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return. Note the Figure of speech Cycloides. App-6.
Israel. Now referring to the northern kingdom.
saith the LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
then shalt thou not remove. and stray not [from Jehovah]. Compare Jeremiah 2:22-26; Jeremiah 3:2.
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thou shalt swear. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 10:20).
in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness. Figure of speech Hendiatris (App-6). truly, yea, justly and righteously, the three referring to the one thing, "shalt swear".
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and Jerusalem. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and the inhabitants of Jerusalem", as in Jeremiah 4:4.
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Circumcise. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 10:16; Deuteronomy 30:6). Spiritual circumcision in the O.T. is confined to these three passages.
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Declare... publish... say. Compare Jeremiah 46:14; Jeremiah 50:2.
Judah. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), for Judah and Benjamin.
Blow ye. Hebrew text reads, "And blow ye": but Hebrew margin, and some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read without the "And". This is followed by Authorized Version and Revised Version.
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Set... retire... stay. All plural. standard.
evil. calamity. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.
destruction: or, breaking up.
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The lion. A lion. Figure of speech Hypocatastasis, not Simile or Metaphor. Put thus for the king of Babylon. Contrast Jeremiah 49:19. See note there.
Gentiles. nations.
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heart. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), for courage.
king... princes... priests... prophets. All had become false and corrupt since Josiah's day.
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greatly deceived. Hebrew idiom for declaring that they would be deceived: i.e. by the false prophets who prophesied peace.
soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
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them .. special various reading called "Sevir" (App-34) reads "her".
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from Dan... Ephraim. The enemy would enter the Land from the north, as he afterward did.
mount. hill country of.
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My bowels. Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6), for emphasis. Note the Figure of speech Hypotyposis, verses: 19-31. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), for the emotions which produce and affect their movement.
bowels... very heart... heart. Note the Figure of speech Anabasis. App-6. See note below.
my very heart. the walls of my heart.
thou hast. Hebrew text reads "I have"; but margin and some codices, with three early printed editions, and Revised Version margin, read "thou hast", as in Authorized Version.
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curtains. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for tents, in which. large proportion of the people lived (2 Samuel 18:17; 1 Kings 8:66). Compare Jeremiah 10:20.
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known. acknowledged.
sottish. stupid. Probably from Celtic. Breton sot, or sod = stupid.
children. sons.
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I beheld. Note the Figure of speech Anaphora (App-6), commencing this and the three following verses.
lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
without form, and void. Hebrew. tohu va-bohu. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 1:2). Occurs only here. App-92. In Isaiah 34:11, the two words are in another connection. Compare also Isaiah 45:18.
light. lights (pl). Compare Genesis 1:14.
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at. because of.
and by. Some cod ices, with five early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and because of".
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Jeremiah 4:27 open_in_new
yet will. not make. full end. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:44). App-92. Compare Jeremiah 5:10; Jeremiah 5:18.
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I have purposed it, and, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 23:19). App-92.
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city. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), for its inhabitants.
every. all, as in preceding clause.
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thou. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia, Put for idolatrous Israel. An adulterous woman.
rentest. enlargest (with paint).
face. eyes.
life. soul. Hebrew. nephesh.