A.M. 3414. B.C. 590. the ninth year. This was the ninth year of Zedekiah, about Thursday, January 30, A.M. 3414, the very day in which Nebuchadnezzar began the siege of Jerusalem. 1:2; 8:1; 20:1; 26:1; 29:1,17; 31:1; 32:1,17; 33:21; 40:1; 2Ki 24:12;
write. Isa 8:1; 30:8,9; Hab 2:2,3;
of this. 2Ki 25:1; Jer 39:1; 52:4;
utter. 17:2; 19:2-14; 20:49; Ps 78:2; Mic 2:4; Mr 12:12; Lu 8:10;
the rebellious. 2:3,6,8; 3:9; 12:2,25; 17:12; Isa 1:2; 30:1,9; 63:10; Ac 7:51;
Set. ver. 6; 11:3; Jer 50:13,14; 22:18-22; Mic 3:2,3; Mt 7:2;
the choice. 20:47; 34:16,17,20; Jer 39:6; 52:10,24-27; Re 19:20;
Woe. ver. 9; 11:6,7; 22:2,6-9,12,27; 23:37-45; 2Ki 21:16; 24:4; Mic 7:2; Na 3:1; Mt 23:35; Re 11:7,8; 17:6; 18:24;
to the pot. ver. 11-13; Jer 6:29;
bring. 9:5,6; 11:7-9,11; Jos 10:22;
let no. Jos 7:16-18; 1Sa 14:40-42; 2Sa 8:2; Joe 3:3; Ob 1:11; Jon 1:7; Na 3:10;
her blood. 1Ki 21:19; Isa 3:9; Jer 2:34; 6:15;
she poured. Le 17:13; De 12:16,24; Job 16:18; Isa 26:21;
it might. 5:13; 8:17,18; 22:30,31; De 32:21,22; 2Ki 22:17; 2Ch 34:25; 2Ch 36:16,17; Jer 7:18,20; 15:1-4;
I have set. 16:37,38; 23:45; De 29:22-28; Jer 22:8,9; Mt 7:2; 1Co 4:5; Re 17:1-6; 18:5-10,16;
Woe. ver. 6; Na 3:1; Hab 2:12; Lu 13:34,35; Re 14:20; 16:6,19;
I will. 22:19-22,31; Isa 30:33; 31:9; 2Th 1:8; 2Pe 3:7-12; Jude 1:7; Re 21:8;
spice. Jer 17:3; 20:5; La 1:10; 2:16;
set it. Jer 21:10; 32:29; 37:10; 38:18; 39:8; 52:13;
that the filthiness. 20:38; 22:15-23; 23:26,27,47,48; 36:25; Isa 1:25; 4:4; 27:9; Mic 5:11-14; Zec 13:1,2,8,9; Mal 4:1; Mt 3:12; 1Co 3:12,13; The pot was Jerusalem; the flesh, the inhabitants in general: every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, Zedekiah, his family, and princes; the bones, the soldiers; the fire and water, the calamities they were to suffer; and the setting on of the pot, the commencement of the siege.
wearied. Isa 47:13; 57:9,10; Jer 2:13; 9:5; 10:14,15; 51:58; Ho 12:1; Hab 2:13,18,19;
her great. ver. 6,13; Ge 6:5-7; 8:21; Isa 1:5; Jer 5:3; 44:16,17; Da 9:13,14;
her scum. The pot being polluted with the scum, must be heated, melted, and even burned with fire till purified; that is, Jerusalem shall be entirely levelled with the ground, as nothing short of this will purify it from the relics of its idolatrous abominations.
thy filthiness. ver. 11; 23:36-48; 2Co 7:1;
because. 22:24; 2Ch 36:14-16; Isa 5:4-6; 9:13-17; Jer 6:28-30; 25:3-7; Jer 31:18; Ho 7:1,9-16; Am 4:6-12; Zep 3:2,7; Mt 23:37,38; Lu 13:7-9; Re 22:11;
till I. 5:13; 8:18; 16:42; Ro 2:8,9;
the Lord. Nu 23:19; 1Sa 15:29; Ps 33:9; Isa 55:11; Jer 23:20; Mt 24:35;
neither will I spare. 5:11; 7:4,9; 8:18; 9:10; Jer 13:14;
according to thy ways. 16:43; 18:30; 22:31; 23:24,29; Isa 3:11; Jer 4:18; Mt 16:27; Ro 2:5,6; ver. 15;
the desire. ver. 18,21,25; Pr 5:19; So 7:10;
with a. Job 36:18;
yet. ver. 21-24; Le 10:2,3; Jer 22:10,18; 1Th 4:13;
thy tears. Jer 9:1,18; 13:17; La 2:18;
Forbear to cry. Heb. Be silent. Ps 37:7; Ps 39:9; 46:10; Am 8:3; Hab 2:20;
make. Jer 16:4-7;
bind. ver. 23; Le 10:6; 21:10;
put. 2Sa 15:30;
cover. ver. 22; Le 13:45; Mic 3:7;
lips. Heb. upper lip, and so ver. ver. 22;
eat. Ho 9:4;
the bread of men. {Lechem anoshim,} not "the bread of mourners," as some render, but "the bread of other men," i.e., such as was commonly sent to mourners on such occasions by their friends. Jer 16:7;
and at. 1Co 7:29,30; 12:9; 17:12; 20:49; 21:7; 37:18; Mal 3:7,8,13; ver. 20;
I will. 7:20-22; 9:7; Ps 74:7; 79:1; Isa 65:11; Jer 7:14; La 1:10; 2:6,7; Da 11:31; Ac 6:13,14;
the excellency. Ps 96:6; 105:4; 132:8;
the desire. ver. 16; Ps 27:4; 84:1;
that which your soul pitieth. Heb. the pity of your soul. your sons. 23:25,47; Jer 6:11; 9:21; 16:3,4; ver. 16,17; Job 27:15; Ps 78:64; Jer 16:4-7; 47:3; Am 6:9,10;
and mourn. Isa 59:11;
Ezekiel. 4:3; 12:6,11; Isa 8:18; 20:3; Ho 1:2-9; 3:1-4; Lu 11:29,30;
when. 1Sa 10:2-7; Jer 17:15; Lu 21:13; Joh 13:19; 14:29; 16:4;
ye shall. 6:7; 7:9,27; 17:24; 25:5,7,11,14,17;
their strength. ver. 21; Ps 48:2; 50:2; 122:1-9; Jer 7:4;
that whereupon they set their minds. Heb. the lifting up of their soul. their sons. De 28:32; Jer 11:22; 52:10; 33:21,22; 1Sa 4:12-18; Job 1:15-19;
thy. 3:26,27; 29:21; 33:22; Ex 6:11,12; Ps 51:15; Lu 21:15; Eph 6:19;
shalt be. ver. 24;