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Jeremiah 19:1 open_in_new
saith the LORD. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "Jehovah said unto me".
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
bottle. pitcher. Often seen hanging by. well to this day. Not. leathern wine-skin.
take. The Figure of speech Ellipsis (Absolute), must be thus supplied.
ancients. elders.
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Jeremiah 19:2 open_in_new
the east gate: i.e. the pottery gate. See App-59. Not from Haras. east, but from heres. a potsherd. See note on Isaiah 19:19 and App-81.
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Jeremiah 19:3 open_in_new
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel. See note on Jeremiah 7:3.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
evil. calamity. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.
his ears shall tingle. Reference to earlier books (1 Samuel 3:11; 2 Kings 21:12). Compare the reference to Samuel in Jeremiah 15:1.
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Jeremiah 19:4 open_in_new
forsaken Me. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:20; Deuteronomy 32:15). Compare Jeremiah 5:7; Jeremiah 5:19. App-92.
whom... they... have known. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:17).
innocents. people, not merely babes.
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Jeremiah 19:5 open_in_new
to burn. consume. Hebrew. saraph. App-43.
burn their sons, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:21).
burnt offerings. Compare Jeremiah 7:31.
My mind. Hebrew My heart. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. "Mind" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the thoughts.
saith the LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle.
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Jeremiah 19:6 open_in_new
Tophet... Hinnom. Compare Jeremiah 7:31.
The valley of slaughter. Compare Jeremiah 7:32.
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Jeremiah 19:7 open_in_new
fall by the sword... enemies. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:17; Deuteronomy 28:25). App-92.
lives. souls. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Jeremiah 19:8 open_in_new
desolate... hissing. See note on Jeremiah 18:16.
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Jeremiah 19:9 open_in_new
to eat the flesh, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:29; Deuteronomy 28:53-57). Compare Lamentations 2:20; Lamentations 4:10.
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Jeremiah 19:11 open_in_new
the LORD of hosts. See note on Jeremiah 6:6.
as. according as.
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Jeremiah 19:13 open_in_new
upon whose roofs. Compare Jeremiah 32:29.