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The Pulpit Commentary — Jeremiah — Volume 2
Thomas Kelly Cheyne, 1841–1915 · 355,481 words · 309 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — Jeremiah — Volume 2 — Section 301
Ver. 6. — We have given the hand, etc. StarvatioB awaits the Jews unless they suh- mit to one or the other of their hereditary foea. Some escape to Egypt and " give the hand" (i.e. surrender, Jer. 1. 1.5) to the lords of the fertile Nile valley; others acquiesce in the fate of the mpjority, and sue for the alms …
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Ver. 22.— But ; rather, unlesi. The poet wishes to sugiceBt that the idea seems to him inconsistent .vith the covenant relationship of Jehovah tow.irds Israel. May we not compare a striking passage in Isaiah which should probably be rendered thus : " A wife of one's youth, can she be rejected ? saith thy God " (…
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I. Orphanaqb and widowhood involve overwhelming borrow. The mournful condition of the sufferers is the first thi ng to strike us. Their sorrow is keen because it concerns a nearest and dearest relative, and it ia the more dreadful because it strikes a whole family. Moreover, the trouiUe is not simply one of affectio…
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L There ib consolation in the fact that God is enthboned. Above the tumnlt, above the darkness, stands the throne of God. God is King over all, not only reigning in majesty, but also ruling in rnight. 1. Evil is not sv^eme. It rears its head in boasts and threats. It dwells in high places. But it does not reach to t…
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II. Renewal must be in our experjbncb. The mistake is to suppose that God must change to us. But there is no need for him to turn. He is always good and always willing to be favourable to his children as soon as they submit and obey. Till then nothing can induce him to do so unrighteous an act as to turn from wrath …
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L A OBTTBL BONDAGE. Sinuers have yielded themselves up to obey the enemy of their souls, the foe of God. This is (1) a usurper, who has no right to rule over men , (22) a tyrant, who with \mjust and unreasonable exercise of authority oppresses those beneath his power ; (3) a cruel master, whose ser vice is slavery, …
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Ver. 21. — " Turn us again I" The Scriptures are the volume of hope ; they lend no countenance to despondency ; they rebuke despair. Deep as was the degradation of the Jews, far as they had wandered from God's ways, inexcusably as they had defied his authority, there was for them a place of repentance. And Jeremiah …
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Yer. 14. — 77ie occupation of the elders gone. L The plage of old men in a COMMUNITY. As men grow old they may get past certain kinds of work, but they need not cease to be useful, nor need age become, unless from bodily frailty, a burden and a wearinesa. There is much for an old man to tell from the stores of his e…
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Yen. 19—22. — The only resowce acknowledged to ht in God. It will lie felt that this prayer is a fitting conclusion to the book. What could be more proper than that these people, having looked all around with an ever-deepening sense of loss and humiliation, should now look above t Upon earth, in strength or skill of…
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.