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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 14:18

18. go about—that is, shall have to migrate into a land of exile. HORSLEY translates, "go trafficking about the land (see :-, Margin; 2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Peter 2:3), and take no knowledge" (that is, pay no regard to the miseries before their eyes) (Isaiah 1:3; Isaiah 58:3). If the literal sense of the Hebrew verb be retained, I would with English Version understand the words as referring to the exile to Babylon; thus, "the prophet and the priest shall have to go to a strange land to practise... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 14:19

19. The people plead with God, Jeremiah being forbidden to do so. no healing— ( :-). peace . . . no good— (Jeremiah 8:15). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 14:21

21. us—"the throne of Thy glory" may be the object of "abhor not" ("reject not"); or "Zion" ( :-). throne of thy glory—Jerusalem, or, the temple, called God's "footstool" and "habitation" (1 Chronicles 28:2; Psalms 132:5). thy covenant— (Psalms 106:45; Daniel 9:19). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 14:22

22. vanities—idols ( :-). rain— (Zechariah 10:1; Zechariah 10:2). heavens—namely, of themselves without God (Matthew 5:45; Acts 14:17); they are not the First Cause, and ought not to be deified, as they were by the heathen. The disjunctive "or" favors CALVIN'S explanation: "Not even the heavens themselves can give rain, much less can the idol vanities." art not thou he—namely, who canst give rain? read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 14:16

The people to whom the false prophets had given their placebo promises would also die in the same ways. So many of them would die that there would not be enough people left alive to bury all the dead. This would be God’s judgment on the people for their wickedness: many unburied corpses. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 14:17

Jeremiah was to tell the people that he had asked God to let him weep constantly because Judah, like a virgin daughter, had experienced a major tragedy. She had suffered a devastating assault and had incurred a severe injury. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 14:18

Wherever Jeremiah went he saw dead corpses and people about to die from famine and its related diseases. Even the prophets and priests, who knew the land well, were wandering around in it as though they were in a foreign country. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 14:19

Jeremiah asked the Lord if He had completely rejected Judah and had come to loathe Zion, the place of His dwelling among His people. Why had he dealt Judah a fatal blow? When the people called on Him to send peace and healing, all He sent was silence and terror. read more

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