Warning voices. I. SUCH VOICES ARE PERPETUALLY HEARD . The prophet speaks of three such here. 1. Shiloh ( Jeremiah 7:12 ). 2. The Lord himself ( Jeremiah 7:13 ). 3. Ephraim ( Jeremiah 7:15 ). II. And THEY TELL EVER THE SAME TRUTHS . 1. The Divine anger against sin ( Jeremiah 7:12 ). 2. The utter uselessness of their "trust in lying words" to escape that auger ( Jeremiah 7:14 ). 3. The absolute need of repentance. III. And ... read more
Rising up early and speaking ; i.e. speaking zealously and continually (so Jeremiah 7:25 ; Jeremiah 25:4 ; Jeremiah 26:5 ; Jeremiah 29:19 ). It is an expression peculiar to Jeremiah. read more
The voice unheeded. I. GOD IS EVER SPEAKING TO HIS CHILDREN . There is a Divine voice speaking, not to favored prophets in rare moments of spiritual elevation, but to all men, that all who will may hear. This voice comes to us in many forms. 1. The voice of nature—the proclamation of the power and wisdom of God in the awful, silent speech of the stars ( Psalms 19:3 ), and the gentler language which tells of his tenderness and beneficence in the cheery songs of... read more
The Divine long-suffering worn out. The above section brings before us, as do many other Scriptures, this very certain and very serious truth of God's patience being not only exhaustible, but exhausted. We observe— I. THE DIVINE LONG - SUFFERING IS A VERY PRECIOUS FACT . Nations, Churches, individuals have not we ourselves?—have been examples of it. What have not all of us owed to the fact that the Lord is long-suffering, and" willeth not the death of a sinner, but... read more
Rising up early. A striking expression concerning Jehovah. In Jeremiah 7:25 it is strengthened: "Daily rising up early." It speaks to us— I. OF THE ANXIETY OF JEHOVAH FOR HIS PEOPLE . He who has important business on hand, or dear ones in trying circumstances, or great results dependent upon immediate and strenuous exertion, will show diligence in some such way. He will be unable to rest. So it is with God and his Church. Not that he can be said to fear or be... read more
To Shiloh . Shiloh and the temple of Shiloh are interchanged, precisely as Jerusalem and the temple of Jerusalem ( Jeremiah 26:9 ; Micah 3:12 ). read more
I will cast you out of my sight ; viz. into a foreign land (see Deuteronomy 29:28 ). The land of Israel was in a special sense "Jehovah's land" ( Hosea 9:3 ; Le 25:23). Ephraim ; here used for the northern tribes collectively, as Isaiah 7:2 ; Hosea 4:17 ; Hosea 5:9 ; Hosea 12:1 . read more
Pray not thou for this people . Abraham prayed for Sodom ( Genesis 18:23-32 ); Moses and Samuel for Israel ( Exodus 32:11-14 ; Exodus 17:11 ; Numbers 14:13-20 ; Psalms 106:23 ; 1 Samuel 7:9 , 1 Samuel 7:10 ; 1 Samuel 12:17 , 1 Samuel 12:18 , 1 Samuel 12:23 ); and Jeremiah would fain perform the same pious duty to his people. We have a specimen of his intercession in Jeremiah 14:19-22 (comp. Jeremiah 18:20 ), followed immediately by a rejection of his prayer, parallel... read more
Forbidden prayers. Certain prayers must be regarded as unlawful. I. PRAYERS OF POSITIVE DEMAND . Many men pray as though they were dictating to God. Prayer is petition, not command. The suppliant should assume the attitude of a mendicant. II. PRAYERS WHICH AIM AT TURNING THE WILL OF GOD . We may believe that God will do in answer to prayer what he would not do apart from prayer, because the very prayer may be the one essential condition which makes that... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:12-14
Shiloh, or the God-forsaken shrine. It is to many minds impossible to avoid a feeling of deep sadness when we look upon the ruins, noble even in their desolation, of some former beautiful and august sanctuary of God. There are many such scattered over this and other lands: Tintern, Furness, Melrose, etc. Our imagination pictures them when in the zenith of their glory, with their many stately towers and tapering spires, their long-drawn aisles and lofty roofs, the glorious vista of... read more