The Lord would do something to the city, which at this time was full of houses that the Jerusalemites had demolished, in order to provide material to build up the city walls, so that the Chaldeans could not break through them. They had also used some of the palace wood and stone for this purpose (cf. Jeremiah 22:5). read more
The city was also full of Judahite corpses, people who had already died in the siege. Sadly, these people had died because the Lord was fighting against His people. He had not responded to their cries of help because of their wickedness. read more
All the same, the Lord promised to bring health and healing to the city and to restore His people (cf. Jeremiah 30:17). He would bless them with much peace and truth in the future. read more
He would restore the fortunes of both the Northern and Southern Kingdoms and would rebuild these nations as they had formerly existed. read more
He would cleanse them of their iniquities against Him, and He would pardon their sins and transgressions (cf. Jeremiah 31:34; Jeremiah 50:20; Ezekiel 36:25-26). read more
1-13. Restoration and honour again promised.1. See on Jeremiah 32:2. 2. The maker thereof] RV ’that doeth it’ (viz. that which He hath purposed). 4. By the mounts, and by the sword] RV ’to make a defence against the mounts, and against the sword,’ to make room for the besieged to erect defensive works. For ’mounts’see Jeremiah 6:6. 5. They] the besieged. The only result of their fighting is that they fill these houses with the slain. 11. Praise the Lord, etc.] Jeremiah quotes from the Temple... read more
XXXIII.(1-3) The second time, while he was yet shut up.—The discourse that follows belongs to the same period as the preceding chapter, and presents the same general characteristics. Its connexion with the operations of the siege to which Jerusalem was exposed will be traced in Jeremiah 33:4. As with other prophecies, its starting-point is found in the thought of the majesty of the attributes of God.Great and mighty things.—The two adjectives occur in the same combination in Deuteronomy 1:28;... read more
(4) Concerning the houses of this city . . .—The words point to the incident which was the occasion of the prophecy. The houses referred to had either been destroyed by the invaders, or, more probably, by the besieged, in order to erect a counter-work against the “mounts” which the Chaldæans had set against it. The “swords” (the word is translated by “axes” in Ezekiel 26:9) include tools used for breaking down walls. read more
(5) They come to fight with the Chaldeans . . .—The Hebrew construction is participial, and has the force expressed in English by “they” used indefinitely. The prophet sees, as it were, a sortie of the besieged, but it is doomed to failure, and the houses of the city are filled with those who were slain by the sword, as well as by the “famine and pestilence” (Jeremiah 32:24). read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 33:3
He commanded Jeremiah, and perhaps the people, to pray to Him with the promise that He would hear him and tell him inaccessible (Heb. besuroth) things that the prophet did not know (cf. Psalms 91:15). The Hebrew word besuroth describes something made inaccessible by fortifying or enclosing it, such as a city (cf. Numbers 13:28; Deuteronomy 3:5; Deuteronomy 28:52; Ezekiel 21:20). The Lord’s plans for Israel were inaccessible to most people, but He would unlock some of these secrets and share... read more