Jeremiah
Verse 1. Engravers. Hebrew “those who enclose.” 4 Kennicott. 24:14 and 1 Kennicott. 13:19.
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Jeremiah 24
Historical chapter commentary
Jeremiah
Verse 2. Season. Appearing in autumn and ripe in spring. Mic. 7:1. Calmet.
Jeremiah
Verse 5. Regard. Lit. “know,” with love. Psalms 1:6. Bible.—Jechonias was treated with honour, (4 Kennicott. 25:27) as well as Daniel (2:48) and Zorobabel, of the same family. Calmet. 29:5. The captives, under Sedecias, (verse 8) were much more abused. Calmet. 29:17. Calmet.—This is the literal sense; the mystical shews that the good shall be rewarded. Worthington.
Jeremiah
Verse 6. Up, till the Messias appear, and the true Israel of God, his disciples, to whom the promises chiefly pertain. They will continue for ever. If this answer does not give satisfaction, as it ought, we may say that the Jews did not comply with the condition, and were therefore abandoned to the Romans. Calmet.
Jeremiah
Verse 8. Egypt, to which they fled contrary to the prophet’s advice. 4 Kennicott. 25:26.