Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Jeremiah 14
Jeremiah's Tenth Prophecy (see book comments for Jeremiah).
The word, &c. = That which proved to be the word of Jehovah. Not the usual phrase in the Hebrew.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
the dearth. Hebrew "the restraints" : the holding back of rain, put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the famine caused by it. One of thirteen recorded famines. See Genesis 12:10. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:23, Deuteronomy 28:24). App-92. Before the first siege (497 BC), or before the third siege (480 BC). See App-83.
Judah . . . Jerusalem. Country and city.
gates. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the people assembling there.
are black = sit in black. Compare Jeremiah 8:21; Jeremiah 13:18. Job 2:8, Job 2:13. Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 15:3. Psalms 35:14.
to the waters: i.e. to fetch water.
and. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read this "and" in the text.
covered their heads. The symbol of mourning (2 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 19:4. Esther 6:12).
chapt = cleft, cracked, open in slits. From Old Dutch, "koppen", to cut off; "kappen", to cut, or chop (hence Eng. "chops", from Eng. "chapped" and "chip"). Gk. koptein, to cut. Hebrew here, hathath = to be broken.
ashamed. Absence of rain causes today great anxiety (Job 29:23).
the Hope of Israel. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for Jehovah, Who was, or should have been, Israel's hope. See Jeremiah 17:13; Jeremiah 50:7; and compare Genesis 49:18. 1 Timothy 1:1.
stranger = sojourner.
in the midst. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 29:45. Leviticus 26:11, Leviticus 26:12). App-92.
we are called, &c. = Thy name was called upon us.
Pray not, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:10). Compare Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 11:14.
I will not, &c. See Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 11:14; Ezekiel 8:18. Amos 5:23. Micah 3:4.
offer = offer up.
oblation = a gift offering, or donation. Hebrew. minchah. App-43.
sword . . . famine . . . pestilence. Often thus conjoined (after this). Reference to Pentateuch (Lev 26 and Deu 28). App-92. Compare Jeremiah 21:6, Jeremiah 21:7, Jeremiah 21:9; Jeremiah 24:10, &c. See note on Jeremiah 42:2.
and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton, to emphasize each particular.
sent . . . commanded . . . spake. Compare Jeremiah 7:22; Jeremiah 23:21.
you. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "them".
Hast . . . hath . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis.
Thy soul = Thou Thyself (emphatic). Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
we looked. Compare Jeremiah 8:15; Jeremiah 15:1, where it has a stronger refusal.
and. Some codices omit.
trouble = terror.
We acknowledge. These are the prophet's words.
wickedness = lawlessness. Hebrew. rasha". App-44. Not the same word as in Jeremiah 14:16.
iniquity. Hebrew. "avon. App-44.
do not. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "neither".
throne of Thy glory. See note on Jeremiah 3:17.
Are there = Exist there. Hebrew. yesh. See notes on Jeremiah 14:22.
vanities = idols.
Gentiles = nations.
He. Supply Figure of speech Ellipsis, "He [That givest rain]".
wait upon Thee. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 49:18, the first occurrence in this sense).
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