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Jeremiah 15:1 open_in_new
Then: or, And.
Moses and Samuel. See Psalms 99:6 and Ezekiel 14:14 (where other names are thus connected).
Moses. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 17:11; Exodus 32:11.Numbers 14:13; Numbers 14:13).
Samuel. Compare 1 Samuel 7:9; 1 Samuel 8:6; 1 Samuel 12:16-23.
My mind. My soul. Hebrew My nephesh. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
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Jeremiah 15:2 open_in_new
Such as are for death, &c. See notes on Jeremiah 43:9-11; 2 Samuel 12:31; 2 Samuel 8:2. Compare Revelation 13:10.
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Jeremiah 15:3 open_in_new
I will appoint, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:16).
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Jeremiah 15:4 open_in_new
to be removed, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:25, the same word).
because of Manasseh. See 2 Kings 21:3, &c.
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Jeremiah 15:5 open_in_new
how thou doest?. of thy welfare?
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Jeremiah 15:7 open_in_new
gates. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), for cities, or for the outlets of the land.
children. sons.
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Jeremiah 15:8 open_in_new
above, &c. Figure of speech Hyperbole.
the sand of the seas. Figure of speech Paroemia.
young men: choice ones, or warriors.
him to fall upon it... and terrors upon the city. I have let fall upon her (the mother), suddenly, anguish and terror. To this, one MS. (Harley, 5720, British Museum) adds: "Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out", as in Ch. Jeremiah 6:4.
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Jeremiah 15:9 open_in_new
seven. the seven. Not even these will suffice.
given up the ghost. breathed out her soul. Hebrew. nephesh.
deliver. give.
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Jeremiah 15:10 open_in_new
lent on usury. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:25). App-92.
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Jeremiah 15:11 open_in_new
The LORD said. Jehovah said. This formula, as commencing. sentence, occurs only here and Jeremiah 46:25. It is adopted only in Luke 11:39; Luke 12:42; Luke 18:6; Luke 22:31.
thy: i.e. Israel's.
evil. Hebrew. ra a'. App-44.
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Jeremiah 15:12 open_in_new
steel. bronze.
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Jeremiah 15:13 open_in_new
sins. Hebrew. chata'. App-44.
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Jeremiah 15:14 open_in_new
make thee to pass with thine enemies into. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "make thee serve with thine enemies in". Compare Jeremiah 17:4.
a fire is kindled, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:22).
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Jeremiah 15:15 open_in_new
revenge. avenge.
rebuke. reproach.
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Jeremiah 15:16 open_in_new
found. discovered. In the eighteenth year of Josiah 513 B.C. Hebrew. maza'. Not used of revelation. Reference to 2 Kings 22:8. 2Ch 34:14, 2 Chronicles 34:15.
I am called by Thy name. Thy name was called upon me. Only those thus called feed upon Jehovah's words, and suffer reproach (Jeremiah 15:15. Compare John 17:14).
O LORD God of hosts. See note on Jeremiah 5:14, and 1 Samuel 1:3.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
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Jeremiah 15:17 open_in_new
mockers. merry-makers.
hand. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for guidance.
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Jeremiah 15:18 open_in_new
a liar. a deceitful [brook]. The Ellipsis, to be supplied from next clause, as. brook that disappointeth. Compare Job 6:20.
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Jeremiah 15:19 open_in_new
stand before Me: i.e. as My servant. Compare 1 Kings 18:15; 2 Kings 3:14.
take forth the precious, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 10:10).
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Jeremiah 15:20 open_in_new
I will make thee, &c. Compare Jeremiah 1:18; Jeremiah 1:19; Jeremiah 6:27,
deliver. rescue. Not the same word as in Jeremiah 15:9.
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Jeremiah 15:21 open_in_new
the wicked. wicked ones. Hebrew. ra'im (plural) App-44.
redeem: i.e. by power. Hebrew padah. Exodus 6:6 with Exodus 13:13.