Jeremiah
Verse 1. The, and so forth He continues his discourse, (verse 15) or rather addresses the people, when Josias renewed the covenant. 2 Chronicles 34:29. Leviticus 26. Deuteronomy 27. Calmet.
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Verse 4. Fathers. God chooses his people for obedience, not for kindred, and so forth Saint Jerome Worthington.
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Verse 5. Amen. Septuagint “So be it.” Bible.—Thou hast fulfilled thy engagements.
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Verse 6. Cities, or to those who come thence to the temple, that all may know.
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Verse 7. For. This and the next verse have not been read by Sept.; ( Calmet.) but only “and they did not comply.” Grabe supplies the rest. Bible.
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Verse 8. Brought; or “will bring,” seems preferable. What does the history of God’s people till the captivity exhibit, but scenes of disorder and of succeeding misery? Calmet.
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Verse 9. Conspiracy. They are leagued together to do evil, with all earnestness. Saint Jerome
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Verse 10. To them, for a long time. Yet they must not despair, or have recourse to idols, (verse 12) or witches. 1 Kennicott. 28.
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Verse 13. Confusion. Thus he contemptuously denotes Baalim. Calmet. 3:24. Calmet.—Various idols were objects of adoration, ( Bible.) so that no city or street, perhaps not any house, was pure. Calmet. 7:18 and 44:17. Isaiah 65:11. Ezekiel 16:25.
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Verse 15. Beloved, dilectus. Hebrew and Septuagint have the fem. Chal. “people.” They presumptuously thought that they would be freed from all their abominations, by partaking of the sacrifices. Calmet.—But the offerings of such are not accepted. Menochius.—The flesh is holy, but is of no service to the obstinate sinner. Worthington.
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Verse 16. Burnt, by lightning. The olive was a most useful and beautiful tree.
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Verse 18. Shewedst me. He insinuates that something more than what appears must be understood. Theod.—All Christians explain what follows of Jesus Christ, (Saint Jerome Worthington.) whom Jeremias prefigured in his sufferings. Calmet.—“Let us follow the rule which shews that all the prophets did most things for a type of our Lord and Saviour; and what was now done by Jeremias, foreshewed what would happen to our Lord.” Saint Jerome
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Verse 19. Meek: pet lamb. The Arabs still keep one in their houses. 2 Kennicott. 12:3. Bochart ii. 46. Calmet.—Knew. I acted as if I had been ignorant. Menochius.—Yet Christ foretold his sufferings. Matthew 20:18. and so forth Worthington.—Bread. Christ, the bread of life, was nailed to the disgraceful wood. Saint Jerome Saint Gregory Mor. iii. 12.—They threaten to beat him, (De Dieu) or to mix a poisonous wood with his food. Calmet. Menochius.—Some Jews had corrupted this text in S. Justin’s time. D.
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Verse 20. Sabaoth. That is, of hosts or armies; a name frequently given to God, in the Scriptures.—Thy revenge. This was rather a prediction of what was to happen, with an approbation of the divine justice, than an imprecation. Challoner.—He speaks of the impenitent, (Saint Jerome) and wishes they may be converted.
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Verse 21. Life. What precedes, was spoken concerning the prophet, though it regarded Christ also in a proper but more elevated sense. Calmet.
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Verse 23. Remains. All these priests shall perish. Psalms 36:28. Bible.—He speaks of the wicked, as a remnant was still left. Calmet. 4. Isaiah 10. Worthington.