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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 7:28

28. unto them—that is, in reference to them. a nation—The word usually applied to the Gentile nations is here applied to the Jews, as being east off and classed by God among the Gentiles. nor receiveth correction— (Jeremiah 5:3). truth . . . perished— (Jeremiah 9:3). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 7:29

29. Jeremiah addresses Jerusalem under the figure of a woman, who, in grief for her lost children, deprives her head of its chief ornament and goes up to the hills to weep (Judges 11:37; Judges 11:38; Isaiah 15:2). hair—flowing locks, like those of a Nazarite. high places—The scene of her idolatries is to be the scene of her mourning (Isaiah 15:2- :). generation of his wrath—the generation with which He is wroth. So Isaiah 15:2- :; "the people of My wrath." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 7:30

30. set their abominations in the house— (Jeremiah 32:34; 2 Kings 21:4; 2 Kings 21:7; 2 Kings 23:4; Ezekiel 8:5-14). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 7:31

31. high places of Tophet—the altars [HORSLEY] of Tophet; erected to Moloch, on the heights along the south of the valley facing Zion. burn . . . sons— ( :-). commanded . . . not—put for, "I forbade expressly" (Deuteronomy 17:3; Deuteronomy 12:31). See on Deuteronomy 12:31- :; Deuteronomy 12:31- :. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 7:32

32. valley of slaughter—so named because of the great slaughter of the Jews about to take place at Jerusalem: a just retribution of their sin in slaying their children to Moloch in Tophet. no place—no room, namely, to bury in, so many shall be those slain by the Chaldeans (Jeremiah 19:11; Ezekiel 6:5). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 7:33

33. fray—scare or frighten (Deuteronomy 28:26). Typical of the last great battle between the Lord's host and the apostasy (Revelation 19:17; Revelation 19:18; Revelation 19:21). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 7:34

34. Referring to the joyous songs and music with which the bride and bridegroom were escorted in the procession to the home of the latter from that of the former; a custom still prevalent in the East (Jeremiah 16:9; Isaiah 24:7; Isaiah 24:8; Revelation 18:23). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 7:1-2

Jeremiah received another message from the Lord. He was to go to the gate of the temple in Jerusalem and deliver a prophecy in Yahweh’s name to the Judahites who entered to worship. This was probably the New or Eastern temple gate (cf. Jeremiah 26:10; Jeremiah 36:10).". . . during the pilgrimage festivals in the temple, the pilgrims were greeted at the temple gates by a servant of the institution, who asked them to examine their moral lives prior to passing through the gates and participating... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 7:1-15

Jeremiah’s Temple Sermon 7:1-15This message demonstrates a structure that is quite typical of many others in the Book of Jeremiah (cf. Jeremiah 11:1-17; Jeremiah 17:19-27; Jeremiah 34:8-22). First there is an explanation of Yahweh’s will (word, law; Jeremiah 7:1-7), then a description of Israel’s departure from it (Jeremiah 7:8-12), and then an announcement of divine judgment (Jeremiah 7:13-15). A similar message, or the same message in abbreviated form, appears later in the book (Jeremiah... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 7:1-25

Aspects of false religion 7:1-8:3All the messages in this section deal with departure from the Lord in religious practices, either in pagan rites or in the perversion of the proper worship of Yahweh that the Mosaic Law specified. All the material in this section fits conditions in Judah after 609 B.C., when Jehoiakim began allowing a return to pagan practices after the end of Josiah’s reforms. Another feature of this section is the large amount of prose material it contains, much more than the... read more

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