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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:15

Shalt thou reign —rather, dost thou reign ; i.e. dost thou prove thy royal qualities)— because thou closest thyself in cedar ? The second part of the clause must at any rate be. altered. Some render, "because thou viest (with thy forefathers) in cedar" (i.e. in building cedar palaces). Hitzig would strike out "in cedar," as having intruded from the preceding line (such a phenomenon meets us occasionally in the received Hebrew text), but this does not help us to a 'connected translation... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:15-16

True royalty. The contrast between Josiah and his son has had many a parallel. The family emerges from honest homespun into splendid dishonor, dropping its virtues and its religion as it goes. In all periods of external development and material civilization it is well to remember that true greatness must be in the man and not in his circumstances, and that the richest amongst us cannot afford to do without the graces and benevolence that dignify and adorn even the humblest life. I. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:17

But thou, O Jehoiakim, art the opposite of thy father. For (not, But ) thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness . "Covetousness" includes the ideas of injustice and violence (comp. Jeremiah 6:13 ; Jeremiah 8:10 ); hence the second half of the verse emphasizes the cruel tyranny which marked the internal policy of Jehoiakim. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:18

Josiah had been bitterly missed and universally lamented ( 2 Chronicles 35:25 ); and so, only perhaps with less heartiness in most cases, Jehoiakim's other predecessors ( Jeremiah 34:5 ). The Babylonian kings, too, received the honors of public mourning, e.g. even the last of his race, who surrendered to Cyrus, according to the British Museum inscription translated by Mr. Pinches. Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! The Septuagint omits the latter part of this phrase, apparently because it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:18

Exceptional facts in the law of transmission of character. "Concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah King of Judah." The law is that like begets like. It is so physically and mentally to large extent, and morally and spiritually as well. Generally, blessed be God, the children of his servants become his servants too. And, on the other hand, the habit of sin in the parent is reproduced in the child, so that we have criminal classes , hereditary drunkards, profligates, and much else of a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:19

Jehoiakim's miserable death, without even the honor of burial. The prediction is repeated in Jeremiah 36:30 , where the statement is made in plain language. At first sight it appears to conflict with 2 Kings 24:6 , "So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead;" but it is only appearance, and when we remember that the complete formula for describing the natural death of a king of Judah is, "slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:20

A new strophe begins here, relative to Jehoiachin, the son and successor of Jehoiakim. Go up to Lebanon, and cry . The people of Judah is addressed, personified as a woman (comp. Jeremiah 7:29 ). The penetrating character of the long-toned cry of an Arab has been mentioned by Dr. Thomson. In Isaiah 40:9 a similar command is given to Zion; but in what different circumstances! From the passages ; rather, from Abarim . The range of Abarim—Nebo, from which Hoses surveyed the land of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:21

From thy youth ; i.e. from the time that thou didst become a nation (comp. Jeremiah 2:2 ; Hosea 2:15 ). It is tile Exodus which is referred to. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:21

The voice of God disregarded in prosperity. I. GOD SPEAKS TO US IN OUR PROSPERITY . 1. There are important words which need to be spoken to us at such a time. We can never have all the wants of our souls supplied by the richest abundance of material good things, and we need heavenly words for our soul's sustenance then as much as in the conscious helplessness of trouble. We have special duties belonging to the time of prosperity. Prosperity brings talents, opens... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:22

Shall eat up all thy pastors . The verb is that connected with the participle rendered "pastors;" strictly, therefore, shall pasture upon all thy pastors . The wind referred to is doubtless the parching east wind, the symbol of calamity, which is actually called a "sharp" wind in Jeremiah 4:11 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:15-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:22

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