The Pulpit Commentary — Jeremiah — Volume 1 — Section 485

opposite of thy father. FM (not, :But) thine the complete formula. for describing the oyea and thine heart are not but for natural death of a. king of Judah is, "slept "thy oovetousneae. "Covetousness" inclurles with his fa.thers, and was buried with his the ideas of injustice and violence ( comp. fathers in the city of David" (l Kings xiv. 011. vi. 13 ; viii. Hr); hence the second half 31; xv. 24; xxii. 50; 2 Kings viii. 24; xv. of the verse emphasizeo the cruel tyranny 7, 38; xvi. 20), and tha.t the phrase, "slept which marked the internal policy of Jehoi&- with his fathers," is used of Ahab, who fell kim. on the field of battle (l Kings xxii. 40), we Ver. 18.-Josia.h had been bitterly missed are naturally lee! to the conjecture tbo.t and universally lamented (2 Chron. xxxv. Jehoiakim did not die o. natural death, but 25); and so, only perhaps with less fell in bo.ttle in some sally made by the heartiness in most cases, J ehoia.kim's other besieged. Buried with the burial of an ass ; predecessors (oh. xx.xiv. 5). The Baby- i.e. cast out unburied. Beyond the gates; lonian kings, too, received the honours of rather, far from the aates. public mourning, e.g. even •the last of his Ver. 20.-A new strophe begins here, re.ce, who surrendered to Cyros, accordin·g to relative to J ehoiachin, the son and successor the British Museum inscription translated of Jehoiakim. Go up to Lebanon, a.nd cry. by Mr. Pinches. Ah my brother! or, Ah The people of Judah is addressed, personi- Bister! The Septuagint omits the latter fied as e. woman (romp. cb. vii. 29). The pa.rt of this phrase, apparently because it penetrating cl,a.racter of the long-toned rry seemed inappropriate to the death of of an Arab ha.a been mentioned by Dr. Jehoia.kim; but the para.llelism requires a Thomson. Jn Isa. xl. 9 n similar command two-membered clause. .According to l\Iovers, is given to Zion; but in who.t different cir- the funeral procession is to be concoi ved of cumsla.nces ! From the passages; ro.ther, as formed of two parts, condoling with each from Abarim. The ro.nge of Abarim-Nebo, other on having to she.re the same fate ('Die from which l\Ioses sur,cyerl the bnd of Bhiitiizier,' ii. 248). Or perhaps mythology Israel, belonged to it (Deut. xnii. 40)- may supply a reason; it is possible that the cornpletes tho oirclo of mountain sto.tions; formulm of public mourning were derived Lebanon was in tho north, Bashan in tho from the ceremonies of the Adouia; Adonis north-east, Abarim in the south-east. All was 11.11 androgynous deity (Lenormant, thy lovers; viz. the nations whom sclf-inte1·est 'Lettres assyriologiques,' ii. 209), and had combined 11go.inst Ncbncho.drezzo.r, o.nd mighl be lamented by his devotees as nt between whom and Ju,lah negotititions had once "brother" and "sister." (Fo1· another from time to time been entered into (eh. ii. view, see So.yce's edition of G. Smith's 36; xxvii. 3). "Lovers" (comp. eh. iv. 30; 'Chaldean Genesis,' p. 2G7). Ezekiel (viii. 30; Ezek. xvi. 33, 37). 13) testifies to the worship of Tammuz, or Ver. 21.-From thy yonth; i.e. from tho .Adonis, e.ud the highest compliment a king time thrtt thou di,lst become II no.tion could receive might be to bo lamented. in (comp. eh. ii. 2; Hos. ii. 15). It is the the same terms as the sun-god. Jeremiah Exodus which is referred to. does not o.pp,rove this; he mcro~y descri.bes Ver. 22.-Shall eat up all thy pa.store, the popnlt\l' custom. The recognition of Tho verb is that connected witl1 the the deeply ·rootccl heathenism· of the Jews po.rliciple rendered" po.stors;" strictly, there- before the Exile involves no dispnro.gement fore, shall pa~ture upon all thy pastors. The to Old Testo.ment religion; rather it in- "wind" referred tu is doubtless the parching creases the cogency of tho urgumont for its east wind, the symbol of calrunity, which is supernnturo.l "origin. For how great wo.s actually cnlled o. "sharp" wind in eh. iv. 11. the oontrast between Jeremiah e.ud his Ver. 23.-0 inhabitant-rather, 0 in- semi-heo.then countrymen I And yet Jere- habitress-of Lebanon, It is the people of mio.h's religioµ is the seed of the fuith Jerusalem which is meant; the "Lebanon" which overco.me the world. Ah lo1·d ! or, a.re the palaces of cedar-wood which together Ah his glory! Lord is in the Hebrew iidon a.re called" tho house of the King of Judah" (comp. Adonis and see above). Hu glory (vcr. 6). Row graoions eha.lt thou be ! is ogainst the paro.llelism; we shouhl expect rather, How wilt thou sigh 1 "la.dy,. or "queen." • Vc1·. 2cl.-Coniah. A shorter form of Ver. 19.-Jeboio.kim's miserable cleatb, Jeooniah (l Chron. iii. 1), found again in eh. without even the honour of burio.l. The xxxvii. l. Purhaps this wo.s tho namo this prediction is repeated in eh. xxxvi. 30, king bore prior to his accession, after which where the statement is mado in plain it was ocrtn.inly Jehoiachin; Jeremia.b has language. At• first sight it appears to 11lre11dy spoken of one king by his mulior oontlict wito. 2 Kings xxiv. 6," So Jehoiakim ne.mo in ver. 11. '£he Divine spee.kor slept with his fathers: and Jehoia.chin his solemnly nnnouncee that thongh, o.e the son reigned in his stead;" but it is only representative of Israel's invisible King, e.ppee.ru.noe, and when wo remember thut Conillh were--0r rather, be-the signot upon 492 THE IlOOK OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH. [011. nu. 1-30.