Westminster Annotations, Jeremiah · Chapter 33
CHAP. XXXIII.
Vers. 1. MOre…ver the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah] And the word of the Lord was to Jeremiah. as Chap. 1. 2, 4.
the second time] After that message, which he had before related. Chap. 32. 1, 2, 6.
shut up in the court of the prison] See Chap 32. 2.
V. 2. the maker thereof] The maker of Jerusalem: who will also restore it. Isai. 22. 11. & 37. 26. Or, the doer; the author and effecter of the restitution of it promised; Chap. 32. 37, 44. and again now assured. Vers. 6▪ &c. Isa. 46. 11.
the LORD is his name] Or, whose name is Jehovah. Psal. 83. 18.
V. 3. Call unto me] Either, thou, my prophet: or, ye my people. Isai. 42. 9. & 46. 10. & 48. 3-7.
great and mightie things] Or, hidden. Job 42. 2. Isa. 48. 6.
V. 4. which are thrown down] Either by the assaults and engins of the enemy: Chap. 32. 24. or, to raise fortifications and means of defence against the enemy. Isa. 22. 10.
by] Or, for.
the mounts] Or, engins. Isa. 37. 33. Chap. 6. 6.
V. 5. They come to fight with the Chaldeans] Those that repair to the citie: or, that come to aid you from forein parts. Chap. 32. 5.
to fill them with the dead bodies of men] To make meat for the Chaldeans; to satiate with slaughter their blood-thirsty minds: or, to fill the trenches made by them, and the works raised by you, with the carcasses of the slain. See Chap. 9. 1.
whom I have slain] See Chap 25. 33.
I have hid my face from this citie] In displeasure. Psal. 27. 9. Isai. 57. 17. the ground of all adversitie; as his favour the cause of all true prosperitie. Psal. 30 5, 7.
V. 6. Behold] In the midst of his threatnings, he yet mentioneth mercy, and giveth comfort. Isa. 57. 18. Hab. 3. 2.
I will bring it health and cure] Heb. cause recovery to go up. or, to come unto it. Chap. 30. 17.
will reveal unto them] Or, shew them Psal. 85. 7.
the abundance of peace and truth] Or, firm and sure prosperitie. Isa. 39. 8. Chap. 14. 13.
V. 7. the captivitie of Judah] Or, captives. Chap. 24. 5. & 32. 44.
will build them] Establish, and cause them to thrive and prosper. Chap. 12. 16.
as at the first] Vers. 11.
V. 8. I will cleanse them from all their iniquitie] Ezek. 36. 25.
I will pardon all their iniquities] Chap. 31. 34. Mic. 7. 18. As if no true joy, or sound comfort could be in ought, without remission of sinnes, and reconcilement to God. Psal. 25. 18. & 40. 4, 10. & 103. 3. Eccl. 9. 7.
V. 9. it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour] The Church thus restored is Gods honour and glory. Chap. 13. 11.
they shall fear and tremble] 1 Chron. 13. 17. 2 Chron. 20. 29. Est. 8. 17.
V. 10. which ye say shall be desolate] Chap. 32. 43.
without man and without beast] Chap. 4. 25. & 12. 4. & 50. 3. & 51. 62.
V. 11. The voyce of joy, &c.] Chap. 7. 34. & 16. 9.
Praise the LORD of hosts, for the LORD is good] A solemn▪ form prescribed the Levites, to praise God with. 1 Chron 16. 41. Psal. 105. 1. & 106. 1. & 107. 1. & 118. 1. & 136. 1. Isai. 12. 4.
bring the sacrifice of praise] Chap. 17. 26.
the captivity] Or, captives. vers. 7.
as at the first] Chap. 30. 20. vers. 7. …am. 5. 21.
V. 12. in this place which is desolate] Or, to be made desolate. vers. 10.
an habitation of Shepheards causing their flocks to lye down] A sign of peaceable times, when the Shepheards may quietly attend their sheep, without disturbance to either. Chap. 31. 24.
V. 13. In the cities of the mountaines] All the countrey of Judah and Benjamin shall again be inhabited. Chap. 17. 26. & 32. 44.
of the south] Or, upland. Judg. 1. 15.
and in the land of Benjamin] Or, both in. as Gen. 36. 24.
shall the flocks passe again under the hands of him that telleth them] Passe under the rod, to be told, or tithed; as they go quietly in and out. Lev. 27. 32. Ezek. 20. 37. Joh. 10. 3, 10, 12.
V. 14. which I have promised unto the house of Israel, &c.] Or, concerning. Chap. 27. 4.
to the house of Judah] Heb. of. or, upon.
V. 15. will I cause the branch of righteousnesse to grow up unto David] Or, a most righteous branch, &c. I will send the Messias, of the seed of David. Isa. 11. 1. & 4. 2. Chap. 23. 5. of whom the Jewes themselves acknowledge this prophecie to be meant.
execute judgement and righteousnesse] As David did, who was a type of him. 1 Chron. 18. 14.
V. 16. shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem, &c.] Israel. Chap. 23. 6. both expressions intending the same thing, the Church.
shall dwell safely] Or, be inhabited in safety. as Chap. 30. 18. & 46. 26.
this is the name wherewith she shall be called] Or, he that shall call her, is, &c. Either, Christ; who calleth her, to wit, home unto God and to faith in him, shall so be called: Or, the Church of Christ, and one with Christ, shall so be called; as by that title given to her and born by her, professing from whom she hath her righteousnesse; even from Christ, who is her Lord God, and made righteousnesse to her by God. 1 Cor. 1. 30. See Chap. 23. 6.
The LORD our righteousnesse] Or, The Lord is our righteousnesse. as Ezek. 48. 35. Heb. Jehovah …sidkenu.
V. 17. David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne, &c.] Heb. There shall not be cut off from David. 2 Chron. 6. 16. as Chap. 35. 19. Fulfilled in Christ. Luk. 1. 32, 33.
V. 18. to offer burnt-offerings] Meant especially of spirituall sacrifices, typified by those under the Law. Isai. 56. 7. 1 Pet. 2. 5, 9.
V. 20. If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, &c.] Isai. 54. 9. Chap. 31. 36. vers. 25.
V. 21. to reign upon his throne] Or, to reign sitting upon his throne. Isa. 9. 7. Zech. 6. 13.
the priests, my ministers] That there should not be a perpetuall succession of them also. Eph. 4▪ 11, 13.
V. 22. the host of heaven cannot be numbred, &c.] Gen. 13. 15. & 15. 5. & 22. 17. Chap. 31. 37.
will I multiply the seed of David] The seed of the faithfull. Ps…l. 22. 30. Isai. 53. 8, 10. Rev. 7. 9.
V. 24. Considerest thou not] Heb. Seest. Psal. 119. 159. Chap. 2. 31.
what this people] Either the unbeleeving Jewes; or the Chaldeans and other enemies of Gods people. Chap. 50. 7.
have spoken] Or, do speak.
The two families] Judah and Benjamin. vers. 13. Or, Israel, (the ten tribes) and Judah. Chap. 31. 15.
which the Lord hath chosen] Or, did sometime choose.
he hath even cast them off] Or, he hath now cast them off.
thus they have despised] Or, do despise my people. See Isai. 54. 6.
that they should be no more a nation before them] Or, so that they are no more a nation in their account. Heb. from being. as Psal. 69. 23.
V. 25. If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth] Or, If my covenant, abide not day and night (that is, constantly and perpetually. 1 Chron. 9. 33. Psal. 1. 2. Chap. 9. 1.) or, concerning day and night, (the constant entercourse of either. vers. 20.) and the ordinances concerning heaven and earth, (for the course of the one to do service to the other. Chap. 31. 35, 36.) which I have setled, be not; that is, do not continue and abide. Psal. 119. 91. See Chap. 17. 8. Or, If I have not setled (so as that it cannot be altered. Vers. 20.) my covenant concerning day and night; and, or, even the ordinances of heaven and earth: the course that I have appointed for the office of the one; Gen. 1. 14-16. and the safety and benefit of the other. Gen. 1. 9. Chap. 5. 22, 24. & 31. 35. or, those courses that I have set for such distinction of times to be continued by the motion of the heavens, for the use of the creatures below on earth. Psal. 74. 16, 17. & 104. 19-23.
V. 26. to be rulers] Fulfilled, partly in Zerubbabel and his successors; Ezra 2. 2. Zech. 2. 4. but principally in Christ. Luk. 1. 33. Vers. 15.
over the seed of Abraham, &c.] The body of the faithfull. Psal. 105. 6. Gal. 3. 16, 29.
will cause their captivity] Or, captives to return. Vers. 11.