Albert Barnes Commentary Jeremiah 33
Albert Barnes Commentary
Jeremiah 33
Albert Barnes Commentary
Jeremiah 33
"Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the guard, saying," — Jeremiah 33:1 (ASV)
The prison — The guard.
"Thus saith Jehovah that doeth it, Jehovah that formeth it to establish it; Jehovah is his name:" — Jeremiah 33:2 (ASV)
Or, Thus says Yahweh the doer of it, Yahweh who forms it, that He may establish it, Yahweh is His name. The word “it” means whatever Yahweh wills.
"Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not." — Jeremiah 33:3 (ASV)
Mighty things - Or, as in the margin. The words are probably a quotation from (Isaiah 48:6).
"For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are broken down [to make a defence] against the mounds and against the sword;" — Jeremiah 33:4 (ASV)
By ... by - Rather, against ... against. As the siege works of the enemy approached the walls, houses were pulled down to build inner fortifications. Swords are mentioned in Ezekiel 26:9 (translated as axes), as used for breaking down the towers in the walls. See Jeremiah 5:17, note.
"while [men] come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city:" — Jeremiah 33:5 (ASV)
The rendering is: They, that is, the Jews, come to fight with the Chaldeans and to fill them, that is, the houses, with the dead bodies, and so on.
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