Jeremiah 50:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

We offend not, &c. Compare verses: Jeremiah 50:15; Jeremiah 50:23; Jeremiah 50:29; Jeremiah 2:3; Jeremiah 25:14; Jeremiah 25:15, &c.

offend. Hebrew. 'asham. App-44.

sinned. Hebrew. chata.

Habitation. pasturage. Compare Jeremiah 31:23.

justice. righteousness. In Ch. Jeremiah 31:23 this is applied to Jerusalem. Here Jehovah Himself is the pasturage in which His People find rest.

the Hope of their fathers. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, by which "hope" is put for the God in Whom their fathers hoped. Compare 1 Timothy 1:1.

Jeremiah 50:7

7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.