When I bring the sword upon a land. Heb. A land when I bring a sword upon her. 6:3; 11:8; 14:17,21; 21:9-16; Le 26:25; Jer 12:12; 15:2,3; 25:31; Jer 47:6,7; Zec 13:7;
set. ver. 7; 2Sa 18:24-27; 2Ki 9:17-20; Isa 21:6-9; 56:9,10; 62:6; Jer 51:12; Ho 9:8;
he blow. ver. 8,9; Ne 4:18,20; Isa 58:1; Jer 4:5; 6:1; 51:27; Ho 8:1; Joe 2:1;
whosoever heareth. Heb. he that hearing heareth. 2Ch 25:16; Pr 29:1; Jer 6:17; 42:20-22; Zec 1:2-4; Jas 1:22;
his blood. ver. 5,9; 18:13; Le 20:9,11-27; 2Sa 1:16; 1Ki 2:37; Ac 18:6; 20:26;
his blood. Isa 51:2; Joh 8:39;
But. Ex 9:19-21; 2Ki 6:10; Ac 2:37-41; Heb 11:7;
he is. ver. 8,9; 18:20,24; Pr 14:32; Joh 8:21-24;
his blood. 3:18-20; 34:10; Ge 9:5; 42:22; 2Sa 4:11;
I have. 3:17-21; So 3:3; 5:7; Isa 62:6; Jer 6:27; 31:6; Mic 7:4; Eph 4:11; Heb 13:17;
thou shalt. 2:7,8; 1Ki 22:14,16-28; 2Ch 19:10; Jer 1:17; 23:28; 26:2; Ac 5:20; Ac 20:20,26,27; 1Co 11:23; 15:3; Col 1:28,29; 1Th 4:1,2;
O wicked. ver. 14; 18:4,10-13,18,20; Ge 2:17; 3:4; Pr 11:21; Ec 8:13; Isa 3:11; Jer 8:13;
if thou. 13:9,10; Jer 8:11,12; 14:13-16;
that wicked. ver. 6; Nu 27:3; Ac 20:26,27;
if thou. 3:19,21; Ac 13:40; 18:5,6; 28:23-28; Ga 5:19-21; 6:7,8; Eph 5:3-6; Php 3:18,19; 1Th 4:3-8; 5:14;
if he. Pr 15:10; 29:1; Lu 12:47; Joh 8:24; Ac 13:46; Heb 2:3; 12:25;
thou hast. Ac 20:26; 2Co 2:15-17;
If our. The impenitent Jews seem to have charged the prophet's messages with inconsistency: for whilst he warned them to repent, and assured the penitent of forgiveness, he also predicted that the people "would pine away in their transgressions." The prediction, however, merely implied that God foresaw that the people in general would be impenitent, though some individuals would repent and be pardoned. 24:23; Le 26:39;
how. 37:11; Ps 130:7; Isa 49:14; 51:20; Jer 2:25;
As I live. 5:11; 14:16-18; 16:48; Nu 14:21,28; Isa 49:18; Jer 22:24; 46:18; Zep 2:9; Ro 14:11;
I have. 18:23,32; 2Sa 14:14; La 3:33; Ho 11:8; Lu 15:20-32; 1Ti 2:4; 2Pe 3:9;
turn ye. 14:6; 18:30,31; Pr 1:23; 8:36; Isa 55:6,7; Jer 3:22; 31:18-20; Da 9:13; Ho 14:1; Ac 3:19; 26:20;
say. ver. 2;
The righteousness. ver. 18; 3:20,21; 18:24-26;
as for. ver. 19; 18:21,27-32; 1Ki 8:48-50; 2Ch 7:14; Mt 21:28-31; Ro 3:25;
neither. 1Jo 2:1;
if he. 3:20; 18:24; Lu 18:9-14; Ro 10:3; Php 3:9; Heb 10:38; 2Pe 2:20-22; 1Jo 2:19;
Thou shalt. ver. 8; 3:18,19; 18:27; Isa 3:11; Jer 18:7,8; Lu 13:3-5;
if he. Pr 28:13; Isa 55:7; Jer 4:1; Ho 14:1; Ac 3:19;
that which is lawful and right. Heb. judgment and justice. 18:21,27; Mic 6:8; Mt 9:13;
restore. "The sin is not forgiven, unless that which is taken away be restored," says Augustine. 18:7,12,16; Ex 22:26,27; De 24:6,10-13,17; Job 22:6; 24:3,9; Am 2:8;
give. Ex 22:1-4; Le 6:2-5; Nu 5:6-8; Lu 19:8;
walk. 20:11,13,21; Le 18:5; Ps 119:93; Lu 1:6;
he shall. 18:27,28; Re 22:12-14; 18:22; Isa 1:18; 43:25; 44:22; Mic 7:18,19; Ro 5:16,21; 1Jo 2:1-3; ver. 20; 18:25,29; Job 35:2; 40:8; Mt 25:24-26; Lu 19:21,22; ver. 12,13; 18:26,27; 2Pe 2:20-22; Heb 10:38; ver. 14; 18:27,28;
Yet. ver. 17; 18:25,29; Pr 19:3;
I will. 18:30; Ps 62:12; Ec 12:14; Mt 16:27; Joh 5:29; 2Co 5:10; Re 20:12-15; 22:12;
in the twelfth. This was on Wednesday, January 25, A.M. 3416; or 3417. According to the date here given, this escaped Jew did not come to the prophet, with intelligence of Jerusalem being smitten, till about eighteen months after the event; but instead of the "twelfth year," eight MSS. and the Syriac read the eleventh. 1:2;
The city. This was the very message which God had promised to the prophet. 24:26; 2Ki 24:4-7; 2Ch 36:17-21; Jer 39:2-8; 52:4-14;
the hand. 1:3; 3:22; 37:1; 40:1;
and my. 3:26,27; 24:26,27; ver. 23;
they that. The small remnant which continued in the land under Gedaliah, after the desolation of Jerusalem, flattered themselves, notwithstanding all their crimes, that they should inherit the whole land. ver. 27; 5:3,4; 34:2; Jer 39:10; 40:7;
but we. Mic 3:11; Mt 3:9; Lu 3:8; Joh 8:33,39; Ro 4:12; 9:7; 1Th 5:3;
Ye eat. Ge 9:4; Le 3:17; 7:26,27; 17:10-14; 19:26; De 12:16; 1Sa 14:32-34; Ac 15:20,21,29; 21:25;
lift up. 18:6,12,15; De 4:19; Ps 24:4; Jer 44:15-19;
stand. Ge 27:40; Mic 2:1,2; Zep 3:3;
work. 18:12; Le 18:26-30; 20:13; 1Ki 11:5-7; 1Pe 4:3; Re 21:8,27;
and ye. 18:6,11,15; 22:9-11; Jer 5:8,9;
and shall. Le 18:25,28; 20:22; De 4:25,26; 29:18-23; Jos 23:15,16; 1Sa 2:30; Ps 50:16-20; 94:20,21;
surely. ver. 24; 5:12-17; 6:11-14; Jer 15:2-4; 42:22; 44:12;
will I. 39:4;
to be devoured. Heb. to devour him. in the caves. Jud 6:2; 1Sa 13:6; 22:1; 23:14; 24:3; Jer 41:9;
I will lay. 6:14; 12:20; 15:8; 36:34,35; 2Ch 36:21; Isa 6:11; Jer 9:11; 16:16; Jer 25:11; 44:2,6,22; Mic 7:13; Zec 7:13,14;
most desolate. Heb. desolation and desolation. and the pomp. 7:24; 24:21; 30:6,7;
and the mountains. 6:2-6; 36:4;
shall. 6:7; 7:27; 23:49; 25:11; Ex 14:18; Ps 9:16; 83:17,18;
because. 6:11; 8:6-15; 22:2-15,25-31; 36:17,18; 2Ki 17:9-18; 2Ch 36:14-17; Jer 5:1-9,25-31; Mic 6:9-12; Zep 3:1-4;
the children. Jer 11:18,19; 18:18;
against thee. or, of thee. Come. Isa 29:13; 58:2; Jer 23:35; 42:1-6,20; Mt 15:8; 22:16,17;
as the people cometh. Heb. according to the coming of the people. 8:1; 14:1; 20:1-32; Lu 10:39; Ac 10:33;
they sit before thee as my people. or, my people sit before thee. and they. Jer 6:16,17; 43:1-7; 44:16; Mt 7:24-27; Lu 6:48,49; 8:21; 11:28; Jas 1:22-24;
for with. De 5:28,29; Ps 78:36,37; Isa 29:13; Jas 2:14-16; 1Jo 3:17,18;
shew much love. Heb. make loves, or jests. Isa 28:13; Jer 23:33-38; Lu 16:14;
but their. Mt 6:24; 13:22; 19:22; Lu 12:15-21; Eph 5:5; 1Ti 6:9,10;
of one. Mr 4:16,17; 6:20; Joh 5:35;
a pleasant voice. Heb. a song of loves.
shall. 2:5; 2Ki 5:8; Lu 10:11;