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<p id="Chapter14" align="center">Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET<br>CHAPTER 14
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<p id="Jer14_1"><a onclick="return mV('Jer',14,'1-22');">Jer 14:1-22</a>. PROPHECIES ON THE OCCASION OF A DROUGHT SENT IN JUDGMENT ON JUDEA.
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<p><b>1.</b> Literally, "That which was the word of Jehovah to Jeremiah concerning the dearth"
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<br><br><b>drought</b>—literally, the "withholdings," namely, of <i>rain</i> (<a onclick="return mV('Deu',11,17);">Deu 11:17</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Ch',7,13);">2Ch 7:13</a>). This word should be used especially of the withholding of rain because rain is in those regions of all things the one chiefly needed (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',17,8);">Jer 17:8</a>, <i>Margin</i>).
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<p id="Jer14_2"><b>2. gates</b>—<i>The place of public concourse</i> in each city looks sad, as being no longer frequented (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',3,26);">Isa 3:26</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',24,26);">24:4</a>).
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<br><br><b>black</b>—that is, they mourn (blackness being indicative of sorrow), (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',8,21);">Jer 8:21</a>).
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<br><br><b>unto the ground</b>—bowing towards it.
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<br><br><b>cry</b>—of distress (<a onclick="return mV('1Sa',5,12);">1Sa 5:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',24,11);">Isa 24:11</a>).
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<p id="Jer14_3"><b>3. little ones</b>—rather, "their inferiors," that is, domestics.
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<br><br><b>pits</b>—cisterns for collecting rain water, often met with in the <i>East</i> where there are no springs.
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<br><br><b>covered...heads</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('2Sa',15,30);">2Sa 15:30</a>). A sign of humiliation and mourning.
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<p id="Jer14_5"><b>5.</b> The brute creation is reduced to the utmost extremity for the want of food. The "hind," famed for her affection to her young, abandons them.
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<p id="Jer14_6"><b>6. wild asses</b>—They repair to "the high places" most exposed to the winds, which they "snuff in" to relieve their thirst.
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<br><br><b>dragons</b>—jackals [HENDERSON].
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<br><br><b>eyes</b>—which are usually most keen in detecting grass or water from the "heights," so much so that the traveller guesses from their presence that there must be herbage and water near; but now "their eyes fail." Rather the reference is to the great boas and python serpents which raise a large portion of their body up in a vertical column ten or twelve feet high, to survey the neighborhood above the surrounding bushes, while with open jaws they drink in the air. These giant serpents originated the widely spread notions which typified the deluge and all destructive agents under the form of a dragon or monster serpent; hence, the dragon temples always near water, in Asia, Africa, and Britain; for example, at Abury, in Wiltshire; a symbol of the ark is often associated with the dragon as the preserver from the waters [KITTO, <i>Biblical Cyclopaedia</i>].
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<p id="Jer14_7"><b>7. do thou it</b>—what we beg of Thee; interpose to remove the drought. Jeremiah pleads in the name of his nation (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',109,21);">Psa 109:21</a>). So "work for us," absolutely used (<a onclick="return mV('1Sa',14,6);">1Sa 14:6</a>).
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<br><br><b>for thy name's sake</b>—"for <i>our</i> backslidings are so many" that we cannot urge Thee for the sake of <i>our</i> doings, but for the glory of <i>Thy</i> name; lest, if Thou give us not aid, it should be said it was owing to Thy want of power (<a onclick="return mV('Jos',7,9);">Jos 7:9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',79,9);">Psa 79:9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',106,8);">106:8</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',48,9);">Isa 48:9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eze',20,44);">Eze 20:44</a>). The same appeal to God's mercy, "for <i>His</i> name's sake," as our only hope, since <i>our</i> sin precludes trust in ourselves, occurs in <a onclick="return mV('Psa',25,11);">Psa 25:11</a>.
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<p id="Jer14_8"><b>8.</b> The reference is, not to the faith of <i>Israel</i> which had almost ceased, but to the promise and everlasting covenant of <i>God.</i> None but the true Israel make God their "hope." (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',17,13);">Jer 17:13</a>).
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<br><br><b>turneth aside to tarry</b>—The <i>traveller</i> cares little for the land he tarries but a night in; but Thou hast promised to <i>dwell</i> always in the midst of Thy people (<a onclick="return mV('2Ch',33,7,8);">2Ch 33:7-8</a>). MAURER translates, "spreadeth," namely, his tent.
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<p id="Jer14_9"><b>9. astonied</b>—like a "mighty man," at other times able to help (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',59,1);">Isa 59:1</a>), but now <i>stunned</i> by a sudden calamity so as to disappoint the hopes drawn from him.
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<br><br><b>art in the midst of us</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Exd',29,45,46);">Exd 29:45-46</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Lev',26,11,12);">Lev 26:11-12</a>).
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<br><br><b>called by thy name</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Dan',9,18,19);">Dan 9:18-19</a>) as Thine own peculiar people (<a onclick="return mV('Deu',9,29);">Deu 9:29</a>).
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<p id="Jer14_10"><b>10.</b> Jehovah's reply to the prayer (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',14,'7-9');">Jer 14:7-9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',2,'23-25');">Jer 2:23-25</a>).
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<br><br><b>Thus</b>—<i>So greatly.</i>
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<br><br><b>loved</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',5,31);">Jer 5:31</a>).
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<br><br><b>not refrained...feet</b>—They did not obey God's command; "withhold thy foot" (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',2,25);">Jer 2:25</a>), namely, from following after idols.
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<br><br><b>remember...iniquity</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Hsa',8,13);">Hsa 8:13</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Hsa',9,9);">9:9</a>). Their sin is so great, God must punish them.
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<p id="Jer14_11"><b>11.</b> (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',7,16);">Jer 7:16</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Exd',32,10);">Exd 32:10</a>).
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<p id="Jer14_12"><b>12. not hear</b>—because their prayers are hypocritical: their hearts are still idolatrous. God never refuses to hear <i>real</i> prayer (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',7,21,22);">Jer 7:21-22</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Pro',1,28);">Pro 1:28</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',1,15);">Isa 1:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',58,3);">58:3</a>).
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<br><br><b>sword...famine...pestilence</b>—the three sorest judgments at once; any one of which would be enough for their ruin (<a onclick="return mV('2Sa',24,12,13);">2Sa 24:12-13</a>).
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<p id="Jer14_13"><b>13.</b> Jeremiah urges that much of the guilt of the people is due to the false prophets' influence.
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<br><br><b>assured peace</b>—solid and lasting peace. Literally, "peace of truth" (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',39,8);">Isa 39:8</a>).
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<p id="Jer14_14"><b>14.</b> (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',23,21);">Jer 23:21</a>).
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<p id="Jer14_15"><b>15.</b> (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',5,12,13);">Jer 5:12-13</a>).
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<br><br><b>By sword and famine...consumed</b>—retribution in kind both to the false prophets and to their hearers (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',14,16);">Jer 14:16</a>).
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<p id="Jer14_16"><b>16. none to bury</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',79,3);">Psa 79:3</a>).
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<br><br><b>pour their wickedness</b>—that is, the punishment incurred by their wickedness (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',2,19);">Jer 2:19</a>).
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<p id="Jer14_17"><b>17.</b> (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',9,1);">Jer 9:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Lam',1,16);">Lam 1:16</a>). Jeremiah is desired to weep ceaselessly for the calamities coming on his nation (called a "virgin," as being heretofore never under foreign yoke), (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',23,4);">Isa 23:4</a>).
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<p id="Jer14_18"><b>18. go about</b>—that is, shall have to migrate into a land of exile. HORSLEY translates, "go <i>trafficking</i> about the land (see <a onclick="return mV('Jer',5,31);">Jer 5:31</a>, <i>Margin;</i> <a onclick="return mV('2Cr',4,2);">2Cr 4:2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Pe',2,3);">2Pe 2:3</a>), and take no knowledge" (that is, pay no regard to the miseries before their eyes) (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',1,3);">Isa 1:3</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',58,3);">58:3</a>). If the sense of the <i>Hebrew</i> verb be retained, I would with <i>English Version</i> understand the words as referring to the exile to Babylon; thus, "the prophet and the priest shall have to go to a strange land to <i>practise their religious traffic</i> (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',56,11);">Isa 56:11</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eze',34,2,3);">Eze 34:2-3</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Mic',3,11);">Mic 3:11</a>).
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<p id="Jer14_19"><b>19.</b> The people plead with God, Jeremiah being forbidden to do so.
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<br><br><b>no healing</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',15,18);">Jer 15:18</a>).
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<br><br><b>peace...no good</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',8,15);">Jer 8:15</a>).
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<p id="Jer14_20"><b>20.</b> (<a onclick="return mV('Dan',9,8);">Dan 9:8</a>).
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<p id="Jer14_21"><b>21. us</b>—"the throne of Thy glory" may be the object of "abhor not" ("reject not"); or "Zion" (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',14,19);">Jer 14:19</a>).
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<br><br><b>throne of thy glory</b>—Jerusalem, or, <i>the temple,</i> called God's "footstool" and "habitation" (<a onclick="return mV('1Ch',28,2);">1Ch 28:2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',132,5);">Psa 132:5</a>).
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<br><br><b>thy covenant</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',106,45);">Psa 106:45</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',9,19);">Dan 9:19</a>).
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<p id="Jer14_22"><b>22. vanities</b>—idols (<a onclick="return mV('Deu',32,21);">Deu 32:21</a>).
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<br><br><b>rain</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Zec',10,1,2);">Zec 10:1-2</a>).
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<br><br><b>heavens</b>—namely, of themselves without God (<a onclick="return mV('Mat',5,45);">Mat 5:45</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Act',14,17);">Act 14:17</a>); they are not the First Cause, and ought not to be deified, as they were by the heathen. The disjunctive "or" favors CALVIN'S explanation: "Not even the heavens themselves can give rain, much less can the idol vanities."
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<br><br><b>art not thou he</b>—namely, who canst give rain?
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