E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 8:7
knoweth. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for the effect of acting on the knowledge. turtle = turtle-dove. read more
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E.W. Bullinger
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 8:8
no man. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Genus), = scarcely any. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 8:9
rejected. The second of four downward steps. See note on Jeremiah 6:10 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 8:10
give their wives unto others. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:30 ). App-92 . inherit = seize; or, to their dispossessors. from. Some codices, with two early printed editions, and Syriac, read "and from". prophet. priest. The former, raised up on account of the failure of the latter, now of one accord. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 8:11
hurt = breach. Peace, peace = perfect peace. Figure of speech Epizeuxis. Compare Jeremiah 6:14 and Isaiah 26:3 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 8:12
could they blush. See note on Jeremiah 6:15 . the time of their visitation. A phrase ("time" or "year") used eight times in Jeremiah (Jeremiah 8:12 ; Jeremiah 10:15 ; Jeremiah 11:23 ; Jeremiah 23:12 ; Jeremiah 46:21 ; Jeremiah 48:44 ; Jeremiah 50:27 ; Jeremiah 51:18 ). Nowhere else, except Isaiah 10:3 .Hosea 9:7 . Micah 7:4 , until our Lord used it in Luke 19:44 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 8:13
surely consume them. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia . Hebrew. 'asoph 'asiphem. on the vine. See note on Jeremiah 6:9 . shall fade = is withered. the things . . . from them: or, I have appointed them those that shall pass over them. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:4
"Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? shall one turn away, and not return? Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? everyone turneth to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle. Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:8
"How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely."The existence of the order of The Scribes in the days of Jeremiah proves conclusively that the Law of Jehovah, not a single book, such as Deuteronomy, but all of it, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, commonly referred to as the Pentateuch, did exist in those days, else there could not possibly have been such an order as that of the Scribes whose duty... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 8:4
arise = rise up again. he turn away, and. The Massorah (vol. II, p. 54, Ginsburg's edition) calls attention to the fact that of the two words represented by "turn" and "and", the first letter of the second word belongs to the first word; so that this latter will read "shall they return [to Him], and He not return [to them]? It is the same word (in Hebrew) in both clauses. read more