [wilt.]
long <05750> [when, etc. Heb. after when yet? shall.]
spoke .... about <01697> [A.M. 3399. B.C. 605. The word.]
This discourse is supposed to have been delivered after the fourth year of Jehoiakim. The Hebrew {batzaroth,} rendered dearth, signifies restraint, that is, "when the heaven is shut up that there is no rain;" which Houbigant thinks happened early in the reign of Zedekiah.
drought <01226> [the dearth. Heb. the words of the dearths, or restraints.]
mourning <056> [mourneth.]
cities <08179> [the gates.]
sorrow <06937> [they.]
Cries of distress <06682> [the cry.]
leading men <0117> [their nobles.]
cisterns <01356> [pits.]
Disappointed <0954> [they were.]
bury <02645> [covered.]
ground <0127> [the ground.]
farmers <0406> [the plowmen.]
Wild donkeys <06501> [the wild.]
pant <07602> [they.]
They sucked in the air, for want of water, to cool their internal heat.
eyes <05869> [their.]
sins <05771> [though.]
intervene <06213> [do.]
turned away <04878> [for our.]
hopes <04723> [the hope.]
saved <03467> [saviour.]
when <06256> [in time.]
resident foreigner <01616> [why.]
traveler <0732> [a wayfaring.]
cannot <03201> [cannot.]
us <07130> [art.]
you <08034 07121> [we are called by thy name. Heb. thy name is called upon us.]
abandon <03240> [leave.]
love <0157> [have they.]
keep .... away <02820> [refrained.]
Lord ..................... I <03068> [the Lord.]
call to mind <02142> [he will.]
fast <06684> [they fast.]
offer <05927> [and when.]
famines <03615> [but.]
Oh <0162> [Ah.]
prophets <05030> [behold.]
lasting peace <07965 0571> [assured peace. Heb. peace of truth.]
prophets <05030> [The prophets.]
send <07971> [I sent.]
predictions <07081> [divination.]
delusions <08649> [and the.]
war ... famine ............... War ... starvation <02719 07458> [Sword and famine shall not.]
people <05971> [the people.]
thrown <07993> [be cast.]
pour <08210> [for.]
eyes <05869> [let mine.]
dear children <01330> [for.]
serious <03966> [with a very.]
out <03318> [go forth.]
prophet <05030> [yea.]
business <05503> [go about, etc. or, make merchandise against a land, and men acknowledge it not.]
completely rejected <03988> [utterly.]
you <05315> [hath.]
recovery ................... relief <04832> [no healing.]
hope <06960> [we.]
confess <03045> [We acknowledge.]
sinned <02398> [for.]
treat <05006> [not abhor.]
name <08034> [for.]
treat <05034> [disgrace.]
mindful ...... us <02142> [remember.]
<03426> [Are.]
worthless idols <01892> [vanities.]
Lord <03068> [Art.]
put ... hopes <06960> [wait.]
Moses <04872> [Though.]
Moses <04872> [Moses.]
stood <05975> [stood.]
pleading <05315> [my mind.]
<07971> [cast.]
die of disease ..... death by disease <04194> [for death.]
punish <06485> [I will.]
different ways <04940> [kinds. Heb. families.]
make <02189 05414> [cause them to be removed. Heb. give them for a removing.]
because <01558> [because.]
pity <02550> [For who.]
<07965> [how thou doest. Heb. of thy peace.]
deserted <05203> [forsaken.]
<03212> [thou art.]
unleashed <05186> [stretch.]
tired <03811> [I am.]
<02219> [I will fan.]
purge ................ will ... off <07921> [bereave.]
destroy <06> [children. or, whatsoever is dear.]
change <07725> [since.]
widows <0490> [widows.]
mothers <0517> [the mother, etc. or, the mother city a young man spoiling, etc. or, the mother and the young men. a spoiler.]
had <03205> [She that hath.]
She that hath had a numerous offspring, Jerusalem, the mother city, the parent of so many cities, villages, and families in the land.
sun <08121> [her sun.]
who are still left alive <07611> [and the.]