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**Jeremiah's Tenth Prophecy** (see book comments for Jeremiah).
**The word, &c.** = That which proved to be the word of Jehovah. Not the usual phrase in the Hebrew.
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**the dearth.** Hebrew " *the restraints"* : the holding back of rain, put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for the famine caused by it. One of thirteen recorded famines. See [Genesis 12:10](../../../kjv/genesis/12/10) . Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 28:23](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/23) , [Deuteronomy 28:24](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/24) ). App-92 . Before the *first* siege (497 BC), or before the *third* siege (480 BC). See App-83 .

**Judah . . . Jerusalem.** Country and city.
**gates.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), for the people assembling there.
**are black** = sit in black. Compare [Jeremiah 8:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/21) ; [Jeremiah 13:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/13/18) . [Job 2:8](../../../kjv/job/2/8) , [Job 2:13](../../../kjv/job/2/13) .[Isaiah 3:26](../../../kjv/isaiah/3/26) ; [Isaiah 15:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/3) .[Psalms 35:14](../../../kjv/psalms/35/14) .

**to the waters:** i.e. to fetch water.
**and.** Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read this "and" in the text.
**covered their heads.** The symbol of mourning ([2 Samuel 15:30](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/30) ; [2 Samuel 19:4](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/4) .[Esther 6:12](../../../kjv/esther/6/12); [Esther 6:12](../../../kjv/esther/6/12) ).

**chapt** = cleft, cracked, open in slits. From Old Dutch, "koppen", to cut off; "kappen", to cut, or chop (hence Eng. "chops", from Eng. "chapped" and "chip"). Gk. *koptein,* to cut. Hebrew here, *hathath =* to be broken.
**ashamed.** Absence of rain causes today great anxiety ([Job 29:23](../../../kjv/job/29/23) ).

**Yea** = For.

**wind.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 .
**dragons** = jackals.

**testify:** or, answer. Figure of speech *Prosopopoeia.*
**sinned.** Hebrew. *chata.*

**the Hope of Israel.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), for Jehovah, Who was, or should have been, Israel's hope. See [Jeremiah 17:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/17/13) ; [Jeremiah 50:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/50/7) ; and compare [Genesis 49:18](../../../kjv/genesis/49/18) . [1 Timothy 1:1](../../../kjv/1-timothy/1/1) .
**stranger** = sojourner.

**in the midst.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 29:45](../../../kjv/exodus/29/45) .[Leviticus 26:11](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/11) , [Leviticus 26:12](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/12) ). App-92 .
**we are called, &c.** = Thy name was called upon us.

**Pray not, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 32:10](../../../kjv/exodus/32/10) ). Compare [Jeremiah 7:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/16) ; [Jeremiah 11:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/11/14) .

**I will not, &c.** See [Jeremiah 7:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/16) ; [Jeremiah 11:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/11/14) ; [Ezekiel 8:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/8/18) . [Amos 5:23](../../../kjv/amos/5/23) .[Micah 3:4](../../../kjv/micah/3/4) .
**offer** = offer up.
**oblation** = a gift offering, or donation. Hebrew. *minchah.* App-43 .
**sword . . . famine . . . pestilence.** Often thus conjoined (after this). Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26](../../../kjv/leviticus/26) and [Deuteronomy 28](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28) ). App-92 . Compare [Jeremiah 21:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/21/6) , [Jeremiah 21:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/21/7) , [Jeremiah 21:9](../../../kjv/jeremiah/21/9) ; [Jeremiah 24:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/24/10) , &c. See note on [Jeremiah 42:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/42/2) .
**and.** Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* , to emphasize each particular.

**sent . . . commanded . . . spake.** Compare [Jeremiah 7:22](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/22) ; [Jeremiah 23:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/23/21) .
**you.** Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "them".

**wickedness** = calamity. Heb, *ra'a'.* App-44 . Not the same word as [Jeremiah 14:20](../../../kjv/jeremiah/14/20) .

**Hast . . . hath . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.*
**Thy soul** = Thou Thyself (emphatic). Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.*
**we looked.** Compare [Jeremiah 8:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/15) ; [Jeremiah 15:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/15/1) , where it has a stronger refusal.
**and.** Some codices omit.
**trouble** = terror.

**We acknowledge.** These are the prophet's words.
**wickedness** = lawlessness. Hebrew. *rasha'.* App-44 . Not the same word as in [Jeremiah 14:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/14/16) .
**iniquity.** Hebrew. *'avon.* App-44 .

**do not.** Some codices, with three early printed editions, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "neither".
**throne of Thy glory.** See note on [Jeremiah 3:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/3/17) .

**Are there** = Exist there. Hebrew. *yesh.* See notes on [Jeremiah 14:22](../../../kjv/jeremiah/14/22) .
**vanities** = idols.
**Gentiles** = nations.
**He.** Supply Figure of speech *Ellipsis* , "He [That givest rain]".
**wait upon Thee.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 49:18](../../../kjv/genesis/49/18) , the first occurrence in this sense).

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