Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 9:18
The Lord wanted these women to come quickly and mourn on His behalf, wailing and shedding many tears. read more
The Lord wanted these women to come quickly and mourn on His behalf, wailing and shedding many tears. read more
1-22. The prophet continues his lament. The impending doom.2. A lodging place, etc.] a caravanserai (khan), supplying a bare shelter, even the most desolate spot, if he may thereby escape the crimes of Jerusalem.7. Melt.. try] i.e. remove the dross, and test whether the metal is now pure. 8. His wait] RV ’wait for him.’10. Habitations] RV ’pastures.’11. Dragons] RV ’jackals’; so in Jeremiah 49:33. 12. For what, etc.] rather (with RV), a new question, ’Wherefore is?’ etc. Why this heavy... read more
(18) Take up a wailing for us.—There is in all such figures of speech an inevitable blending of metaphors. The mourners wail for the dead nation, and yet the members of the nation are sharers in the obsequies, and their eyes run down with tears. read more
The Wish to Escape Jeremiah 9:2 ; Jeremiah 40:4-6 Jeremiah had cried wildly, 'Oh that I could escape'; but when escape was possible he turned his back or. it. He went to Mizpah with Gedaliah, and though only the dregs of Judah had been left there, still dregs or no dregs they were his own people, and like a gallant soul he would not leave them. I. We all feel sometimes the longing to escape. To escape from what? in the first place from monotony. Or again responsibility may cause it the... read more
; Jeremiah 8:1-22; Jeremiah 9:1-26; Jeremiah 10:1-25; Jeremiah 26:1-24In the four chapters which we are now to consider we have what is plainly a finished whole. The only possible exception {Jeremiah 10:1-16} shall be considered in its place. The historical occasion of the introductory prophecy, {Jeremiah 7:1-15} and the immediate effect of its delivery, are recorded at length in the twenty-sixth chapter of the book, so that in this instance we are happily not left to the uncertainties of... read more
CHAPTER 9 1. The prophet’s complaint and Jehovah’s answer (Jeremiah 9:1-9 ) 2. The cause of desolation and destruction (Jeremiah 9:10-16 ) 3. The call for the mourning and wailing women (Jeremiah 9:17-22 ) 4. Glorying in the Lord in view of judgment (Jeremiah 9:23-26 ) Jeremiah 9:1-9 . Here again is a deplorable break. The opening verses of this chapter belong to the preceding one. The prophet still speaks. He is overwhelmed with sorrow; his eyes are fountains of tears. He weeps day... read more
PERSECUTED IN HIS HOME TOWN The length of this lesson may alarm, but preparation for it only requires the reading of the chapters two or three times. One who has gone through Isaiah will soon catch the drift of the Spirit’s teaching and be able to break up the chapters into separate discourses and the discourses into their various themes. The main object of the lesson is to dwell on the prophet’s personal experience in his home town which is reached in the closing chapters. It is thought... read more
Accusations and Penalties Jeremiah 8-9 These chapters are full of accusation. The point is, that the accusation was not directed against heathen nations; it is hurled against the chosen of God. There is a certain kind of accusation in which there is comfort. Where the indictment is severe, it is evident that the expectation has been high, and God never expects much except where he has sown much. Therefore it may come to pass that the very gravity and poignancy of the accusation may be... read more
Perhaps these mourning women means true weepers, and the cunning women those which were counterfeit. And the counterfeit would have found cause to change their cries into real sorrow, had they foreseen the greatness of the calamities coming upon them. Death entering into the windows, became an affliction, light, and patiently to be borne, as it related to the present life, compared to what the Prophet described, of the miseries at the siege, and in the captivity. See Lamentations 4:0 throughout. read more
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 9:17-22
A dirge over Jerusalem 9:17-22What follows is a brilliant prophetic elegy. It contains two pronouncements from the Lord (Jeremiah 9:17-22). read more