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Jeremiah 5:1 open_in_new
streets. out places, or outskirts.
broad places. market, or open places of concourse.
if ye can find. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 18:26, &c). Points to reign of Jehoiakim rather than that of Josiah.
I will pardon. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 18:24-32). App-92.
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Jeremiah 5:3 open_in_new
the truth. faithfulness. The same word as in Jeremiah 5:1.
have not grieved. have felt no pain.
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Jeremiah 5:4 open_in_new
poor. become poor, or impoverished, reduced in means. Hebrew. dal. See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11.
judgment. justice.
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Jeremiah 5:5 open_in_new
altogether. together, or with one accord.
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Jeremiah 5:6 open_in_new
evenings. deserts.
transgressions. revolts.
backslidings. apostasies.
increased. strong, or many.
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Jeremiah 5:7 open_in_new
children. sons.
forsaken Me. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:15; Deuteronomy 32:21).
sworn. Compare Jeremiah 5:2.
fed them to the full. So in many codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate; but some codices, with five early printed editions, read "made them swear".
committed adultery. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:14.Deuteronomy 5:18; Deuteronomy 5:18). The usual formula for idolatry.
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Jeremiah 5:8 open_in_new
in the morning: i.e. roaming at large.
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Jeremiah 5:9 open_in_new
Shall. not visit... ? Figure of speech Erotesis.
My soul. I Myself, for emphasis. Hebrew. nephesh. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
be avenged. avenge herself. Compare Jeremiah 5:29; Jeremiah 9:9.
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Jeremiah 5:10 open_in_new
not. full end. Compare Jeremiah 5:18, and Jeremiah 4:27.
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Jeremiah 5:11 open_in_new
the house of Israel. See note on Jeremiah 2:4.
the house of Judah. See note on Jeremiah 2:4.
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Jeremiah 5:12 open_in_new
belied. acted deceitfully against. Compare Joshua 24:27.
evil. calamity.
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Jeremiah 5:13 open_in_new
prophets: i.e. Jeremiah, and others with him. See one in Ch. Jeremiah 26:20.
wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
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Jeremiah 5:14 open_in_new
the LORD God of hosts. Hebrew. Jehovah. the Elohim of Zebaioth. Occurs in Jeremiah only here, Jeremiah 15:16; Jeremiah 35:17. and Jeremiah 49:5.
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Jeremiah 5:15 open_in_new
I will bring. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:49). App-92.
a nation: i.e. the Chaldeans, but not yet named as such.
ancient. Compare Genesis 10:10.
understandest. hearest. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for what is understood. Compare 1 Corinthians 14:2.
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Jeremiah 5:17 open_in_new
they shall eat up. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:16). App-92. Repeated three times by Figure of speech Anaphora, for great emphasis.
harvest, &c. Note the similar enumeration in Habakkuk 3:17.
impoverish. beat down. Only again in Malachi 1:4.
trustedst. confidedst. Hebrew. batah. App-69.
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Jeremiah 5:19 open_in_new
Wherefore... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 29:24; Deuteronomy 29:25).
strange... strangers. foreign... foreigners, or aliens.
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Jeremiah 5:20 open_in_new
Declare... publish. Compare Jeremiah 4:15.
in the house of Jacob. Only here, and Amos 3:13, with the Preposition "in". See note on Jeremiah 2:4.
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Jeremiah 5:21 open_in_new
understanding. Hebrew "heart".
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Jeremiah 5:24 open_in_new
That giveth rain. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 11:14).
both. even. Some codices omit this word.
the appointed... harvest. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 8:22).
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Jeremiah 5:25 open_in_new
iniquities. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44.
sins. Hebrew. chata'. App-44.
good. the good (singular)
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Jeremiah 5:26 open_in_new
wicked. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.
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Jeremiah 5:28 open_in_new
waxen fat. Reference to Pentateuch, (the same word as in Deuteronomy 32:15).
the wicked. a lawless one. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.
the fatherless. an orphan.
yet they prosper: or, that they [the fatherless] should prosper. Figure of speech Ellipsis. App-6. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 10:18; Deuteronomy 24:17; Deuteronomy 27:19).
the needy. needy ones.
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Jeremiah 5:29 open_in_new
Shall. not. ? Note the repeated Figure of speech Erotesis, in the form of Figure of speech Anaphora. App-6.
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Jeremiah 5:30 open_in_new
A wonderful. An astounding.
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Jeremiah 5:31 open_in_new
by their means. Prophets were raised up when the priests failed in their duty. Now they had become in accord with them. Compare Jeremiah 23:25; Jeremiah 23:26; Ezekiel 13:6, &c.