Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.I will say — I will suffer such things to be laid in their way, as shall be the occasion of their destruction.The neighbour — Men of all sorts and conditions. read more
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.Behold — God shall stir up the Chaldeans like a great storm.The sides — The uttermost parts of the Babylonian territories. read more
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.We — The prophet personates the peoples affections. read more
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.Go not forth — Expressing the great danger that there would be everywhere. read more
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.Gird thee — The prophet calls upon them to mourn in the deepest manner. read more
18, 19. God makes appeal to three witnesses the nations, the congregation, the earth. As, his own people had turned away alike from his commands and entreaties, he now calls upon the “nations.” The word “congregation” is here used in a universal sense, but one of great impressiveness and solemnity. Instead of confining the term, as is most common, to the assembly of the faithful, God now applies it to the totality of the heathen world. He speaks as the God of the universe to all the men... read more
20. To what purpose, etc “It is remarkable that this rejection of ritual observances is made by the two prophets (Isaiah and Jeremiah) who chiefly assisted the two pious kings (Hezekiah and Josiah) in restoring the temple service. God rejects not the ceremonial service, but the substitution of it for personal holiness and morality. If it be the expression of love and piety present in the heart, it is the beauty of holiness; if it take the place of love and duty, it is an abomination.” DEAN... read more
21. I will lay stumblingblocks God does this in two ways, neither of which is any impeachment of his holiness. First, by the general action of moral law by which sin reacts upon the nature of the sinner; and, second, by outward visitations in the realm of physical nature or human society. To these last there is here special reference. read more
GREATNESS OF THE CALAMITY, Jeremiah 6:22-30. 22. The north country Babylonia. Sides of the earth Rather, ends; most distant regions. As the enemy comes from these, so the captivity will be to these. (Jeremiah 31:8.) read more
Obtenha o versículo bíblico diário todos os dias na sua caixa de entrada!
Leia no celular
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Jeremiah 6:20
To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.Sheba — A country in Arabia Faelix, to which country frankincense was peculiar.The sweet cane — The same that is mentioned as an ingredient in the holy oil, Exodus 30:23. To what purpose art thou at this trouble and charge to fetch these ingredients for thy incense. read more