Westminster Annotations, Jeremiah · Chapter 30
CHAP. XXX.
Vers. 1. THe word that came] Chap. 1. 2. & 2. 1.
V. 2. Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book] That they may remain upon record, as a monument to posteritie: as to comfort and strengthen the faithfull during the time of the captivitie; so to give assurance to ensuing ages, that it had been foretold.
V. 3. I will bring again the captivitie of my people] Chap. 27. 22. & 29. 10. 14.
V. 5. We have heard a voice of trembling] When the Medes and Persians had now invaded the State of Babylon; and had struck a grievous terrour into the Chaldeans. Isa. 13. 8. Or rather, when the Chaldeans approached Jerusalem, and filled all there with fear and dread. Chap. 6. 24.
of fear and not of peace] Or, there is fear and not peace. or, prosperitie. Chap. 29. 11.
V. 6. see whether a man doth travail with child] Heb. a male. Isa. 66. 7.
wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loyns] Chap. 46. 5.
as a woman in travail] Chap. 4. 31. & 49. 22, 24.
all faces are turned into palenesse] Joel 2. 6.
V. 7. Alas, for that day] Joel 2. 11. Amos 5. 18. Zeph. 1. 14, &c.
is great] A day of great affliction. Joel 2. 31.
V. 8. it shall come to passe in that day] When I shall visit Babylon. Chap. 27. 7.
I will break his yoke from off thy neck] The King of Babylons. Chap. 27. 2, 6. & 28. 4, 11.
strangers shall no more serve themselves of him] Make thy people to serve them. Chap. 27. 7. Or, shall no more serve him; the King of Babylon.
V. 9. David their king] The Messias; who should come of the stock of David; and sit on the throne of David for ever. David and his kingdom, being types of Christ, and of the spirituall and eternall kingdom of Christ. Ezek. 34. 23. & 37. 24. Hos. 3. 5. Matth. 1. 1. Rom. 1. 3. Luk. 1. 32, 33.
I will raise up unto them] Act. 2. 30. & 3. 22, 26. & 13. 23, 33.
V. 10. fear thou not] Isai. 41. 13. & 43. 5. & 44. 2. Chap. 46. 27.
I will save thee from afarre] Or, bring thee safe▪ as Zech. 8. 7, 8. Act. 27. 44.
none shall make him afraid] Lev. 26. 6. Ezek. 34. 28.
V. 11. I am with thee] Chap. 15. 20.
I will correct thee] In another sort, in milder manner, then I mean to deal with thine enemies. Isa. 26. 14, 19. & 27. 7, 8.
in measure] Psal. 6. 1. Chap. 10. 24. & 46. 28. Heb. judgement. Chap. 10. 24.
will not leave thee altogether unpunished] Heb. acquiting acquite. Chap. 25. 29.
V. 12. Thy bruise] Heb. breach. Chap. 6. 14. & 14. 17.
is incurable] By any humane help. God onelyonly can cure it. Chap. 15. 18. Hos. 5. 13. & 6. 1. Mic. 1. 9.
V. 13. that thou mayest be bound up] Heb. for binding up. or, pressing. See Isa. 1. 6.
thou hast no healing medicines] Chap. 46. 11.
V. 14. All thy lovers have forgotten thee] The Assyrians and Egyptians, whom thou entertainest with presents, will all fall from thee, and fail thee in thine affliction. 2 Chron. 28. 21. Chap. 2. 18, 36. Chap. 12. 6. Hos. 12. 1. Amos 9. 8.
I have wounded thee] Heb. struck. or, smitten. 1 King. 20. 37.
with the wound] Heb. stroke; or, blow. Chap. 10. 19. & 14. 17.
of an enemy] A grievous one; such as enemies are wont to strike enemies with. Job 13. 24. & 16. 9. & 19. 11. See the like phrase, Isa. 62. 5.
with the chastisement of a cruel one] Such as cruel and hardhearted people are wont to inflict. Job 30. 21.
V. 15. Why criest thou for thine affliction] Heb. thy breach. vers. 12. What cause hast thou to complain of thine affliction and sufferings; when thou sufferest nothing, but what thou hast procured to thy self by the multitude of thy sinnes? Lam. 3. 39. Mic. 7. 9. See Chap. 15. 18.
thy sorrow is, incurable] Or, that thy sorrow is incurable. vers 12.
V. 16. Therefore] Or, Notwithstanding. as the word is used, Isa. 30. 18. Chap. 16. 14. Otherwise this verse must depend upon that which was spoken, vers. 10. & 11. and the words between must all go as included in a parenthesis.
all they that devoure thee shall be devoured] Though God correct his sometime somewhat severely for their manifold sinnes and excesses: yet when they are humbled for them, and amended by his chastisements, he will burn the rods, wherewith he chastised them. Isa. 10. 5-12. & 33. 1. Exod. 23. 22. Isa. 41. 11.
they that spoil thee] Heb. tread on thee.
shall be a spoil] Heb. treading. Isa. 42. 22.
V. 17. I will restore health unto thee] Heb. cause recovery to go up; Chap. 8. 22. & 33. 6. or, to come, unto thee, or, upon thee; as Ezek. 37. 6.
they called thee an outcast] Thine enemies thought that thou wast utterly cast off for ever. Isa. 62. 4.
This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after] In way of derision alluding to the word from whence the name Zion cometh; which signifieth a dry or wast place; Psal. 63. 1. & 107. 35. Chap. 2. 6. & 50. 12. as if it were a place not worth looking after.
V. 18. the citie shall be builded upon her own heap] Or, little hill. Josh. 11. 13. or, where before was nothing but a ruinous heap. Deut. 13. 16. Isa. 25. 2.
the palace shall remain after the manner thereof] The Kings court; or Gods house the Temple; or both with the citie; shall be restored to that beautie, that they were in before they were sacked and destroyed by the Chaldeans. Or, shall be frequented and inhabited, as in times past it had been.
shall remain] Heb. shall sit, or, inhabite. See Isa. 13. 20.
V. 19. out of them shall proceed thanksgiving] The people restored, shall with praise and thanksgiving acknowledge this benefit. Isa. 12. 1. & 26. 1. & 35. 10. & 51. 11. Chap. 33. 11.
they shall not be small] Or, of small account. Psal. 119. 141.
V. 20. shall be as aforetime] Chap. 33. 11. Lam. 5. 21.
I will punish] Heb. visit. Chap. 29. 32.
V. 21. their nobles] Heb. noble; or, honourable one. Isa. 10. 34. 2 Chron. 23. 20.
shall be of themselves] Strangers shall no more tyrannise over them: but they shall have a ruler of their own. Deut. 17. 15. Fulfilled in Zerubbabel; but chiefly in Christ; of whom he was a type. Eph. 5. 30.
from the midst of them] Or, among them. as Chap. 29. 8. & 39-5.
he shall approch unto me] And my people by him. Heb. 4. 15, 16. & 10. 21, 22.
who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me] Who dare take this office upon him, but he whom I have assigned thereunto? Heb. 5. 4. See Isa. 53. 7.
V. 22. ye shall be my people, &c.] Chap. 24. 7. & 31. 33. & 32. 38.
V. 23. the whirlwind of the LORD] See Chap. 23. 19, 20.
a continuing whirlwind] Heb. cutting; as with a saw. 1 King. 7. 9. or, sojourning. Lam 4. 15. or, affrighting. Job 19. 29. or, gathering it self together. Isa. 54. 15.
it shall fall] Or, remain Lam. 4. 6.
upon the head of the wicked] Of the enemies of God and his Church.
V. 24. The fierce anger, &c.] Chap. 4. 8.
in the latter dayes ye shall consider it] Heb. Posteritie of dayes. Chap. 48. 47. When this deliverer is sent: and your deliverance by him effected. Chap. 23. 20.