“ Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? ”
The steel - “ brass,” i. e., bronze. By the “iron” is meant Jeremiah’s intercession; but this cannot alter the divine purpose to send Judah into exile, which is firm as steel and brass. For “brass...
Shall (n) iron break the northern iron and the steel? (n) As for the people, though they seemed strong as iron, yet they would not be able to resist the hard iron of Babylon, but would be led captiv...
The Sorrow and Strength of Prophetic Service. The experience of the prophet, as described in the following section, may be the result of his unpopularity at the time of the drought, and therefore b...
steel . bronze.
This verse also has been taken in different ways by interpreters: some take the word iron, when repeated in a different case, “Will iron break iron?” but others think the subject wanting in...
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? - Shall our weak forces be able to oppose and overcome the powers of the Chaldeans? נחשת nechasheth...
Shall iron break the northern iron— Houbigant renders the verse, I will raise up iron from the north, iron and brass; which seems to give the best interpretation of this difficult verse. Others u...
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? Northern ... steel - rather, brass or copper, which, mixed with "iron" (by the Chalybes near the Euxine Pontus, far neigh of Palestine), form...
1-9. The coming woes described.
Shall iron break... ? — The abruptness of the question and the boldness of the imagery make the interpretation difficult. That which most harmonises with the context (assuming this verse to carry on...
CHAPTER IX THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS Jeremiah 14:1-22 ; Jeremiah 15:1-21 (17?) VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these Chapter s. They have been cut up i...
To this great appeal Jehovah again replied by declaring mercy to be impossible, and judgment inevitable, and this on account of the sin of Manasseh which had been persisted in, namely, the rejection...
We have here the prophet mourning unmanfully. Jeremiah affords an instance, that he, like all others of Adam's race, partook of the common stock of corruption. Alas! how unsuitable and unbecoming is...
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel ?] Can iron break iron, especially that which comes from the north, which was harder than the common iron; or steel, the hardest of all? though the J...
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? Ver. 12. Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? ] That is, say some, shall these hardhearted Jews be too hard for me? or, for thee, Jer...
Shall iron break the northern iron? The northern iron is the hardest of any. “It is here,” says Blaney, “justly supposed to denote, in a primary sense, that species of hardened iron, or steel, call...
The Prophet's Complaint; The Prophet Assured of His Safety. B. C. 606. 10 Woe is me, m...
There is a great variety among interpreters as to this verse also, some interpreting this as a prophecy that none should break the prophet, whom God would make as the northern iron and steel, which...
Jeremiah Too Feels That He Has Been Born To Affliction And Strife But Is Comforted By YHWH As He Outlines The Future That Lies Ahead, Including The Invasion From The North ( Jeremiah 15:10-14 ). T...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES—For Chronology of the Chapter and Historical Facts , see on chap. Jeremiah 10:5 in loc . 1. Personal Allusions. Jeremiah 15:1 . “ Moses and Samuel ,” here mentio...
Jeremiah 15:1 . Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, as when Moses by his prayers saved the nation, Exodus 32:11 , and Samuel in Mizpeh was heard, when the Lord terrified the Philistine armie...
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? The northern iron and steel In order to achieve a purpose there must be sufficient force. The weaker cannot overcome the stronger. In a general...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah 15:1-24 Second rejection of Jeremiah's intercession; awfulness of the impending judgment. Jeremiah 15:1 Though Moses and Samuel , etc. It is a mere supposition wh...
The Prophet's Lamentation
Habakkuk 1:5-10 ; Isaiah 45:9 ; Jeremiah 1:18 ; Jeremiah 1:19 ; Jeremiah 21:4 ; Jeremiah 21:5 ; Job 40:9
The northern iron — As the northern iron and steel is the hardest, and no iron could break that, so God having edged and hardened their enemies, the Chaldeans, all opposition to them would signify...