Westminster Annotations, Jeremiah · Chapter 11
CHAP. XI.
Vers. 1. THe word that came, &c.] See Chap. 1. 2. & 2. 1.
V. 2. Hearye] Ye Priests and Prophets: whom, it seemeth, the Prophet was enjoyned to deliver this message unto in the first place; withall charging them to publish the same to the people; according to their dutie. Deut. 33. 10.
and speak] Or, that ye may speak them.
V. 3. Cursed be the man, &c.] The message is to minde them of their covenant with God; with a denunciation of the curse thereunto annexed. Deut 27 26. Gal 3. 10.
that obeyeth not] Heb. heareth. Psal. 81. 11, 13.
the words of this covenant] The book, or volume where of some suppose the Prophet held in his hand, when he delivered this prophecie.
V. 4. Which I commanded your fathers, &c.] Chap. 7. 22, 23.
from the iron face] A furnace, wherein, not gold or silver, but iron is melted; which requireth a fiercer fire: such an one was Egypt to them. Deut. 4. 20. 1 King. 8. 51.
Obey my voice, &c.] Lev. 26. 3, 12.
V. 5. I may perform the oath, &c.] Deut. 7. 12. Psal. 105. 9, 10.
to give them a land flowing with milk and hony] Exod. 3. 8, 17. Lev. 20. 24. Numb. 13. 27. Deut 6 3. & 11. 9.
as it is this day] Or, as this day appeareth. Chap. 44. 6.
answered I, and said] In the person of the people, obliging themselves thereunto; Deut. 27. 26. Or, his own rather; having respect to Gods last gracious words. Vers 5.
So be it] Heb. Amen. Deut. 27. 26. Psal. 106. 48. 1 Cor. 14. 16.
V. 6. Proclaim all these words] If the other Priests and Prophets refuse, or forbear to do it, Vers. 2. do thou it thy self.
V. 7. I earnestly protested] Heb. protesting protested. 1 Sam. 8. 9. or, charging charged. Gen. 43. 3.
in the day that I brought them up, &c.] Or, when (Gen. 2. 17. Ruth 4. 5.) I brought them forth. Chap. 2. 6.
rising early] Chap. 7. 13. & 35. 15.
and protesting] Or, charging.
V. 8. in the imagination of their evil heart] Or, stubbornnesse. Chap. 3. 17. & 7. 24. & 9. 13. & 13. 10. Not according to my word and will. Psal. 81. 11.
I will bring upon them] Or, I brought upon them.
all the words of this covenant] The menaces and curses contained in the Law. Lev. 26. 14. Deut. 28. 16. & 29. 19, 20. which for their disobedience and obstinacy therein God at sundry times brought upon them.
V. 9. A conspiracy] A generall consent to rebell against me. Ezek. 22. 25.
V. 10. turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers] Being not warned, nor amended, by those judgements, that for such courses had befaln their ancestors. 2 King. 30. 7. Chap. 7. 26.
they went after other gods] Or, have gone.
V. 11. which they shall not be able to escape] Heb. to go, or, get forth of: to finde any issue of. Psal. 68. 20.
though they shall cry unto me, &c.] Prov. 1. 28. Isa. 1. 15. Chap. 14. 12. Ezek. 8. 18. Mic. 3. 4.
I will not hearken unto them] Because they cry, not out of faith and repentance, but out of sense of smart and grief. Hos. 7. 14. Or, because they refused to hear me before. Zech. 7. 11-13.
V. 12. Then shall the cities of Iudah] Or, Then let the cities, &c. Chap. 2. 28.
go, and cry unto the gods, &c.] Deut. 32. 37, 38. Judg. 10. 14.
they shall not save them at all] Heb. saving save. Or, not be able to save. as Chap. 2. 23.
in the time of their trouble] Heb. evil. Amos 3. 6.
V. 13. according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, &c.] Chap. 2. 28.
set up altars to that shamefull thing] Heb. shame. Chap. 3. 24. Hos. 9. 10.
V. 14. pray not thou for this people] Chap. 7. 16. & 14. 11.
for their trouble] Heb. evil. vers. 12.
V. 15. What hath my beloved to do in mine house] Isa. 1. 11, &c. Chap 7. 9-11. Heb. What is to my beloved in my house. My people Israel; whom hitherto I have so dearly loved. Hos. 11. 1. Mal. 1. 2. Chap. 12. 7.
she hath wrought lewdnesse with many] She is become, not a loiall wife, but a common strumpet. Isa. 1. 21.
the holy flesh is passed from thee] They offer not in my Sanctuary to me, but to idols on their altars. Isa. 57. 5, 6. Or, They so pollute mine holy things by their wickednesse, that they are no longer such. Hag. 2. 13, 14. Tit. 1. 15. Or, they have no more right to the holy flesh, then the Priests daughter, having played the harlot, or being otherwise defiled. Lev. 21. 9. & 22. 10, 12.
when thou doest evil, then thou rejoycest] Or, when thy evil is. vers. 14. thou rejoycest in doing evil. Prov. 2. 14. Or, notwithstanding thy troubles, thou goest on in following thy delights and thy jolitie: thou takest nothing to heart. Chap 5. 3.
V. 16. The LORD called thy name, A green olive-tree, &c.] God had so trimmed and husbanded thee, that thou seemedst a goodly olive tree, promising much fruit: but thou hast failed his expectation: and he will therefore destroy thee. Isa. 5. 2-7. Psal. 52. 8. Ezek. 15. 6. Matth. 3. 10. & 7. 19. Luk. 13. 7.
fair and of goodly fruit] Or, with goodly fruit. Heb. fruit of form, or, fashion.
V. 17. which they have done against themselves] Chap. 7. 19.
V. 18. the LORD hath given me knowledge of it] Or, gave me notice of it. The Lord discovered to me their privie plots and conspiracies against me: Psal. 37. 12, 15. and by that means I came to know, what I was ignorant of before. vers. 19.
I know it] Or, knew it.
V. 19. But I] Or, when I. as Chap. 34. 1.
like a lambe or an ox that is brought to the slaughter] When they think, that they are going to the pasture, or to the fold the one; to the stall the other. Prov. 7. 22. Isa. 53. 7.
they had devised devices against me] Chap. 18. 18.
Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof] Heb. the wood, or, stalk, with his bread. that is, the fruit which is for meat. Gen. 1. 29. or, the grain, whereof bread is made. Isa. 28. 28. Let us destroy him utterly; or, stock and fruit, stalk and grain: that is, both him and his teaching together. Or, as some, let us poison him, by mingling a poisonous plant with his meat.
cut him off from the land of the living,] Psal. 52. 5.
that his name may be no more remembred] Psal. 83. 4.
V. 20. O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously] Chap. 15. 15.
triest the reins and the heart,] Or, searchest. Chap. 6. 27. Psal. 7. 9. 1 Sam. 16. 7. 1 Chron. 28. 9. Chap. 17. 10. & 20. 12. Rev. 2. 25. A phrase, taken from those beasts, that were offered up in sacrifice; which being broken up, their entrails lye all open to view. Heb. 4. 12.
let me, &c.] A prayer proceeding, either from humane frailty, or from a propheticall spirit. See Chap. 15. 15. & 17. 18. & 18. 21-24.
see thy vengeance on them] Psal. 79. 10. & 92. 11.
unto thee have I revealed my cause] Or, do I reveal (and commit) my cause. 1 Pet. 2. 23.
V. 21. the men of Anathoth] His own townsmen. Chap. 1. 1.
that seek thy life] Heb. soul. Chap. 4. 30 & 19. 7.
Prophesie not] In such manner as thou doest: threatning us with plagues and judgements. Isa. 30. 10. Amos 2. 12. & 7. 16. Mic. 2. 6, 11.
V. 22. Behold, &c.] Gods answer to the Prophets prayer: shewing that their imprecations prove many times effectuall.
I will punish them] Heb. visit upon them. Chap. 9. 25. & 13. 21.
V. 23. there shall be no remnant of them] That shall befall them, that they intended against thee. Vers. 19. Deut. 19. 19.
even the yeer of their visitation] Or, in the yeer of their visitation. When I shall come to take vengeance on them. Chap. 10. 15. & 23. 12.