“ Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitante of the fortress. ”
The prophet now returns to the main subject of his sermon, the conquest of Judaea. Thy wares - Rather, thy bundle, which could contain a few articles for necessary use, and be carried in the ha...
(k) Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. (k) The prophet wills the Jews to prepare themselves for this captivity, showing that it was now at hand that they would feel t...
The Departure into Exile. The personified community is told to pick up its bundle ( mg.), and prepare for the inevitable exile. She bewails her hurt and her spoilt dwelling. These troubles, says t...
Gather up . Gather in. Occurs only here. wares . bundle. For that is all they would be able to take with them. inhabitant . inhabitress. Put for "the daughter of Zion". fortress. Put by Figur...
The first verse which we have recited, the Rabbins think, is addressed to the Chaldeans, but in my view very incorrectly. Jeremiah had indeed said that all the nations who devised gods of stone...
Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. Gather up thy wares - Pack up your goods, or what necessaries of life your enemies will permit you to carry away; for,
Gather up thy wares— That is, "Collect to Jerusalem all that you have valuable in the country: fly thither for refuge, with your best effects; for the enemy will soon extend himself all over your l...
Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. Gather up thy wares - thine effects or movable goods ( Ezekiel 12:3 , "Thou Son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and...
1-16. The folly of idolatry. This section of the prophecy is of doubtful authorship. For ( a ) it introduces a break in the sense; ( b ) there is less smoothness between the parts than we generall...
Gather up thy wares. — The section from Jeremiah 10:1-16 inclusive had been as a long parenthesis, reproving Israel for the sin which placed it among the “uncircumcised in the heart” ( Jeremiah 9...
Jeremiah 8:1-22 ; Jeremiah 9:1-26 ; Jeremiah 10:1-25 ; Jeremiah 26:1-24 In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is plainly a finished whole. The only possible exception...
the Folly of Idolatry Jeremiah 10:1-10 ; Jeremiah 19:1-15 ; Jeremiah 20:1-18 ; Jeremiah 21:1-14 ; Jeremiah 22:1-30 ; Jeremiah 23:1-40 ; Jeremiah 24:1-10 ; Jeremiah 25:1-38 Jeremiah 10:1...
Here begins the third movement in the commissioning of the prophet. In it the sin of idolatry is first dealt with. The prophet revealed the unutterable folly of idolatry in a powerful contrast betwee...
The Prophet gets back again to his old subject. The prospect of the Babylonish captivity so affected the Prophet's heart, that he could harp upon no other string. And observe, how the man of God give...
Gather up thy wares out of the land ,.... Or thy merchandise, as the Targum; or thy substance, as the Septuagint; all valuable effects and goods that are movable, which might be carried from place t...
Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. Ver. 17. Gather up thy wares out of the land. ] Make up thy pack, and prevent a plundering. Reculas tuas et sarcinas compone.
Gather up thy wares , &c. That is, as some explain it, “Collect to Jerusalem all that you have valuable in the country; flee thither for refuge with your best effects; for the enemy will soon ex...
Lamentation of Judah; Sovereignty of Divine Providence; Prophetic Imprecations. B. C. 606. ...
The prophet now enters upon another subject, and probably begins another sermon. Gather up thy wares, i.e. every thing thou hast any advantage by, not only thy domestic concerns, but all thy traffi...
YHWH Notifies Judah Of His Intention To Sling Them Out Of His Land And Punish Them, And They Express Their Grief As They Look Prophetically At His Having Done So. The Sound Of The Invaders Is Heard...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the chapter . Section 1–16 has been declared spurious (by De Wette, Movers, and Hitzig), its authenticity disputed, a late interpolation by either the...
Jeremiah 10:1-2 . Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the he...
Jeremiah 10:2 . Be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; at the position of revolving planets on which the augurs found predictions, and discover their ignorance. Be not dismayed at solar eclipses,...
EXPOSITION Whoever wrote the prophecy in Jeremiah 10:1-24 of this chapter, it was not Jeremiah; but of course, as the passage forms part of a canonical book, its claims to the character of a S...
Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress, literally, "Collect thy bundle from the earth, thou that sittest in the distress of the siege," the summons being issued to the enti...
Ezekiel 12:3-12 ; Jeremiah 21:13 ; Jeremiah 6:1 ; Micah 2:10 ; Matthew 24:15
Gather up — The prophet now enters upon another subject. Thy wares — Every thing thou hast any advantage by, all thy merchandise, as men use to do in case of invasion by an enemy. The fortress — Th...