Jer. 16:1–9. The course to be pursued by the prophet with reference to the approaching judgment.—V. 1. “And the word of Jahveh came to me, saying: V. 2. Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place. V. 3. For thus hath Jahveh said concerning the sons … More Jeremiah 16 – Commentary on the Old Testament

A great grief (16:1–21) God tells Jeremiah not to marry or have children. A wife and family will only swell the number of victims in the plague and carnage to come (16:1–4). Jeremiah is not to take any part in mourning the deaths of others, or in celebrating marriages (16:5–9). These expressions of community life … More Jeremiah 16 – Commentary – The Bible Guide

Ver. 19.—O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, etc. Jeremiah falls into the tone of the psalmists (Ps. 18:2; 28:8; 59:17). All that is choicest and most permanent in Old Testament religion finds its adequate lyric expression in the Book of Psalms. The Gentiles shall come unto thee. The article, however, is not expressed. “Nations,” … More Jeremiah 16:19-21 – Commentary

16:19 My strength may need to be restructured after the fashion of gecl: “you give me strength.” tev is similar, though it reverses the order of strength and stronghold: “you are the one who protects me and gives me strength.” The noun rendered stronghold occurs only here in the book of Jeremiah; in the Old … More Jeremiah 16:19-21 – Commentary

V. 18. I will recompense—Before I will restore them, I will plentifully punish them, (for so double here signifies, not the double of what their sins deserve.) Defied—By their idolatry, blood and cruelty. Detestable—Unclean beasts offered to their idols, or innocent persons slain by them. V. 21. Therefore—Because all the mercy I have shewed them, … More Jeremiah 16:19-21 – Commentary

(6) Ultimate Acknowledgment of God by the Nations (16:19–21) 19 O Lord, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in time of distress, to you the nations will come from the ends of the earth and say,“Our fathers possessed nothing but false gods, worthless idols that did them no good.20 Do men make their own gods? Yes, but they are not gods!” 21 “Therefore … More Jeremiah 16:19-21 – Commentary

36:24–32. The means God will use to show His holiness are explained in these verses. He will first restore the nation physically: He will gather her from all the countries and bring her back into her own land (v. 24). Headlining God’s future program will be the restored nation of Israel. However, Israel’s restoration will … More Ezekiel 36:24-32

A new heart Ezekiel Chapter 36 The previous section has considered the desperate condition of the human heart—we now turn our attention to Ezekiel’s teaching on God’s cure for the human heart described in chapter 36. The promise of God in Ezekiel 36:25–26 is to give us a new heart. The way God deals with … More Ezekiel 36 – Commentary

4. The Renewal of Grace (36:22–38) This passage is one of the mountain peaks of the Old Testament. God’s pure grace is manifested in a promise to His people. Skinner says: It contains the clearest and most comprehensive statement of the process of redemption to be found in the whole book, exhibiting as it does … More Ezekiel 36:26-27

Vers. 11–14.The Divine Interpretation of the Vision The process in the vision vers. 1–10 is symbolical, as shown by the phrase in ver. 11: these bones are, etc., which refers to the whole vision as it treated of the bones. Hence the bones, which lay there very dry, but at Jehovah’s word became alive, which … More Ezekiel 37:11-14 – Commentary